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Music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones is accusing Sean “Diddy” Combs and his son of a “huge” cover-up of their involvement in a 2022 capturing, in line with an amended grievance. The brand new allegations add to Jones’ authentic lawsuit, by which he accuses Diddy of sexual assault and harassment.
In new filings, Lil Rod claimed that Diddy or his son Justin shot Justin’s good friend, recognized within the grievance as a 30-year-old named G, within the stomach and close to his leg or hip space in a rest room at Chalice Recording Studio in Los Angeles in September 2022. He claims that G has since disappeared.
The grievance, which included photos purported to point out a bloodied rest room, stated the capturing adopted an argument involving Diddy, Justin and G throughout a “writers and producers camp” on the studio. The three moved to a close-by rest room simply 2 ft away from Lil Rod when a number of pictures had been fired, at which level the producer feared being shot by the door, in line with the grievance. It then added that Diddy and Justin left the lavatory whereas G remained on the ground and that a number of individuals then crowded across the door.
In an effort to assist G, Lil Rod utilized stress to his wounds, propped him up on the bathroom and urged the encompassing bystanders to name for an ambulance, in line with the grievance. Lil Rod then carried G to the ambulance in entrance of the studio as Diddy and his son “disappeared to a different a part of the studio,” in line with the doc.
The grievance claims that G was “bodily incapable of strolling” and that Lil Rod needed to carry him to the ambulance.
“Mr. Combs gave strict directions to tell the police that he had nothing to do with the capturing. He additionally pressured Mr. Jones to mislead the police by telling them that G was shot standing outdoors the studio by a drive-by assailant,” the grievance says.
Lil Rod’s recollection of the capturing clashes with the official Los Angeles Police Division account and claims from Diddy’s legal professional Shawn Holley that the capturing didn’t occur on the studio, NBC News reported Monday.
On the time, KCAL-TV in Los Angeles reported that the sufferer was shot outdoors of the studio, citing the LAPD. The report, which was featured within the amended grievance, didn’t embody names.
“When LAPD arrived on scene, it was instantly decided (conclusively) that the capturing passed off a ways from the studio,” Holley informed NBC Information.
“Neither Sean nor Justin had been within the neighborhood and even conscious of what had occurred till afterwards. So I don’t suppose both of them had been interviewed [by police],” Holley added.
Additional, the grievance included a screenshot of an Instagram message from the studio to an unnamed recipient that claimed the capturing occurred “half a block away from Chalice.”
“As of the date of this submitting, neither the Los Angeles Police Division, nor the Los Angeles Hearth Division have launched any official stories surrounding this capturing. There was no physique digicam footage, and no 911 name recording. What’s much more disturbing, is that there was no citing [sic] of G,” the grievance stated.
In Lil Rod’s initial complaint, filed on Feb. 26 within the U.S. District Court docket for the Southern District of New York, he accuses Diddy of “fixed unsolicited and unauthorized groping”; coercing him to interact in sexual acts with intercourse staff; in addition to lacing alcohol given to Lil Rod and his friends, which included underage women.
As well as, the grievance says that Diddy runs a racketeering enterprise has not paid him for his manufacturing work on his newest album, “The Love Album.” Rod additionally claims within the go well with that Diddy stated he was “chargeable for” the killing of a rapper named Shyne in 1999.
“Submitting a lawsuit ought to by no means be the primary possibility in a dispute. We will have an trustworthy dialogue to resolve the problems as I instructed, or we will observe the identical plan Shawn Holley used that obtained her purchasers Danny Masterson and Tory Lanez convicted. Makes one marvel who is basically managing this example for Mr. Combs,” Lil Rod’s legal professional Tyrone Blackburn stated, in line with NBC Information.
Lil Rod is the first man to file a sexual assault and harassment lawsuit towards Diddy, who has branded himself as “Brother Love” regardless of earlier allegations of violence and defective enterprise practices from quite a few males who had been staff, Rolling Stone reported.
The Dangerous Boy Leisure founder was accused of sexual abuse in 4 different lawsuits in November, beginning with a harrowing lawsuit filed by an ex-girlfriend, mannequin and R&B artist Cassie.
In a 35-page complaint, Cassie accused Diddy of raping and abusing her, forcing her to have intercourse with male intercourse staff as he watched, and inciting a drug and alcohol habit.
The “Me & U” singer’s accusations got here because the Grownup Survivors Act in New York, which allowed accusers to return ahead with allegations of sexual abuse past the set statute of limitations, was set to run out in November. Cassie and Diddy settled the lawsuit the day after it was filed.
Following Cassie’s go well with, no less than three extra from different girls had been filed below the New York statute earlier than it expired.
One woman, recognized within the lawsuit as Liza Gardner, accused Diddy and singer Aaron Corridor of raping her and her good friend in 1990 or 1991.
One other lady, Joi Dickerson-Neal, accused Diddy of raping her, filming it and displaying the video to others in 1991.
A girl recognized as Jane Doe filed a lawsuit claiming that Diddy, former Dangerous Boy Data President Harve Pierre and an unnamed man “gang raped” and “intercourse trafficked” her when she was 17 years previous in 2003. On the time, Diddy was 34.
Following the onslaught of lawsuits, Diddy, who has denied all the accusations against him, stepped down from his place as chairman of the media firm Revolt in November. Plans for a actuality TV present that was set to deal with his life and household had been cut short in December.
“Sufficient is sufficient,” he wrote in an Instagram submit in December. “Sickening allegations have been made towards me by people on the lookout for a fast payday. Let me be completely clear: I didn’t do any of the terrible issues being alleged. I’ll struggle for my title, my household and for the reality.”
