EDM icon Paul Oakenfold sued for sexual harassment in LA court: Former assistant, 24, says he 'repeatedly masturbated in front of her'

A former assistant, only identified as Jane Roe, filed a sexual harassment claim in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday against Paul Oakenfold, 59She claims in court documents that he repeatedly masturbated in front of herThe former assistant also claims after she reported the sexual harassment to her manager, she was forced to sign a non-disclosure agreement 

EDM icon Paul Oakenfold has been sued for sexual harassment by one of his former assistants who claims he repeatedly masturbated in front of her.

The former assistant, only identified in court documents as Jane Roe, 24, filed the sexual harassment claim in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday alleging that the British DJ exposed himself to her on four separate dates from October through November 2022.

She also claims that when she reported the behavior to the management company she was working for, she was forced to sign a non-disclosure agreement and had her hours greatly reduced until she was ultimately laid off in March 2023.

The personal assistant says the two companies run by CEO Paul Stepanek — New Frequency Management and Stepanek Management — thereby violated her employment rights.

Roe is seeking a variety of damages in excess of $25,000.

Paul Oakenfold, 59, has been sued by a former personal assistant who claims he repeatedly masturbated in front of her

Oakenfold also allegedly began to express anger towards his personal assistant, and she began to worry about ‘physical escalation’ of the sexual harassment

According to the lawsuit, Roe took a job at the management companies in October 2022, and was immediately assigned to be Oakenfold’s personal assistant at a rate of $20 per hour.

She worked out of the home of the 59-year-old Grammy-nominated DJ who has remixed such artists as U2, Madonna, Britney Spears and Rolling Stones.

But starting on just her first day, she claims, Oakenfold exposed himself and masturbated in front of her.

He would go on to do so on three more dates over the course of the next two months, including once in November 2022 when he allegedly masturbated in front of her four times in just one day.

In another instance, the personal assistant claims, he performed the act inside her vehicle while she was driving him home from the post office.

‘Specifically, Oakenfold sat in the passenger seat, spread his legs wide, and proceeded to masturbate with Plaintiff only inches away, while Plaintiff was driving Oakenfold home from the post office,’ the suit alleges.

‘Plaintiff froze in fear and shock while being in such close proximity to Oakenfold.’

From there, the lawsuit alleges, ‘The incidents of masturbation by Oakenfold increased in length and intensity each successive time that Oakenfold cornered Plaintiff and masturbated in Plaintiff’s immediate presence.’

Oakenfold also allegedly began to express anger towards his personal assistant ‘that Plaintiff had not previously experienced from Oakenfold, even when Plaintiff had to endure the prior sexual harassment.

‘On that date, on or about November 21, 2022, Plaintiff began to fear not only continuing sexual harassment, but that Plaintiff would suffer physical escalation of the sexual harassment or other repercussions if Plaintiff was forced to continue working for Oakenfold,’ the suit says.

At that point, it says, Roe decided to report the sexual harassment.

But before she did, the lawsuit claims, ‘Defendant’s CEO Stepanek bragged about his insurance policies to protect him from being sued over Oakenfold or being found “guilty by association.”

The assistant claims she reported the harassment to Paul Stepanek’s management agency, which forced her to sign a non-disclosure agreement

‘On information and belief,’ the suit claims, ‘Defendants previously had several other assistants assigned to Oakenfold and there was high turnover likely because of the rampant sexual harassment.’

Then, when she did report the alleged sexual harassment, Roe claims Stepanek presented her with a nondisclosure agreement, and prevented her from returning to work if she did not sign it.

Eventually, the suit says, Roe signed the NDA ‘under duress,’ and was allowed to return to work.

She was no longer assigned to be Oakenfold’s personal assistant, but Roe claims her hours were reduced and she was laid off in March for a ‘lack of work.’

She now continues to suffer losses of earnings and employment benefits, the suit alleges, and ‘has suffered humiliation, emotional distress, and pain and anguish, all to Plaintiff’s damage in an amount according to proof at the time of trial.’

DailyMail.com has reached out to a representative of Oakenfold’s and to Stepanek’s management agencies for comment.