Sean “Diddy” Combs filed a motion Monday seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former employee, music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, which accuses Combs of sexual harassment and drugging and threatening Jones. According to Combs’ motion, Jones’ lawsuit, which was filed in February and seeks $30 million in damages, was meant to “generate media hype and exploit it to extract a settlement.” In the lawsuit, Jones accused the rapper and record executive of sexual assault and harassment from 2022 to 203 and for covering up a shooting.
Combs’ motion to dismiss states that Jones’ lawsuit does not include specific examples of the alleged sexual harassment and drugging. “Jones claims he was repeatedly ‘groped’ and ‘touched’ by Mr. Combs, but fails to allege the specific date, location, or details of any such incident,” the motion says.
Jones’ attorney Tyrone A. Blackburn said in a statement to HuffPost that the motion is a “billing exercise” by Combs’ lawyers. “It is a weak attempt to fill their pockets before he is indicted, and they decide to haul ass, just like his five previous lawyers did.
” Blackburn added, “If their client does not engage in salacious behavior, I would not have anything salacious to file. I pick my clients; I do not pick their facts.” “We look forward to proving — in a court of law — that all of Mr.
Jones’s claims are made-up and must be dismissed,” the attorney, Erica Wolff, said. In November, Combs w.