Racketeering claims against Sean Combs dismissed in producer's sexual assault lawsuit
A federal judge in New York has dismissed racketeering allegations against Sean Combs in a $30 million sexual assault and harassment lawsuit brought by a producer who worked on his most recent album.
A federal judge in New York has dismissed racketeering allegations against Sean Combs in a $30 million sexual assault and harassment lawsuit brought by a producer who worked on his most recent album.
In the lawsuit, filed last year in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones accused Combs of making unwanted sexual contact and forcing him to hire sex workers and participate in sex acts with them. In an amended complaint, Jones accused Combs of being part of a racketeering and conspiracy enterprise involving sex trafficking.
Jones said in the lawsuit that Combs drugged and threatened him when he lived and traveled with the music mogul from September 2022 to November 2023.
The lengthy suit contained graphic details and photographs and alleged Jones was not properly paid for his work as a producer on Combs’ Grammy-nominated “The Love Album: Off the Grid.”
Combs has denied the allegations and last year filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, saying it was overrun with “legally meaningless allegations,” “lurid theatrics” and “blatant falsehoods.”
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