In response to a recent $30,000,000 sexual assault lawsuit initiated by producer Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones alleged racketeering, infliction of emotional distress and sexual assault, among other allegations, a judge has dismissed five charges against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.
Per an order filed on Tuesday (3.25,) Judge J Paul Oetken granted and denied parts of Combs’ motion to dismiss the charges of racketeering; negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress; breach of contract; and a Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) claim.
In addition to the dismissal the judge reprimanded Jones’ attorney Tyrone Blackburn and described his conduct as “unsettling,” however, the the sexual assault and liability claims against the embattled rapper remained intact.
It was in New York in February of last year that Jones first filed his suit against Combs stating that the defendant made unwanted sexual advances and forced him to hire sex workers and engage in relations with them. He subsequently refiled several amended complaints in the months that followed, claiming that Combs acquired, used and distributed ecstasy, cocaine and other illegal drugs, displayed illegal firearms, and laced alcoholic beverages provided to minors and sex workers at his various homes.
Jones made the allegations after producing six songs on Combs’ Grammy-nominated The Love Album: Off the Grid.
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Author: Al Denté
Photo: Richard Burdett