Famed Conductor At The Met Accused Of Molesting Teenager For Years In The '80s : The Two
DwyerAP James Levine
The allegations  first described by the New York Post  were described in a police report that was filed in 2016. In that report  a man says that he met  Levine  as a child in Illinois  where  Levine  was a conductor at the Ravinia Music Festival each summer.
In the report the man alleges that in 1985  when he was 15 and  Levine  was 41   Levine  held  his  hand in a "prolonged and incredibly sensual way" while they were alone in a car  the Post reports. The following year  Levine  began to touch the teenager's genitalia and masturbate in front of  him . The ensuing sexual contact lasted for years  according to the allegation.
 Levine  also served as a mentor to the teenager  wrote a college recommendation essay  and gave  him  tens of thousands of dollars of cash  the Post writes.
There were "hundreds of incidents " the alleged victim said. The man  who says he is straight and that he was not aroused by any of their interactions  wrote in the report that he was "confused and paralyzed" by  Levine 's actions.
The New York Times has also seen a copy of the police report  and confirmed the stories contained in the report with the alleged victim and with one of his relatives. The Times also notes that rumors of sexual misconduct have swirled around  Levine   unconfirmed  for years.
The Times reports that  Levine  invited the victim to audition as a conductor  and told him that he should focus on "other talents" â while continuing to promise to "raise [him] 'special' " in some way. The young man first told a relative about the abuse in 1993  the newspaper writes; he reported it to police in 2016  after realizing that  Levine 's behavior had negatively affected his life.
The allegations  first described by the New York Post  were described in a police report that was filed in 2016. In that report  a man says that he met  Levine  as a child in Illinois  where  Levine  was a conductor at the Ravinia Music Festival each summer.
In the report the man alleges that in 1985  when he was 15 and  Levine  was 41   Levine  held  his  hand in a "prolonged and incredibly sensual way" while they were alone in a car  the Post reports. The following year  Levine  began to touch the teenager's genitalia and masturbate in front of  him . The ensuing sexual contact lasted for years  according to the allegation.
 Levine  also served as a mentor to the teenager  wrote a college recommendation essay  and gave  him  tens of thousands of dollars of cash  the Post writes.
There were "hundreds of incidents " the alleged victim said. The man  who says he is straight and that he was not aroused by any of their interactions  wrote in the report that he was "confused and paralyzed" by  Levine 's actions.
The New York Times has also seen a copy of the police report  and confirmed the stories contained in the report with the alleged victim and with one of his relatives. The Times also notes that rumors of sexual misconduct have swirled around  Levine   unconfirmed  for years.
The Times reports that  Levine  invited the victim to audition as a conductor  and told him that he should focus on "other talents" â while continuing to promise to "raise [him] 'special' " in some way. The young man first told a relative about the abuse in 1993  the newspaper writes; he reported it to police in 2016  after realizing that  Levine 's behavior had negatively affected his life.