Axl Rose is being sued by former Penthouse model who claims he ‘dragged her around like a caveman’ and sexually assaulted her at a party in 1989

Axl Rose has been sued by a former Penthouse model who claims he dragged her around “like a caveman” and sexually assaulted her at a party in 1989.

Sheila Kennedy, 61, has filed a lawsuit against Guns N’ Roses frontman, real name William Bruce Rose Jr, 61, claiming he tied her up and sexually assaulted her in a New York hotel when they were both 26.

It comes more than seven years after she first exclusively told DailyMail.com the story of what allegedly happened that night. Rose has not yet commented publicly.

This time, Tennessee-born Kennedy, who was Penthouse Pet of the Year in 1983, is telling her story through the courts in hopes of claiming an unspecified amount of monetary damages through a jury trial.

Legal papers filed Wednesday detail how Kennedy met the rock megastar at a New York club in February 1989 before going to a private party in his hotel suite, where she said many drugged people were present.

Sheila Kennedy, 61, has filed a lawsuit against Guns N’ Roses frontman, real name William Bruce Rose Jr, 61, claiming he tied her up and sexually assaulted her in a New York hotel when they were both 26.

It comes more than seven years after she first exclusively told DailyMail.com the story of what allegedly happened that night. Rose has not yet commented publicly

Kennedy claims the Sweet Child o’ Mine singer started making moves on her — which was okay at first — until he cleared the room so it was just her, another female model and one of his friends.

She says she witnessed Rose having “aggressive sex” with the other model before she flew into a rage at the woman and chased her out of the house, according to TMZ.

It was at this point that he allegedly dragged her back to his bed by her hair, tied her hands with pantyhose and sexually assaulted her.

Kennedy’s lawsuits say she “did not consent and felt overwhelmed” by the Indiana-born musician. She said she was traumatized by the alleged incident and suffered from anxiety and depression in the aftermath.

“Rose used his fame, status and power as a celebrity and recording artist in the music industry to gain access to manipulate, control and violently attack Kennedy,” the complaint alleges.

Kennedy’s attorneys say in the lawsuit that “this action is timely under the NY Adult Survivors Act,” a New York law that allows alleged victims of sexual abuse to file civil lawsuits beyond the statute of limitations — which expires on Thanksgiving .

Detailing the allegations to DailyMail.com in February 2016, Kennedy recalled the night as just one of many wild experiences in a decade in which she lived the life of a Penthouse Pet – a status in which she was by turns spoiled, coddled, manipulated and used. .

Kennedy said that at the 1989 party she saw bottles of prescription drugs and piles of cocaine, as described in her suit.

She alleged that Rose grabbed her by the hair and cut off her legs as he dragged her across the carpet and forcibly threw her face down on the bed.

Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses performs on Day 4 of Glastonbury Festival 2023 on June 24, 2023 in Somerset, United Kingdom

Kennedy’s lawsuits say she “did not consent and felt overwhelmed” by the Indiana-born musician. She said she was traumatized by the alleged incident and suffered from anxiety and depression in the aftermath

He tied her hands behind her back and had sex with her. And when he was done, he apologized.

Kennedy was discovered by the photographic assistant of legendary photographer Stan Malinowski, a man who decades ago photographed for titles such as Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Playboy and Penthouse.

Shortly afterwards, Sheila stood at the door of Bob Guccione’s $34 million Manhattan mansion overlooking Central Park.

Guccione was surrounded by eight Rhodesian Ridgebacks, the dogs of his South African girlfriend Kathy Keeton

“He was sitting behind a grand piano that looked like it was made of solid gold and he had the chains on and the button-down shirt,” she says.

‘I lived in Vegas, I was kind of used to this glamorous look on men. I was familiar with the look, but his voice, when he spoke, was in a deep sexy voice and he said, “Hello Sheila, I hope you are happy in your new home.”

Looking back, she recalls, “I wasn’t planning on having a relationship with him, but as soon as I saw him I just thought, ‘Oh my God, you’re beautiful.’

Working at Penthouse meant she had to sign in and out whenever she left the mansion – referred to by some as “the prison.”

It meant there would never be men in the house again and for Sheila it meant sleeping with Guccione and eventually sleeping with his girlfriend Kathy in a threesome.

Her affair with Guccione began just over a month after her arrival at the mansion.