Declyn 'Dex' Lauper Thornton, Cyndi Lauper's son, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy before a scheduled mediation regarding a sexual assault civil case against him. The filing has raised suspicions regarding its timing, as it comes shortly before a planned resolution meeting. Thornton is facing allegations of coercive sexual behavior towards an unnamed woman, who he dated intermittently for months, and the controversy is further complicated by his financial struggles and impending eviction from his residence.
Attorney Mark Shirian, whose client sued Lauper Thornton anonymously back in May, called the timing of the Chapter 7 'convenient,' and said he suspects the filing will only end up delaying his client's civil case.
'We were supposed to try to get [the civil suit] resolved on Monday at 3 p.m.,' Shirian said, of the planned hearing. 'We were litigating this [case], and all of a sudden, they file for bankruptcy, mere days before we're supposed to discuss a resolution.'
Lauper Thornton is accused of pressuring the unidentified woman to give him oral sex at his SoHo home on Nov. 9, 2020. He manhandled the woman, holding her down while shoving his penis in her face, the suit alleges.
The victim, 29, said she'd been dating Lauper Thornton, whose father is 'Law & Order' TV actor David Thornton, on and off for roughly nine months starting in February 2020.
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