Arthur ‘Artie’ Rabin, a notable apparel entrepreneur and supporter of the Democratic party who once held a minority stake in the Brooklyn Nets NBA team, faces a lawsuit for assault and battery amid accusations of performing oral sex on an incapacitated woman.

Lawyers representing Brenda Ramirez filed a civil suit in the New York Supreme Court on Monday, alleging that the octogenarian Rabin engaged in ‘violent sexual acts’ while she was drifting in and out of consciousness in a hotel room.

According to the documents accessed by Daily Mail, the pair initially met years prior on a flight and had been platonic friends until December 27, 2024, when Ramirez consented to have dinner with Rabin at the W Hotel in South Beach, Florida. Upon her arrival, Rabin allegedly poured her champagne while abstaining from having any himself.

The lawsuit accuses Rabin of assault, battery, and causing emotional distress, although it does not specifically claim that Ramirez was drugged. She seeks both damages and a declaratory judgment.

Rabin’s lawyer, Larry Hutcher from Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP, refuted Ramirez’s claims in a phone conversation with Daily Mail on Monday afternoon.

“Mr. Rabin is alarmed and saddened by Brenda Ramirez’s attempts to tarnish his hard-earned spotless reputation with these baseless allegations presented in the complaint,” Hutcher told Daily Mail. “These claims were solely made for monetary benefit. Mr. Rabin emphatically denies any improper or wrongful behavior at any time.”

‘Miss Ramirez voluntarily showed up at Mr. Rabin’s hotel room and anything that occurred was consensual. Mr. Rabin looks forward to vindicating his rights as we are confident that we will be able to do.’

Despite being more than four decades his junior, Ramirez struck up a friendship with Rabin aboard a commercial flight from New York to Miami in January of 2022, according to the filing. The two began speaking by phone and soon Rabin was sending the single mother wire transfers and gifts for her son.

All gifts were unsolicited, according to her attorneys.

Ramirez claimed she was invited by Rabin to have dinner at the W, where he told her the hotel provided them with dessert and champagne. 

As claimed in the filing, Ramirez became unable to speak and lost consciousness after drinking the champagne. She ultimately awoke to find Rabin performing oral sex on her naked body before she passed out again, according to the lawsuit.

‘When Ms. Ramirez finally woke up, it was around 4 a.m., and she felt extremely sick,’ read the filing. ‘She ran to the bathroom and vomited excessively, including all over her naked body. Having no memory of how she became undressed or how she ended up in the bed, and remembering the one brief moment of consciousness during which Mr. Rabin performed a sex act on her, she panicked.’

Ramirez’s attorneys claimed in the filing that she frantically tried to clean herself before fleeing the hotel suite. 

‘When she turned on the shower, Mr. Rabin began shouting towards the bathroom and asking what was going on,’ read the filing. ‘Ms. Ramirez repeatedly told him “I have to go,” and proceeded to grab her clothes and purse and run out of the suite as quickly as she could.’

Ramirez claimed in the filing that Rabin repeatedly tried calling her as she made her way to the car. She said she told him she was ‘fine and that she was sorry she got sick,’ according to the lawsuit.

‘In response, Mr. Rabin said, “You disappointed me” and “You passed out on me,”‘ the filing continued. ‘He went on to blame Ms. Ramirez for how she was feeling by saying, “You’re cut off. You can’t drink around me anymore.”‘

Ramirez’s attorneys claimed she blocked Rabin’s phone numbers to prevent any contact and the two have not spoken since May.

‘Mr. Rabin spent years fostering Ms. Ramirez’s trust, weaponizing his wealth and influence to camouflage his manipulation as the support of a caring friend,’ Ramirez’s attorney, Meredith A. Firetog of Wigdor LLP, said in a statement. 

‘Last year, he violated that trust in despicable fashion when he sexually assaulted Ms. Ramirez while she was incapacitated and unable to consent. No amount of business success gives someone permission to exploit another’s vulnerabilities.’

The co-founder of Wear Me Apparel LLC, Rabin and his late wife Selma were vital fundraisers for Hillary Clinton’s doomed 2016 Presidential campaign. 

Rabin sold his stake in the Nets several years ago, according to online reports. Daily Mail has reached out to the team for an exact date.