Sean “Diddy” Combs' The legal team has filed a motion to dismiss claims in a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a woman in 1991.
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More details on Diddy's reported reaction to the sexual assault lawsuit
Combs' legal team filed the motion on Friday, April 26, according to AP News. The music mogul's legal team reportedly claims that Diddy cannot be sued for certain claims in the lawsuit because “certain laws did not exist” at the time of the alleged incidents. happened in 1991.
Diddy's legal team is reportedly demanding that Joi Dickerson-Neal's claims of “revenge porn and human trafficking” be “dismissed with prejudice.”
CNN notes that Combs' lawyers continue to call Dickerson-Neal's allegations “false, offensive and salacious.” In addition, Diddy's lawyers are reportedly demanding that “allegations against Combs' company” also be dismissed. Of note, TMZ reports that the request refers to Diddy's company, “Bad Boy Records or Bad Boy Entertainment.”
However, TMZ notes that Diddy's team has not filed a motion to dismiss the first “two counts” of the lawsuit. These claims allege that Combs inflicted “assault,” battery and “intentional infliction of emotional distress” on the plaintiff.
Further details about the lawsuit and the allegations
As The Shade Room previously reported, Dickerson-Neal filed the lawsuit against Combs in November 2023. Additionally, the lawsuit was reportedly filed under New York's Adult Survivors Act.
It was reported at the time that Dickerson-Neal accused Diddy of sexually assaulting her after a date in 1991. Diddy is said to have given the woman a drug. She is then said to have been sexually abused in a music studio.
According to AP News, the woman accused Combs of recording the attack. Additionally, she claimed he shared the footage with friends.
In an initial reaction to the lawsuit, a spokesman for the mogul is said to have rejected the allegations. Furthermore, they described the claims as a “money grab.”
“This last-minute lawsuit is an example of how a well-intentioned law can be turned on its head. Ms. Dickerson's 32-year-old story is fictional and not credible. Mr. Combs never attacked her and she blames companies that don't exist. “This is a pure money grab and nothing more,” the New York Post statement said.
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