NEWSSean 'Diddy' Combs Files Motion to Dismiss Bombshell Rodney Jones Lawsuit
Sean 'Diddy' Combs wants the lawsuit Rodney Jones filed against him thrown out.
Aug. 26 2024, Published 4:30 p.m. ET
Sean 'Diddy' Combs is doing his best to get Rodney Jones' lawsuit against him tossed out.
According to court documents, the disgraced rapper, 54, filed a motion to dismiss the record producer's case against him for alleged sexual assault, harassment and grooming.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs wants Rodney Jones' lawsuit against him thrown out.
In the paperwork filed on Monday, August 26, in federal court in the Southern District of New York, Combs claimed the lawsuit was only to garner media attention and get money out of him.
In February 2024, Jones, who is seeking $30 million, accused the music mogul of not compensating him for his work in the studio. He also claimed Diddy demanded that he come into contact with s-- workers and that he passed out cocktails laced with drugs at his home.
Rodney Jones allegedly demanded Diddy 'pay him that money by Monday.'
In the legal papers, Combs claimed the case against him was "replete with legally meaningless allegations and blatant falsehoods" and "fails to state a single viable claim” against him.
The "Coming Home" artist also accused Jones of using the lawsuit to "promote his personal brand and profit from exposure" and said he could not prove "business or property" was injured under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
In a new statement obtained by OK!, Combs’ lawyer Erica Wolff, declared: "Mr. Jones’s lawsuit is pure fiction — a shameless attempt to create media hype and extract a quick settlement. There was no RICO conspiracy and Mr. Jones was not threatened, groomed, assaulted, or trafficked. We look forward to proving – in a court of law – that all of Mr. Jones’s claims are made-up and must be dismissed."
According to Jones' lawyer, Tyrone Blackburn, the filing by Combs was a "delay tactic” and “nothing more than a billing exercise.”
Sean 'Diddy' Combs claimed Rodney Jones couldn't prove his 'business or property' was injured under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
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The Making the Band alum also said in the documents that “Jones’ sexual assault claim against Mr. Combs must be dismissed because Jones fails to plead the most basic facts, such as where and when any purported instance of assault occurred or what allegedly transpired.”
Combs has had quite a few legal battles thrown his way this year. As OK! previously reported, he's been named in numerous civil lawsuits since November 2023, including several people accusing him of sexual assault.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs is currently facing a mountain of lawsuits.
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The musician was also under fire after a video of him physically harming his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who filed one of the lawsuits against him, in a hotel hallway in 2016 was unearthed.
“It’s so difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life, but sometimes you got to do that,” he said in an apology video shared to social media. “I was f----- up. I mean I hit rock bottom but I make no excuses. My behavior on that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video. I’m disgusted. I was disgusted then when I did it and I’m disgusted now. I went and I sought out professional help, started going to therapy and rehab, had to ask god for his mercy and grace."
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TMZ obtained the court documents.
