Atallah “Alibaba” Abdallah, Produce Market Owner, Accused of Raping Sales Rep in Her Costa Mesa Office

A sales rep says a major produce market client brutally raped her in her Costa Mesa office and then
tossed a $100 bill at her and told her to “Buy some pills” to terminate
any pregnancy that might result from his having ejaculated inside her. The bombshell allegations against Atallah “Alibaba” Abdallah, the owner of Dogwood's
Marketplace in Monrovia and Vine Ripe Farmers Market in La Mesa, are contained in a lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court seeking unspecified compensatory and
punitive damages for sexual battery, false imprisonment, assault, sexual
harassment and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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The woman, who is unnamed because she is an alleged sexual assault victim, is represented by lawyer David Drexler of Sherman Oaks. She is suing Abdallah and his businesses.

She claims she had a strictly professional relationship with the 45-year-old produce market owner, having sold him “hundreds of
thousands of dollars worth of food products.” She claims the rape happened after they attended a business meeting in July
2010. Afterward, she alleges, he showed her a knife and threatened to hurt her and her children if she told anyone about the rape.

The woman says she filed a police report accusing Abdallah of rape and, about a month
later, obtained a restraining order against him, claiming the judge “found that the order was based on a credible threat of violence by defendant.”

Despite the rape, the woman claims in the complaint that she had a difficult time terminating their business relationship because she had sold Abdallah hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of food products–and he still owed her money.

The suit contends Abdallah, who could not be reached for comment, knew he had the upper hand in this regard, which is why he allegedly assaulted the woman.

Portions of her complaint, first reported by Courthouse News Service, follow on the next page:
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At approximately 5:00 p.m., on or about July 14, 2010,
plaintiff and defendant Abdallah returned to plaintiff's office in Costa
Mesa, California. Plaintiff stopped in the front reception room to
check the mail. Defendant proceeded to the conference room and secretly
disrobed. Plaintiff could not see defendant until she entered the
conference room.

Plaintiff entered the conference room, and
defendant Abdallah immediately attacked her. Plaintiff saw defendant
standing naked with an erection and saw a knife on the conference room
table. Plaintiff was paralyzed with shock. Defendant grabbed plaintiff
with force and pushed her onto the conference room table on her back.
Plaintiff began pleading for defendant to stop, and began hysterically
crying. Plaintiff did not consent to any of this.

Defendant Abdallah covered plaintiff's mouth with his hand to prevent her from further yelling out.

Plaintiff did not consent to any of the acts taken by defendant Abdallah, as described herein.

Defendant
Abdallah kept one hand pushed down on plaintiff's mouth, and with his
other hand, defendant forcibly spread plaintiff's legs, shoved her dress
up towards her hips and ripped plaintiff's panties away. Defendant
violently shoved his erect penis inside of her vagina and proceeded to
rape her. Plaintiff did not consent to the rape.

Although
plaintiff attempted to cry out during defendant's assault, he prevented
her from doing so by pushing his hand on her mouth.

Defendant
repeatedly raped plaintiff, disregarding her tears and efforts to
protest his actions and plead with him to stop. Defendant ultimately
ejaculated inside of her.

Plaintiff did not consent to any of this.

After
he completed his sexual assault, defendant threw a $100 bill at
plaintiff and told her to “buy some pills” to terminate any pregnancy
resulting from his ejaculating inside her.