The film composer Danny Elfman has been sued for defamation by a woman who previously accused him of serving her a martini glass filled with semen.
Nomi Abadi, a 36-year-old composer, had previously sued Elfman for breach of contract after alleging that he had failed to pay her a portion of a settlement they had previously agreed to.
In a 2023 Rolling Stone piece, Abadi made the accusation involving the martini glass, which elicited a vigorous denial from Elfman.
But now Abadi is taking Elfman to court over his response to her claims with a new defamation lawsuit. She is suing the Oingo Boingo singer and songwriter — who was also been sued by a second woman for alleged sexual abuse — for denying her account, which she claims is tantamount to calling her a liar, according to the lawsuit obtained by TMZ.
DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for Elfman and Abadi for comment.
Film composer Danny Elfman, 71, is being sued by the composer and pianist Nomi Abadi for defamation, TMZ reported on Wednesday. She had previously sued him for failing to pay all of an $830,000 settlement they had agreed upon
Abadi is suing Elfman (pictured in August 2023 in Chula Vista, Calif.) for denying claims she made that he masturbated in front of her multiple times and presented her with a martini glass filled with semen in a 2023 Rolling Stone story
In Abadi’s defamation suit, which was filed by the attorney Eric M. George, she reiterated her claims that Elfman gave her a martini glass filled with semen.
She says she was invited to Elfman’s studio in August of 2016, when she was allegedly presented with the martini glass bearing a whitish substance.
Abadi describes how she ‘sat in silence, terrified, gagging from the putrid smell coming from … semen ejaculate.’
She also claims that Elfman made a comment about former President Donald Trump, who was only a candidate at the time..
It’s unclear what sentiment the Batman composer expressed, but Abadi says she responded by sharing her support for Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Bernie Sanders.
Elfman allegedly responded, ‘We can’t have a Jew running our country,’ though it’s unclear if Abadi took his words to be a tasteless joke or a sincere statement.
The Rolling Stone report cited a police report filed by Abadi in November 2017, in which she claimed that Elfman had exposed his genitals and masturbated in her presence — without her consent — multiple times.
In the wake of the accusations, Elfman agreed to a 2018 settlement and nondisclosure agreement with Abadi.
Elfman is the former frontman and songwriter for the synth-rock band Oingo Boingo, and he went on to become an in-demand film composer; pictured with Oingo Boingo in 1983
Abadi filed a police report against Elfman in November 2017 outlining multiple instances in which he allegedly masturbated in front of her without her consent; seen in September 2023
But she sued the musician in 2023 for breach of contract for allegedly failing to pay all of the agreed-upon $830,000.
Abadi claimed he had failed to make two payments, one due in 2019 and one in 2021, which totaled $85,000.
‘How do I respond to accusations so serious that being innocent is not a valid defense? It is excruciating to consider that a 50-year career may be destroyed in one news cycle as a result of vicious and wholly false allegations about sexual misconduct,’ began Elfman’s florid denial.
‘Ms. Abadi’s allegations are simply not true,’ he continued.
He also claimed Abadi had described him as her ‘childhood crush’ and that she planned to ‘break up’ his marriage to the retired actress Bridget Fonda.
Elfman claimed to have ‘done nothing indecent or wrong,’ and he said he had ‘voluminous evidence that these accusations are false.’
A representative for Elfman later said that his ‘limited interactions’ with Abadi ‘did not involve sexual contact’ and ‘were fully consensual.’
Elfman’s representatives also claimed that the martini glass was not filled with semen, but instead was filled with the moisturizing cream Cetaphil.
Eflman strongly denied her claims and said she wanted to break up his marriage to Bridget Fonda because he was allegedly her ‘childhood crush’; seen in August 2023
Abadi says his denials are tantamount to lying, and she says he damaged her career and caused her to suffer health problems. She is seeking damages; pictured in 2018 in Beverly Hills
A photo of the glass with a white substance was emailed to Abadi before her meeting with Elfman in which he allegedly presented it to her in person.
The representative said the martini glass and its contents were ‘designed to be a stupid photo prop’ for a photoshoot, and they said ‘Ms. Abadi knew that.’
Now Abadi is suing Elfman for defamation and requesting unreported damages over his denials.
She says her statements to Rolling Stone were truthful, and she says Elfman’s statements, which she characterized as lies, had damaged her career as a composer and performer and had led her to suffer health problems.
