Efforts to resolve allegations that hip-hop producer Metro Boomin raped a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel nine years ago have broken down, setting the stage for a trial to begin next month.

A new court filing signed by lawyers on both sides and obtained by Rolling Stone says a mediation held with a judge on July 18 was unsuccessful. “The parties mediated in good faith. However, the litigation did not resolve,” a joint status report filed Monday in federal court in Los Angeles reads. “After the mediation, the parties have continued limited settlement discussions, which have proven unsuccessful,” it states.

Metro Boomin, whose real name is Leland Wayne, is now set to begin trial in the case on Sept. 23. The plaintiff, Vanessa LeMaistre, filed her lawsuit last October , alleging the Gr

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