Hit producer The-Dream has filed a motion to dismiss the sexual assault lawsuit filed against him in June, claiming that the plaintiff and her attorney are “using the judicial system to propagate a false and defamatory narrative” about him. The producer, whose real name is Terius Gesteelde-Diamant, is one of the music industry’s most prolific hitmakers, penning tracks with Beyonce, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey, Jay-Z and Kanye West among others. Gesteelde-Diamant claimed in the motion that he and plaintiff Chanaaz Mangroe had a “brief and consensual courtship,” further stating that he never abused her.
“Diamant categorically denies Plaintiff’s allegations in the Complaint,” the motion said. “They are simply disconnected from reality, and the Complaint fails in its entirety.” Gesteelde-Diamant’s motion comes over two months after Mangroe first sued him, alleging that he’d used his status in the industry to “lure the young and vulnerable artist into an abusive, violent, and manipulative relationship filled with physical assaults, violent sexual encounters, and horrific psychological manipulation.
” Mangroe alleged that she first met Gesteelde-Diamant in late 2014 after a childhood friend of hers had reached out to her and claimed that by 2015 she met the producer in Atlanta. She alleged that during their time together, Gesteelde-Diamant forced her to drink excessive amounts of alcohol, choked her multiple times and recorded sexual acts with he.