Diddy is going through at the very least eight civil lawsuits centering on varied allegations of sexual and bodily assault. Certainly one of them, filed by Joi Dickerson-Neal, is in its early phases. In courtroom paperwork filed on Thursday (Could 30) and considered by AllHipHop, it was revealed the Unhealthy Boy Leisure mogul has employed Michael Tremonte of the regulation agency Sher Termonte LLC to deal with the case.
Tremonte famously represented Rinat Akhmetshin, a notable determine within the Particular Counsel investigation into Russian interference within the 2016 United States Presidential election. Akhmetshin sued William Browder for defamation, alleging that Browder falsely accused him of being a Russian intelligence officer concerned in subversive actions within the U.S.
Tremonte and Sher Tremonte LLP managed Akhmetshin’s defamation case. Whereas the specifics of Tremonte’s position within the Particular Counsel investigation aren’t publicly out there, it’s confirmed that he efficiently resolved the case with no fees filed towards Akhmetshin, who was a major goal within the investigation.
Dickerson-Neal alleged Diddy drugged and sexually assaulted her in 1991. She lodged a criticism in Manhattan Supreme Court docket in November 2023. Her motion got here simply sooner or later earlier than the expiration date of the New York State Grownup Survivors Act. She additionally claimed Diddy participated in “revenge p###” towards her. The footage was allegedly shared along with his associates within the music business.
She contends that the circulation of the video has been detrimental her well being, fame {and professional} alternatives. Her authorized motion follows the bombshell lawsuit filed by Cassie Ventura that very same month.
In keeping with the Sher Tremonte LLP web site, Tremonte’s follow encompasses complicated industrial disputes, securities and sophistication motion litigation, banking litigation, antitrust points, accountants’ legal responsibility and employment regulation. His white collar protection focuses on federal and state legal and regulatory investigations, protecting securities, insurance coverage, and accounting fraud, antitrust violations, improper buying and selling, market manipulation, tax fraud and cash laundering.
He’s efficiently represented shoppers in private and non-private corruption investigations, together with bribery and kickbacks in federal procurement and mismanagement of healthcare funding and employment profit applications. He additionally defends people in federal marketing campaign finance and political interference investigations, notably resolving circumstances from the 2016 U.S. Presidential election probe with out fees. Moreover, he has in depth expertise in civil and legal RICO circumstances.