Neil Portnow , who resigned as CEO of the Grammy Awards in 2019, was sued Wednesday in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan by a woman who claims he drugged and raped her in his hotel room the year prior, according to The New York Times .

The sexual battery suit, which does not name the woman who filed it, also accuses the Recording Academy of negligence. The plaintiff is described in the filing as an instrumentalist who is not from the U.S. and once performed at Carnegie Hall.

The filing claims Portnow met her at an academy event in New York in January 2018. She asked to interview him for a publication she had launched, and was invited to his Kitano Hotel room in June and given a glass of wine that made her feel woozy.

The plaintiff added Portnow, who said no taxis were available to take her home, told her hed been thinking about her for a very long time. She allegedly woke up multiple times that night to find him forcibly raping her and still felt woozy in the morning.

A representative for Portnow told the Times on Wednesday that the womans claims are untrue and undoubtedly motivated by Mr. Portnows refusal to comply with the plaintiffs outrageous demands for money and assistance in obtaining a residence visa for her.

The Recording Academy and Portnow did not immediately respond to a request for comment from HuffPost.

The woman said in her suit that Portnow ignored her attempts to contact him about that night, but that she emailed Recording Academy officials to inform them of the assault. She later filed a police report, which her lawyers said the district attorneys office declined to pursue.

We continue to believe the claims to be without merit and intend to vigorously defend the Academy in this lawsuit, the Recording Academy told the Times in a statement.