Rap billionaire Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused of sexually assaulting a man after a record producer sued him for constant groping and possible drug-related rape.
Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones says he was ordered to recruit prostitutes and have sex with them for the star's pleasure, and has hundreds of hours of video documenting his “serious illegal activities.”
The troubled hip-hop star is already facing lawsuits from three women and has lost numerous commercial deals in the wake of the lawsuits.
Jones has named some of the industry's biggest names as co-defendants in the $30 million lawsuit, claiming record boss Ethiopia Habtemariam dismissed Combs' groping as a “friendly game” and his way of “showing he likes you.” .
The star has denied the existing allegations against him, calling them “disgusting”, and his lawyer dismissed Jones' claims as “pure fiction”.
Rapper and music industry mogul Sean Combs was sued on November 16 by singer Cassie, who accused him of rape and physical abuse, before the case was settled out of court
The star received the key to New York City in Times Square in September last year alongside his sons Quincy Brown and Justin Combs
Record producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones claims he was groomed and abused for a year
“Lil Rod is nothing more than a liar who shamelessly filed a $30 billion lawsuit looking for an undeserved salary,” attorney Shawn Holley told TMZ.
“His reckless naming of events that are pure fiction and simply did not happen is nothing more than a transparent attempt to grab headlines.”
“We have overwhelming, incontrovertible evidence that his claims are complete lies. “Our attempts to share this evidence with Mr Jones's lawyer, Tyrone Blackburn, have been ignored as Mr Blackburn refuses to return our calls.”
Combs recruited Jones in August 2022 to produce some of the songs on the R&B album The Love Album: Off the Grid, which was nominated for a Grammy upon its release in September 2023.
“Mr. Jones agreed and his life has been adversely affected ever since,” the lawsuit states.
For more than a year, he endured “constant unsolicited and illicit groping and touching of his anus” at Combs' homes in Florida, Los Angeles and New York, as well as on a rented yacht in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Combs introduced him to Cuba Gooding Jr. on the yacht, where the actor reportedly began calling “Mr. “Touching, feeling and caressing Jones' legs, his upper inner thighs near his groin, the small of his back near his buttocks and shoulders.”
He claims he was also sexually assaulted by a cousin of Combs' girlfriend Yung Miami and forced to watch a video of record producer Stevie J having sex with another man.
According to the lawsuit, Jones was forced to work in Combs' bathroom, where the star showered naked behind a glass panel.
Jones claims Combs used his power to intimidate him and threatened physical harm if Jones did not comply with his demands.
“Mr. Combs has always made it clear that he wields immense power in the music industry and in law enforcement,” the lawsuit says.
He claims that underage girls and sex workers were guests at the star's house parties and that he saw the star drugging their drinks.
He claims he was sent to dragnets and nightspots in Miami to recruit sex workers and says he himself was drugged in February last year before waking up naked, dizzy and confused in bed with Combs and two sex workers.
The lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and also names Combs' son Justin, his chief of staff Kristina Khorram and Universal Music Group CEO Sir Lucian Grange as defendants.
It accuses Khorram of “grooming” him on behalf of Combs and claims that Motown Records, Love Records and Universal Music Group formed a “Rico entity.”
fa failed to adequately monitor, warn, or supervise Combs and his inner circle.
the actions of Combs, his son and his chief of staff.
Earlier this week, Combs was forced to deny gang-raping a 17-year-old girl in his Manhattan recording studio, claiming a photo of her on his lap was “not accurate.”
He was never convicted and recently settled a shocking rape lawsuit from R&B singer Cassie – just a day after it was filed.
In December he issued a statement denying the allegations against him, saying: “Enough is enough.” “Let me be clear: I did none of the terrible things that are being alleged.” “I “I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth,” he added.