A choose has granted and denied prices introduced in opposition to Sean “Diddy” Combs in a $30 million lawsuit from former producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones alleging sexual assault.
Jones initially filed his go well with in opposition to Combs in New York in Feb. 2024, stating that Combs made undesirable sexual advances and compelled him to rent intercourse employees and have interaction in relations with them. Jones named Combs in addition to a “RICO enterprise” consisting of his son Justin; his chief of employees, Kristina Khorram; Common Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge; former Motown Data CEO Ethiopia Habtemariam; and quite a few document labels and Jane and John Does. He then refiled a number of amended complaints within the months that adopted.
However in an order filed earlier in the present day and reviewed by Selection, Choose J. Paul Oetken granted and denied components of Combs’ Aug. 2024 movement to dismiss the case. The order additionally reprimanded Jones’ legal professional Tyrone Blackburn and described his conduct relating to the movement as “unsettling.”
The choose dismissed the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) cost in opposition to Combs and Khorram within the case, failing to discover a viable argument in Jones’ opposition transient and that “it shouldn’t be essential to root round a 402-paragraph grievance to contrive novel arguments on Jones’s behalf.” He additionally dismissed negligent and intentional infliction of emotional misery claims; breach of contract claims; and the Trafficking Victims Safety Act (TVPA) declare in opposition to Combs International. The TVPA claims in opposition to Combs and Khorram have been granted, and the choose declined to dismiss sexual assault and legal responsibility claims.
The movement additionally issued a stern warning to Blackburn, stating that his filings “are replete with inaccurate statements of regulation, conclusory accusations, and inappropriate advert hominem assaults on opposing counsel.” The choose referenced Blackburn’s opposition transient and the grievance as filled with “irrelevant insults, misstatements, and exaggerations,” stating that any additional misconduct might result in sanctions or referral for self-discipline.
In an announcement supplied to Selection, Blackburn commented: “A win is a win. Play time is over. Now, it’s time for discovery.”
Jones filed the go well with in Feb. 2024 after producing six songs on Combs’ Grammy-nominated “The Love Album: Off the Grid” that launched in Sept. 2023. He claims that Combs acquired, used and distributed ecstasy, cocaine and different illicit medicine; displayed unlawful firearms; and laced alcoholic drinks supplied to minors and intercourse employees at his varied properties, amongst different allegations.
After Jones filed two amended complaints, Combs filed his personal movement to dismiss in Aug. 2024. “Jones’ Second Amended Grievance is his third try to decorate up a monotonous industrial disagreement as a salacious RICO conspiracy,” learn the movement. “Operating to just about 100 pages, it contains numerous tall tales, shameless movie star namedrops, and irrelevant pictures. But, regardless of all its hyperbole and lurid theatrics, the SAC fails to state a single viable declare in opposition to any of the Combs Defendants.”
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