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John Lydon, a.k.a. ‘Johnny Rotten‘ of The Sex Pistols, is being sued by a former female assistant who claims she was assaulted by the legendary punk icon.

Roxane Davis, who was employed by the show Lydon was working on at the time, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles today claiming he hit her and verbally attacked her.

She alleges that he and another assistant (who went by the name of ‘Rambo’) unleashed on her after she failed to book them rooms at the Ritz Carlton with adjoining doors.

She says Lydon “cocked back his fist … and punched her in the face” and called her “a fat f**king c*nt, f**king c*nt, and fat f**king whore.”

Davis says she complained to her employer about the abuse she was taking, “but the complaints fell on deaf ears.”