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Lori Mattix
Lori Mattix (born November 29, 1958), sometimes known as Lori Maddox or Lori Lightning, is an American former child model and "baby" groupie of the 1970s. As of November 2015[update], she is a partner and buyer for the Glam Boutique in West Hollywood. She is perhaps best known for an interview with Thrillist in 2015 in which she made allegations of being involved in sexual relationships with David Bowie, Jimmy Page, and Mick Jagger; these are relationships which would have occurred while she was underage and while the musicians were in their twenties, although her connections to Bowie and Jagger are disputed.
Her experience has been discussed in the Me Too movement, with her story marking a shift of the movement's focus from the film industry to the music industry.
At the age of 13, in 1972, Mattix began frequenting clubs on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood with her friend Sable Starr, particularly the Rainbow Bar and Grill, the Whisky a Go Go and Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco.
In June of 1972, the members of Led Zeppelin were in Los Angeles for their 1972 North American tour. While there, Mattix met 28-year-old guitarist Jimmy Page for the first time at the Hyatt hotel where the band was staying, according to Mattix's 2015 interview with Thrillist. Page approached Mattix and introduced himself by the hotel's pool.
Later that evening, the band's manager, Peter Grant, spotted Mattix and her groupie friends at the Rainbow Bar and Grill. He insisted she come with him. A limo then drove her back to the Hyatt to meet with Page in his room. In a 2009 interview, Mattix claimed she lost her virginity to Page during that encounter. This was the beginning of her sexual, romantic relationship with Page despite being fourteen. California's age of sexual consent was 18 at the time and still is. Because of this, according to Rolling Stone, Page feared charges of statutory rape and went to great lengths to hide his association with Mattix.
Grant insisted on keeping Mattix in a locked hotel room with a security guard at the door during the band's subsequent U.S. touring. Mattix did not travel with Led Zeppelin while they were on tour, but she claimed Page stationed himself in Los Angeles and would frequently fly back there to see her between concerts in the band's private jet, The Starship. Whenever Page returned to England, Mattix says he called her every day.
Page's sexual relationship with the underage Mattix lasted for more than two years, ending in 1975 when Mattix was 16. Mattix claimed she ended the relationship after finding Page in bed with Bebe Buell. Buell gave an alternate version of these events, claiming that despite the fact that Mattix "had given herself exclusively to Jimmy (Page) from age 14 to 16," she was barred by Page's security from seeing him once he began dating Buell.
Lori Mattix is said by Led Zeppelin biographers to have been referenced by the band in the song "Sick Again", specifically with the lyrics:
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Lori Mattix
Lori Mattix (born November 29, 1958), sometimes known as Lori Maddox or Lori Lightning, is an American former child model and "baby" groupie of the 1970s. As of November 2015[update], she is a partner and buyer for the Glam Boutique in West Hollywood. She is perhaps best known for an interview with Thrillist in 2015 in which she made allegations of being involved in sexual relationships with David Bowie, Jimmy Page, and Mick Jagger; these are relationships which would have occurred while she was underage and while the musicians were in their twenties, although her connections to Bowie and Jagger are disputed.
Her experience has been discussed in the Me Too movement, with her story marking a shift of the movement's focus from the film industry to the music industry.
At the age of 13, in 1972, Mattix began frequenting clubs on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood with her friend Sable Starr, particularly the Rainbow Bar and Grill, the Whisky a Go Go and Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco.
In June of 1972, the members of Led Zeppelin were in Los Angeles for their 1972 North American tour. While there, Mattix met 28-year-old guitarist Jimmy Page for the first time at the Hyatt hotel where the band was staying, according to Mattix's 2015 interview with Thrillist. Page approached Mattix and introduced himself by the hotel's pool.
Later that evening, the band's manager, Peter Grant, spotted Mattix and her groupie friends at the Rainbow Bar and Grill. He insisted she come with him. A limo then drove her back to the Hyatt to meet with Page in his room. In a 2009 interview, Mattix claimed she lost her virginity to Page during that encounter. This was the beginning of her sexual, romantic relationship with Page despite being fourteen. California's age of sexual consent was 18 at the time and still is. Because of this, according to Rolling Stone, Page feared charges of statutory rape and went to great lengths to hide his association with Mattix.
Grant insisted on keeping Mattix in a locked hotel room with a security guard at the door during the band's subsequent U.S. touring. Mattix did not travel with Led Zeppelin while they were on tour, but she claimed Page stationed himself in Los Angeles and would frequently fly back there to see her between concerts in the band's private jet, The Starship. Whenever Page returned to England, Mattix says he called her every day.
Page's sexual relationship with the underage Mattix lasted for more than two years, ending in 1975 when Mattix was 16. Mattix claimed she ended the relationship after finding Page in bed with Bebe Buell. Buell gave an alternate version of these events, claiming that despite the fact that Mattix "had given herself exclusively to Jimmy (Page) from age 14 to 16," she was barred by Page's security from seeing him once he began dating Buell.
Lori Mattix is said by Led Zeppelin biographers to have been referenced by the band in the song "Sick Again", specifically with the lyrics: