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Arizona Republic, and now the British musician Gordon Sumner, aka Sting. Sumner is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in a Tempe hotel where he was staying while on tour with his band The Police in 1979. The complaint alleges that Sumner, then 27 and married with a hit album, knew that the plaintiff, identified only as Jane Doe in court documents, was underage and unable to give consent as a result. It says she has suffered lifelong trauma as a result of the incident, leaving her in need of therapy and unable to maintain healthy relationships. Ashley Pileika, one of the three attorneys behind the suit, said that while Doe soon told people about what happened, it took her a long time to realize how harmful it had been because her friends glorified the alleged assault. ....