Cyndi Lauper’s rapper son files for bankruptcy just days before sex assault lawsuit mediation

Cyndi Lauper’s son’s confirmed his true colours this week, in line with the lawyer representing the girl suing the troubled rapper over an alleged sexual assault.

Attorneys for Declyn “Dex” Lauper Thornton, 27, filed for Chapter 7 chapter safety on Thursday — filings which had been reviewed by The Submit.

The transfer got here simply days earlier than Monday’s long-scheduled mediation listening to in his ongoing civil case.

In Chapter 7 proceedings, the debtor’s belongings are bought off by a court-appointed trustee who then pays again their collectors.

Legal professional Mark Shirian, whose shopper sued Lauper Thornton anonymously again in Might, referred to as the timing of the Chapter 7 “handy,” and mentioned he suspects the submitting will solely find yourself delaying his shopper’s civil case.

“We had been speculated to attempt to get [the civil suit] resolved on Monday at 3 p.m.,” Shirian mentioned, of the deliberate listening to.

“We had been litigating this [case], and rapidly, they file for chapter, mere days earlier than we’re supposed to debate a decision.”

“I’m certain with this chapter, the case will probably be stayed,” he added.

“Now, I don’t know if its even going to maneuver ahead or not.”

Lauper Thornton is accused of pressuring the unidentified lady to provide him oral intercourse at his SoHo house on Nov. 9, 2020.

He manhandled the girl, holding her down whereas shoving his penis in her face, the swimsuit alleges.

The sufferer, 29, mentioned she’d been courting Lauper Thornton, whose father is “Regulation & Order” TV actor David Thornton, on and off for roughly 9 months beginning in February 2020, in line with filings.

After the 2 disagreed a couple of intercourse act he wished carried out on him, Lauper Thornton allegedly pushed down on the girl’s neck and head together with his fingers, utilizing all of his physique weight — inflicting “a pop sound from her neck and higher backbone,” her swimsuit contends.

The son of the “Time After Time” singer is individually being threatened with eviction from the $7,200-a-month Monetary District condo he moved into in October 2023.

He additionally has prior arrests for theft and gun possession fees.

He was additionally arrested in July 2022 after he allegedly double-parked a stolen Mercedes whereas he was attending the memorial for a 14-year-old aspiring rapper who was fatally stabbed.

He copped a plea deal in that case and averted jail time.

A working telephone quantity couldn’t be discovered for Lauper Thornton on Saturday.