Music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones is accusing Sean “Diddy” Combs and his son of a “large” cover-up of their involvement in a 2022 taking pictures, in accordance with an amended grievance. The brand new allegations add to Jones’ authentic lawsuit, during which he accuses Diddy of sexual assault and harassment.
In new filings, Lil Rod claimed that Diddy or his son Justin shot Justin’s buddy, recognized within the grievance as a 30-year-old named G, within the stomach and close to his leg or hip space in a rest room at Chalice Recording Studio in Los Angeles in September 2022. He claims that G has since disappeared.
The grievance, which included footage purported to indicate a bloodied toilet, stated the taking pictures adopted an argument involving Diddy, Justin and G throughout a “writers and producers camp” on the studio. The three moved to a close-by toilet simply 2 ft away from Lil Rod when a number of pictures have been fired, at which level the producer feared being shot via the door, in accordance with the grievance. It then added that Diddy and Justin left the lavatory whereas G remained on the ground and that a number of folks then crowded across the door.
In an effort to assist G, Lil Rod utilized strain to his wounds, propped him up on the bathroom and urged the encompassing bystanders to name for an ambulance, in accordance with the grievance. Lil Rod then carried G to the ambulance in entrance of the studio as Diddy and his son “disappeared to a different a part of the studio,” in accordance with the doc.
The grievance claims that G was “bodily incapable of strolling” and that Lil Rod needed to carry him to the ambulance.
“Mr. Combs gave strict directions to tell the police that he had nothing to do with the taking pictures. He additionally compelled Mr. Jones to misinform the police by telling them that G was shot standing exterior the studio by a drive-by assailant,” the grievance says.
Lil Rod’s recollection of the taking pictures clashes with the official Los Angeles Police Division account and claims from Diddy’s legal professional Shawn Holley that the taking pictures didn’t occur on the studio, NBC Information reported Monday.
On the time, KCAL-TV in Los Angeles reported that the sufferer was shot exterior of the studio, citing the LAPD. The report, which was featured within the amended grievance, didn’t embody names.
“When LAPD arrived on scene, it was instantly decided (conclusively) that the taking pictures passed off far from the studio,” Holley advised NBC Information.
“Neither Sean nor Justin have been within the neighborhood and even conscious of what had occurred till afterwards. So I don’t assume both of them have been interviewed [by police],” Holley added.
Additional, the grievance included a screenshot of an Instagram message from the studio to an unnamed recipient that claimed the taking pictures occurred “half a block away from Chalice.”
“As of the date of this submitting, neither the Los Angeles Police Division, nor the Los Angeles Hearth Division have launched any official stories surrounding this taking pictures. There was no physique digital camera footage, and no 911 name recording. What’s much more disturbing, is that there was no citing [sic] of G,” the grievance stated.
In Lil Rod’s preliminary grievance, filed on Feb. 26 within the U.S. District Court docket for the Southern District of New York, he accuses Diddy of “fixed unsolicited and unauthorized groping”; coercing him to have interaction in sexual acts with intercourse employees; in addition to lacing alcohol given to Lil Rod and his visitors, which included underage women.
As well as, the grievance says that Diddy runs a racketeering enterprise has not paid him for his manufacturing work on his newest album, “The Love Album.” Rod additionally claims within the go well with that Diddy stated he was “chargeable for” the killing of a rapper named Shyne in 1999.
“Submitting a lawsuit ought to by no means be the primary choice in a dispute. We are able to have an trustworthy dialogue to resolve the problems as I instructed, or we are able to observe the identical plan Shawn Holley used that obtained her purchasers Danny Masterson and Tory Lanez convicted. Makes one surprise who is absolutely managing this case for Mr. Combs,” Lil Rod’s legal professional Tyrone Blackburn stated, in accordance with NBC Information.
Lil Rod is the primary man to file a sexual assault and harassment lawsuit towards Diddy, who has branded himself as “Brother Love” regardless of earlier allegations of violence and defective enterprise practices from quite a few males who had been staff, Rolling Stone reported.
The Dangerous Boy Leisure founder was accused of sexual abuse in 4 different lawsuits in November, beginning with a harrowing lawsuit filed by an ex-girlfriend, mannequin and R&B artist Cassie.
In a 35-page grievance, Cassie accused Diddy of raping and abusing her, forcing her to have intercourse with male intercourse employees as he watched, and inciting a drug and alcohol dependancy.
The “Me & U” singer’s accusations got here because the Grownup Survivors Act in New York, which allowed accusers to return ahead with allegations of sexual abuse past the set statute of limitations, was set to run out in November. Cassie and Diddy settled the lawsuit the day after it was filed.
Following Cassie’s go well with, not less than three extra from different ladies have been filed below the New York statute earlier than it expired.
One lady, recognized within the lawsuit as Liza Gardner, accused Diddy and singer Aaron Corridor of raping her and her buddy in 1990 or 1991.
One other lady, Joi Dickerson-Neal, accused Diddy of raping her, filming it and displaying the video to others in 1991.
A lady recognized as Jane Doe filed a lawsuit claiming that Diddy, former Dangerous Boy Data President Harve Pierre and an unnamed man “gang raped” and “intercourse trafficked” her when she was 17 years outdated in 2003. On the time, Diddy was 34.
Following the onslaught of lawsuits, Diddy, who has denied all of the accusations towards him, stepped down from his place as chairman of the media firm Revolt in November. Plans for a actuality TV present that was set to concentrate on his life and household have been minimize quick in December.
“Sufficient is sufficient,” he wrote in an Instagram submit in December. “Sickening allegations have been made towards me by people in search of 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.”