Model sues photographer Terry Richardson for allegedly r@ping her on camera and selling it as ‘art’

Fashion photographer, Terry Richardson is being sued by a model who claims he drugged and sexually assaulted her, then put photos of the attacks in his art book and exhibitions.

The model, Minerva Portillo alleged in court papers that Richardson gave her a “narcotic” drink in 2004 and took pictures while he forced her to “perform oral sex” on him.

During a second photoshoot the following day, Richardson allegedly did the same thing to the Spanish model again.

Portillo claims that the photos from the assaults appeared in his exhibition “Terryworld” and art book “Kibosh,” which helped make Richardson a star, until he was canceled by the fashion industry in 2017 after multiple models accused him of sexual assault and rape.

Portillo”s lawsuit was filed in New York City a day before the deadline to file claims under the state’s Adult Survivors Act.

Other men accused in the last 24 hours under the New York law which gives a window for old claims outside the statute of limitations include Axl Rose and Cuba Gooding Jr.

Portillo, who has appeared in magazines like Vogue and Elle and fronted campaigns for Marc Jacobs and Gucci, claims that the attacks happened when she was 22.

She had just arrived in the US from Spain and was booked for a shoot with Richardson, now 58, the suit claims.

When she arrived at Richardson’s studio, Portillo, now 42, claims she was offered a drink and some cocaine.

She declined the drugs but drank the drink, which contained “an intoxicating or narcotic substance she had not consented to taking,” court papers said.

Portillo began to feel “dizzy, disorientated, and not fully in control of her body.”

The suit claims that nine employees arrived on set and Richardson began to take her top off and grope her breasts.

He then allegedly pushed his penis against her buttocks and pulled her onto her knees.

Source: Dailymail