Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with one other lawsuit.
Producer Lil Rod, whose given identify is Rodney Jones, is accusing the media mogul of working a racketeering enterprise, groping him, forcing him to interact in sexual acts with intercourse employees and lacing alcohol for the friends in his house, together with underaged ladies.
“All through his time with Mr. Combs, Mr. Jones witnessed, skilled, and endured many issues that went far past his function as a Producer on the Love album,” the 73-page criticism says. “Mr. Combs required Mr. Jones to document him always. … Because of this, Mr. Jones has secured a whole lot of hours of footage and audio data of Mr. Combs, his workers, and his friends partaking in severe criminal activity.”
The lawsuit not solely names Diddy as a defendant but additionally his 30-year-old son, Justin Dior Combs; his chief of workers, Kristina Khorram; Common Music Group CEO Sir Lucian Grainge; and former Motown Information CEO Ethiopia Habtemariam.
Within the lawsuit, Lil Rod claims that Diddy pressured him to work within the rest room 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 wakened unclothed, disoriented and in mattress with Diddy and two intercourse employees.
The lawsuit accuses Khorram of serving to Diddy “to groom him [Lil Rod] into accepting a gay relationship.”
“Mr. Jones was petrified of Mr. Combs. He felt like he couldn’t inform him no. Mr. Combs persistently made it clear that he has immense energy within the music trade and with regulation enforcement,” the lawsuit stated.
It added that Diddy tried to intimidate Lil Rod by exhibiting off his weapons. The lawsuit additionally claims that Diddy admitted to Lil Rod that he was “answerable for” the deadly 1999 capturing of a rapper named Shyne.
The producer additionally created a GoFundMe web 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 submit forward of the 2024 Grammys, Lil Rod stated, “I’m at present nominated on an album I produced at the least 9 songs. I must be celebrating however I’m at present quietly combating for my publishing for months.”
“Lil Rod is nothing greater than a liar who filed a $30 million lawsuit shamelessly in search of an undeserved payday. His reckless name-dropping about occasions which can be pure fiction and easily didn’t occur is nothing greater than a clear try and garner headlines,” Diddy’s lawyer Shawn Holley advised JHB.
“Now we have overwhelming, indeniable proof that his claims are full lies,” she added. “We’ll handle these outlandish allegations in courtroom and take all applicable motion towards those that make them.”
Holley beforehand represented actor Lindsay Lohan, baseball participant Trevor Bauer, actor Danny Masterson and, for a second, rapper Tory Lanez. She was additionally on O.J. Simpson’s authorized group. Holley didn’t instantly reply to JHB’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 criticism, Cassie stated Diddy raped her, pressured her to be depending on medication, pressured her to have intercourse with intercourse employees 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 turned a launching pad for 3 extra accusers.
One girl claimed she was “being drugged, sexually assaulted and abused, and being the sufferer of ‘revenge porn.’” One other stated she was raped by Diddy and singer Aaron Corridor.
In a fourth occasion, a lady 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 regulation allowed accusers to deliver ahead circumstances of sexual abuse even past the statutory time restrict, and Diddy was not the one large identify 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 have been additionally named as defendants in separate lawsuits.
“For the final couple of weeks, I’ve sat silently and watched individuals 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 in search of a fast payday. Let me be completely clear: I didn’t do any of the terrible issues being alleged. I’ll battle for my identify, my household and for the reality,” he added.
Lil Rod’s lawyer didn’t instantly reply to JHB’s request for remark.
Need assistance? Go to RAINN’s Nationwide Sexual Assault On-line Hotline or the Nationwide Sexual Violence Useful resource Heart’s web site.