Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs pushed back against a woman’s lawsuit that accused him of sexual assault, filing a motion on Friday to dismiss some claims that were not under law when the alleged incident occurred.
Quick Read
- Legal Motion Filed: Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs filed a motion to dismiss some claims in a lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault, arguing that the laws cited did not exist at the time of the alleged incident in 1991.
- Specific Laws Challenged: The motion specifically requests the dismissal of claims related to revenge porn and human trafficking, as these statutes were codified in New York long after the alleged events occurred.
- Details of Allegation: Joi Dickerson-Deal alleges that Combs drugged and sexually assaulted her in 1991, recorded the assault, and later shared the video without her consent.
- Statute of Limitations: Combs’ lawyers claim that Dickerson-Deal is trying to exploit a temporary extension of the statute of limitations in New York to pursue outdated claims.
- Broader Legal Challenges: This case is part of broader legal troubles for Combs, including a federal sex trafficking investigation and multiple lawsuits alleging sexual abuse.
- Previous Settlements and Allegations: Combs has faced and settled multiple allegations of sexual abuse, including a high-profile lawsuit from his former protege and girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie.
The Associated Press has the story:
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs files motion to dismiss some claims in sexual assault lawsuit
Newslooks- LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs pushed back against a woman’s lawsuit that accused him of sexual assault, filing a motion on Friday to dismiss some claims that were not under law when the alleged incident occurred.
The motion filed in a New York court claims Combs cannot be sued because certain laws didn’t exist when Joi Dickerson-Deal made the allegations against him in 1991.
The music mogul’s lawyers want certain statues from Dickerson-Deal’s claims such as revenge porn and human trafficking to be dismissed with prejudice.
In a filing last year, she said Combs “intentionally drugged” her then brought her home and sexually assaulted her after a date in Harlem when she was a 19-year-old college student.
Without her knowledge, Combs videotaped the assault and later shared it with several friends in the music industry, the suit alleges. He denied the allegations, accusing her of seeking to exploit the New York law that temporarily extended the statute of limitations.
Dickerson-Deal’s claim came nearly three decades after his alleged misconduct and the New York State Revenge Porn Law was not codified until 2019, Combs’ lawyers said.
His attorneys also pointed out a few others including the New York Services for Victims of Human Trafficking Law, which came into effect in 2007.
The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as Dickerson has done.
Last month, Combs’ properties in Los Angeles and Miami were raided by federal authorities in a sex trafficking investigation. The criminal investigation is a major escalation in the scrutiny of Combs, who has been the defendant in several recent sexual abuse lawsuits.
In a lawsuit Combs settled the day after it was filed in November, his former protege and girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, sued him alleging years of sexual abuse, including rape. The lawsuit said he forced her to have sex with male prostitutes while he filmed them.
In February, a music producer filed a lawsuit alleging Combs coerced him to solicit prostitutes and pressured him to have sex with them.
Another of Combs’ accusers was a woman who said he raped her two decades ago when she was 17.
Combs and his attorneys have denied all of the allegations in the lawsuits.
