Sean "Diddy" Combs is fighting back against the RICO and sex trafficking allegations made in a lawsuit by his former employee, saying the suit's "true purpose" was to "generate media hype and exploit it to extract a settlement." In a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan federal court Monday, Diddy's legal team argued against each claim Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones brought forth in his complaint, which they said was "replete with legally meaningless allegations and blatant falsehoods." "Jones' second amended complaint is his third attempt to dress up a run-of-the-mill commercial disagreement as a salacious RICO conspiracy," the motion states.
"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." Jones, a music producer who worked on Diddy's most recent record, first filed his lawsuit in February, alleging Diddy conspired with a slew of other defendants in a "RICO enterprise" set up to acquire and transport drugs, firearms and sex workers — some of whom were minors.
The complaint also accused the music mogul of sex trafficking and sexual assault, with Jones claiming Diddy subjected him "to "constant unsolicited" groping and that he tried to groom the producer into engaging in sexual acts with others, including The suit, which is seeking $30 million in damages, was ame.