Former Wu-Tang Clan producer files wrongful imprisonment lawsuit against New York City

Sexual assault charges against Derrick Harris were dropped in 2020.

Music producer Derrick Harris filed a lawsuit against the City of New York and the New York Police Department alleging he was wrongfully accused of sexual assault and imprisoned for four years on Rikers Island.

Harris was acquitted on some of the charges in 2015 and cleared of all charges in 2020, according to the lawsuit.

The city played a role in the arrest of Derrick Harris for "a bogus rape accusation, leading to his wrongful incarceration for four years," civil rights attorney Ben Crump said at a press conference Thursday.

Harris was "wrongfully and falsely accused based on police lies," he said.