America-rapper and business mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed a motion to dismiss a $30 million lawsuit against him by record producer Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones.
Recall that Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones filed the suit against Diddy in February 2024 for constant groping and a possible drug-induced rape.
In the lawsuit, the record producer claimed that he ordered some set-workers and made out with them for Diddy’s pleasure, with other video documentation of the rapper’s illegal acts.
However, just like the other cases against Diddy, he denied all accusations of wrongdoing by the record producer.
Well, the 54-year-old rapper, Sean “Diddy” Combs in his motion is trying to fire back at Jone’s second lawsuit which he [Diddy] filed in Manhattan Federal Court Monday accusing the producer of ‘exploiting’ the star for money.
The filing reads: ‘Jones’ Second Amended Complaint is his third attempt to dress up a run-of-the-mill commercial disagreement as a salacious RICO [Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act] conspiracy.
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‘Running to nearly 100 pages, it includes countless tall tales, shameless celebrity namedrops, and irrelevant images. Yet, despite all its hyperbole and lurid theatrics, the SAC fails to state a single viable claim against any of the Combs Defendants.
‘Replete with legally meaningless allegations and blatant falsehoods, the SAC’s [Second Amended Complaint] true purpose is to generate media hype and exploit it to extract a settlement—no surprise, given that his attorney was recently referred to this Court’s Grievance Committee for engaging in a ‘pattern’ of ‘improperly fil[ing] cases in federal court to garner media attention, embarrass defendants with salacious allegations, and pressure defendants to settle quickly.’
‘Taking a page from his lawyer’s playbook, Jones recently posted a video on the ‘X’ platform in which he, together with a performer known as ‘Uncle Murda,’ laughed about this lawsuit (despite his allegations of ‘severe emotional distress’), demanded Mr. Combs pay him ‘that money by Monday,’ and warned: ‘I’m from Chicago, we don’t play about our business.’
‘Like the SAC, Jones’ videotaped threats on social media are part of a calculated effort to promote his personal brand and profit from the exposure. Such tactics have no place in federal court.’ According to the court document.
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However according to Dailymail, Diddy’s lawyer, Erica Woldf said that Jone’s suit is a pure fiction, describing it as a shameless attempt to creat a media hype and extract quick money from her client.
‘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.’ Erica said.
Diddy responded to Jones’ assertions that his ‘company or property’ was harmed owing to non-payment for services rendered on Diddy’s 2023 The Love Album: Off The Grid, claiming he failed to prove this under the RICO Act.
The filings also state that Jones never filed a primary claim under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, demonstrating that he was forced to commit a sex act in return for something of value, or that he was a victim of such an act.
Diddy also alleges Jones neglected to share facts about the alleged sexual assault and harassment charges he filed against the singer.
Jones’ attorney Tyrone Blackburn told TMZ: ‘This is clearly a billing exercise by Combs’ latest set of attorneys, who are late to the game and are attempting to fill their pockets with this Hail Mary motion to dismiss before their client is indicted.’
Diddy denies causing Jones emotional distress and says he ‘failed to show [Combs] exercised control over premises where third parties committed alleged assaults.
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