Producer Lil Rod’s lawsuit in opposition to Diddy confronted important pushback from a few of the people referenced within the grievance. Lil Rod’s lawyer defended the legitimacy of the lawsuit regardless of its obvious discrepancies.
Lil Rod, whose actual identify is Rodney Jones, sued Diddy for $30 million on Monday (February 26). The plaintiff accused Diddy of sexual harassment and assault.
One level of rivalry was Diddy’s alleged involvement with underage ladies. Lil Rod’s lawsuit included pictures claiming to indicate Diddy and his son Justin Combs with minors. Nonetheless, a 33-year-old girl named Chelsea mentioned she was the individual seen in one of many pictures. In keeping with TMZ, Justin Combs’ 32-year-old girlfriend Stephanie Rao was one other girl pictured within the proof.
Lil Rod’s lawsuit featured specific pictures of Stevie J supposedly having intercourse with a person. Grownup movie star Knockout refuted the allegations, insisting it was him – not Stevie J – within the pictures.
“This isn’t him it’s me y’all actually be attempting it,” Knockout wrote on social media.
Meek Mill was implicated within the lawsuit, which talked about a “Philadelphia rapper who dated Nicki Minaj.” Lil Rod accused the rapper, whose identify was redacted, of getting intercourse with Diddy in addition to consorting with underage ladies and intercourse employees. Meek Mill denied the allegations, saying nobody ever approached him “about homosexual exercise.” He advised he was the sufferer of a smear marketing campaign.
“Each black weblog web site enhanced that put up to make me appear homosexual,” he wrote. “I alter legal guidelines for our individuals I donate thousands and thousands … they’re designed to destroy the picture of black leaders! It might’t work with me tho you gotta actually kill me and I nonetheless will get greater after demise! This god not me lol.”
Lil Rod’s lawsuit additionally advised Diddy and Justin Combs have been concerned in a taking pictures at Chalice Recording Studios in Hollywood. However two suspects have been already taken into custody for the taking pictures, which seemed to be unrelated to Diddy. Chalice disputed Lil Rod’s allegations, saying the taking pictures didn’t even occur at its studio.
“The taking pictures occurred a half a block away from Chalice and it was a results of a theft,” the studio wrote to Lil Rod’s lawyer Tyrone Blackburn, who oddly shared the message on Instagram. “There are police stories corroborating this. Please watch for the details to come back out earlier than you begin contributing to the defamation of our group.”
Blackburn taunted Diddy’s lawyer Shawn Holley, who has represented many high-profile shoppers, on social media amid questions over the lawsuit. Blackburn mocked Holley, boasting how she would lead Diddy and his son to “the identical destiny” as her previous shoppers Tory Lanez and Danny Masterson. Lanez and Masterson are each serving jail sentences.
Holley didn’t symbolize Lanez at his trial. George Mgdesyan was Lanez’s legal professional for the proceedings. Final 12 months, an e-mail revealed Holley suggested Lanez in opposition to attempting in charge Kelsey Harris for the 2020 taking pictures of Megan Thee Stallion. Holley was one of many legal professionals who represented Masterson in his rape case. He was convicted of two counts of forcible rape, however Holley’s cross-examination led to a mistrial on a 3rd rely.