The off-screen drama at Zeus Network just jumped from the TV room to a Los Angeles courtroom.
Jadynn Brown, a cast member on Zeus Network’s Baddies Gone Wild, has filed a civil lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court accusing Zeus CEO Lemuel Plummer and the company of sexual assault, sexual harassment, coercion, retaliation and wrongful termination. Brown says the alleged conduct began after an audition and continued while she was working with the network, and she is seeking damages for emotional and career harm. Plummer has denied the allegations and says he plans to fight the case in court.
According to the complaint, Brown alleges Plummer first reached out to her after a 2023 audition, when she was 19, and used promises of stardom and pressure, including nondisclosure agreements, to obtain sexual encounters. The filing claims that pressure did not stop once she was cast in January 2025 and describes a March 2025 incident in which Brown says Plummer pressured her while she was intoxicated and demanded proof she was on her period. Those allegations are laid out in the court papers as summarized by Complex.
Plummer has already started mounting his defense in the court of public opinion. In a lengthy Instagram response, he denied Brown’s account and shared nearly 20 screenshots he says show a different context, describing their relationship as starting as a friendship and insisting that casting at Zeus goes through the normal audition process. “I consistently told her what I tell everyone: if you want an opportunity at Zeus, you have to audition and earn it through the same casting process as everyone else,” he wrote, while disputing the timeline and characterization in the complaint. His post and the screenshots have been described in coverage by outlets that reviewed his public statement, including The Shade Room.
Brown’s lawsuit arrives at a time when Zeus is already under a pretty harsh spotlight. Co-founder DeStorm Power publicly accused company leadership last year of financial and management misconduct, and other influencer-founders have said they were pushed out. Reality star Joseline Hernandez has also brought separate, high-profile accusations against Plummer in recent months. Those earlier disputes, along with complaints about payments and workplace friction, have been chronicled across entertainment media, including AllHipHop.
Legal implications
In the lawsuit, Brown is seeking damages for lost earnings, emotional distress and harm to her career, while formally accusing Plummer and Zeus of sexual assault, sexual harassment, coercion, retaliation and wrongful termination. Because this is a civil case, the dispute will play out in civil court unless law enforcement chooses to open a separate criminal investigation. As with any civil filing, the complaint itself is a set of allegations, not proof that the defendants are liable. Details of Brown’s legal claims and the remedies she is pursuing are outlined in the court documents as reported by Complex.
What happens next
For now, the case is in its early stages, and the timeline is wide open. Brown has not issued a public statement beyond what is contained in the lawsuit, while Plummer says he will continue to defend himself and plans to present additional context and evidence. The next developments are likely to come when attorneys begin trading filings or when the court posts a schedule and sets key dates. Until then, both the allegations in the complaint and the public denials remain just that: competing claims that the legal system will have to untangle. Coverage of Plummer’s response so far has been led by outlets such as The Shade Room.
