Lori Mattix was part of the baby groupies of the 70s, underaged women that were sexually exploited by rockstars twice their age. She had built up somewhat of a reputation among other predatory men with whom she had sex with, like Jimmy Page and Mick Jagger. At the time, well before the #MeToo movement, being a rockstar had entitled you to all sorts of benefits, like fame, fortune, and statutory rape.Â
Lori and David Bowie met at a club in 1973, and Bowie was immediately entranced by her, leading to the two eventually hooking up in his suite, even though Bowie was in his mid-20s and she was 14 at the time.
Lori herself talked about this in a 2015 interview with Thrillist, going into extensive detail about the encounter and how he "de-virginized" her, which is about as gross and creepy as it sounds. The #metoo movement recently revived discussion about the baby groupie scene, along with Lori's many encounters with older celebrities, and how a lot of sexual abuse goes under the radar for men with enormous influence. Though this particular encounter hasn't actually been talked about a lot whenever David Bowie's legacy is brought up, which kind of goes to show you the lengths society will go to protect men of status.
And continuing the awful rockstar trend of sex with children ...