Sean "Diddy" Combs asked a federal judge Monday to throw out a lawsuit from a music producer who accused the music mogul of a broad pattern of sexual abuse and other misconduct. The lawsuit filed in February by Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones - one of many filed against Combs in the past year - is overrun with "tall tales," "lurid theatrics," "legally meaningless allegations" and "blatant falsehoods" whose intent is only to "generate media hype and exploit it to extract a settlement," according to the motion to dismiss filed in federal court in New York. The case fails to establish that Jones has standing to sue, does not include essential details including times and places of the incidents described and "fails to make a single viable claim," according to the motion.
Several lawsuits alleging sexual and other abuse against Combs had already been filed when Jones sued in February, but the circumstances surrounding the hip-hop star have grown more dire since. In March, simultaneous raids on Combs' homes in Florida and California led to the revelation that he was the subject of a federal criminal sex trafficking investigation that is ongoing. And in May, CNN aired 2016 hotel security video that showed him punching, kicking and dragging the R &B singer Cassie, who was his protege and longtime girlfriend at the time.
The incident closely matched a description in a lawsuit she filed in November that was settled the following day but set off intense scrutiny of Combs. A few days after the vi.