Famous model Carré Otis announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals overturned her sex abuse lawsuit against a major modeling agency.
Otis posted a lengthy update to her Instagram account Nov. 5, revealing her recent victory in court.
“This is a huge win not only in my individual pursuit of justice, but for all survivors,” she wrote.
In 2021, Otis sued former Elite Model Management executives Gérald Marie and Trudi Tapscott for her alleged rape in 1986, when she was 17 years old, according to The New York Times. She said her booking agent, Tapscott, knowingly placed her in Marie’s care in spite off allegations of sexual assault already existed.
NEW YORK – MID 1990s: Carre Otis walks the runway at a Todd Oldham fashion show in the mid 1990s in New York City, New York. (Photo by Catherine McGann/Getty Images)
“Today, the United States Court of Appeals overturned the dismissal of my case against my abuser, ruling that the New York State Child Victims Act can apply to abuse that happened elsewhere,” Otis wrote on social media. “This is a huge win not only in my individual pursuit of justice, but for all survivors. I am hugely grateful to every person who supported me along the way.”
Otis went on to elaborate on the impact the reversal has on her life and the lives of other victims of abuse.
Carre Otis during Donna Karan Runway Show circa 1994 in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Rose Hartman/WireImage)Getty Images
“The Child Victims Act and the Adult Survivors Act have allowed me and many others in our community to attempt to hold our abusers accountable for the harm they have caused. This process has not been easy, but it has been deeply meaningful to be able to seek closure and move toward healing,” she said.
The supermodel spoke out about being proactive and taking preventative measures to stop abuse in the industry.
“Now, I urge @GovKathyHochul to sign the #FashionWorkersAct into law to prevent this abuse from happening in the first place. The rampant sexual abuse of young people in the fashion industry has gone largely unchecked for decades, and models continue to work without basic labor protections,” she wrote. “As the fashion capital of the U.S., New York must continue to lead on workers’ and survivors’ rights by making this essential bill law.” (RELATED: ‘Touch Me And Spank Me’: Lisa Marie Presley’s Memoir Unpacks Bombshell Sexual Assault Allegations)
Tapscott went on to work at Vogue before founding her own agency, the Model Coaches, in New York in 2018, according to The New York Times.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
