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Six women now accuse famed former KROQ DJ and club owner Rodney Bingenheimer of molesting them when they were underage


What's it going to be this time, rape defenders? Accuse the women of false accusations or call for this pedophile rapist to be strung up? I bet some will use this as evidence of "Hollywood is a Pedo haven"!

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/go-gos-jane-wiedlin-sexually-abused-famous-dj-1234921800/

The club — which opened its doors in 1972 — had built a reputation as a well-known haunt for Bowie, Bolan, Iggy Pop, Keith Moon, the New York Dolls, Led Zeppelin, and even Elvis Presley, and it popularized England’s glam rock movement in the United States. But the Disco arguably became as known for its underage female clientele, who came there to dance, listen to music, and meet rock stars. It was here where several of rock’s most famous groupies like the GTOs, Sable Starr, and Lori Mattix would hold court.

Wiedlin and several other high school friends — among those who christened themselves the “Hollywooders” — hung out there frequently, sneaking out of their parents’ homes to drive to West Hollywood’s Sunset Strip and changing into their club outfits behind the Disco outside. One night, Wiedlin alleges, the club’s eponymous owner — the famed former KROQ DJ and rock-star liaison Rodney Bingenheimer — approached her, isolated her in one of the club’s back rooms, and sexually assaulted her.

Four other women — all of whom say they were minors at the time – detailed alleged similar experiences with Bingenheimer to Rolling Stone. One of the women alleges he molested her when she was a pre-teen. The allegations come nearly eight months after a sixth woman —Runaways songwriter Kari Krome — sued Bingenheimer for sexual assault when she was a minor in the 1970s. (Krome also sued the estate of producer Kim Fowley for sexual assault in her suit. Fowley died in 2015.)

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