Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with one other lawsuit.
Producer Lil Rod, whose given title is Rodney Jones, is accusing the media mogul of working a racketeering enterprise, groping him, forcing him to interact in sexual acts with intercourse staff and lacing alcohol for the company in his residence, together with underaged ladies.
“All through his time with Mr. Combs, Mr. Jones witnessed, skilled, and endured many issues that went far past his position as a Producer on the Love album,” the 73-page grievance says. “Mr. Combs required Mr. Jones to document him always. … In consequence, Mr. Jones has secured a whole lot of hours of footage and audio data of Mr. Combs, his employees, and his company partaking in critical criminality.”
The lawsuit not solely names Diddy as a defendant but additionally his 30-year-old son, Justin Dior Combs; his chief of employees, Kristina Khorram; Common Music Group CEO Sir Lucian Grainge; and former Motown Information CEO Ethiopia Habtemariam.
Within the lawsuit, Lil Rod claims that Diddy compelled him to work within the lavatory as Diddy showered and that Diddy engaged in “fixed unsolicited and unauthorized groping and touching of his [Lil Rod’s] anus.”
Lil Rod additionally accused Diddy of drugging him in February 2023 when he awoke unclothed, disoriented and in mattress with Diddy and two intercourse staff.
The lawsuit accuses Khorram of serving to Diddy “to groom him [Lil Rod] into accepting a gay relationship.”
“Mr. Jones was frightened of Mr. Combs. He felt like he couldn’t inform him no. Mr. Combs constantly made it clear that he has immense energy within the music trade and with legislation enforcement,” the lawsuit stated.
It added that Diddy tried to intimidate Lil Rod by displaying off his weapons. The lawsuit additionally claims that Diddy admitted to Lil Rod that he was “accountable for” the deadly 1999 capturing of a rapper named Shyne.
The producer additionally created a GoFundMe page geared toward elevating $50,000 for his authorized charges.
Lil Rod produced a portion of Diddy’s newest physique of labor, “The Love Album,” which was launched in September 2023, which he says he was underpaid for.
In an Instagram post forward of the 2024 Grammys, Lil Rod stated, “I’m presently nominated on an album I produced at the very least 9 songs. I ought to be celebrating however I’m presently quietly combating for my publishing for months.”
“Lil Rod is nothing greater than a liar who filed a $30 million lawsuit shamelessly searching for an undeserved payday. His reckless name-dropping about occasions which might be pure fiction and easily didn’t occur is nothing greater than a clear try to garner headlines,” Diddy’s lawyer Shawn Holley informed JS.
“We’ve got overwhelming, indeniable proof that his claims are full lies,” she added. “We’ll deal with these outlandish allegations in courtroom and take all applicable motion towards those that make them.”
Holley previously represented actor Lindsay Lohan, baseball participant Trevor Bauer, actor Danny Masterson and, for a moment, rapper Tory Lanez. She was additionally on O.J. Simpson’s authorized workforce. Holley didn’t instantly reply to JS’s request for remark.
Diddy was accused final 12 months of sexual violence by 4 ladies, beginning with Cassie, his ex-girlfriend.
In a damning 35-page grievance, Cassie stated Diddy raped her, compelled her to be depending on medicine, compelled her to have intercourse with intercourse staff and blew up the automobile of rapper-producer Child Cudi, at one level a romantic curiosity of Cassie’s. Although the lawsuit was quietly resolved the next day, it grew to become a launching pad for 3 extra accusers.
One woman claimed she was “being drugged, sexually assaulted and abused, and being the sufferer of ‘revenge porn.’” Another said she was raped by Diddy and singer Aaron Corridor.
In a fourth occasion, a girl stated Diddy, together with former Unhealthy Boy president Harve Pierre and an unnamed man, raped her in 2003 when she was 17.
The fits got here as New York’s Grownup Survivors Act was set to run out in November 2023. The legislation allowed accusers to carry ahead circumstances of sexual abuse even past the statutory time restrict, and Diddy was not the one huge title to be hit. Invoice Cosby, Jamie Foxx, New York Mayor Eric Adams, music producer L.A. Reid, photographer Terry Richardson and Weapons N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose had been additionally named as defendants in separate lawsuits.
“For the final couple of weeks, I’ve sat silently and watched folks attempt to assassinate my character, destroy my status and my legacy,” Combs stated in a December 2023 assertion.
“Sickening allegations have been made towards me by people searching for a fast payday. Let me be completely clear: I didn’t do any of the terrible issues being alleged. I’ll struggle for my title, my household and for the reality,” he added.
Lil Rod’s lawyer didn’t instantly reply to JS’s request for remark.
Need assistance? Go to RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s website.
