Sean “Diddy” Combs secured a slim win in an ongoing assault lawsuit as two of his enterprise entities have been dropped from the case.
The event surfaced after Unhealthy Boy Leisure Holdings and Combs Enterprises have been dismissed from accusations introduced by Joi Dickerson-Neal, who asserts that Diddy assaulted her in 1991.
A brand new stipulation mandated the withdrawal of those firms from the case.
Dickerson-Neal and the protection reached a mutual settlement, which resulted within the dismissal of Unhealthy Boy Leisure and Combs Enterprises with prejudice.
This transfer follows a partial movement to dismiss submitted by Diddy and his legal professionals on April 26, 2024.
The movement argued that the implicated firms couldn’t be liable as a result of they didn’t exist on the time of the alleged assaults.
Dickerson-Neal introduced an amended criticism erasing all prices in opposition to the enterprise entities, which her legal professionals and a decide signed off on earlier this week.
Now, solely Diddy stands because the defendant. He should reply to the amended criticism by June 21, 2024.
Dickerson-Neal can file any opposition by July 19, 2024, with Diddy allotted till August 2, 2024, to supply any reply supporting his movement.
Regardless of the slight authorized reprieve, the case stays energetic, and the entire end result stays unresolved.
Within the collection of lawsuits in opposition to Diddy, this one from Dickerson-Neal alleges that he drugged and assaulted her in 1991, recording the incident with out her consent whereas she was a Syracuse College pupil.
Diddy has vehemently denied all allegations.
Diddy’s’ attorneys have already argued that particular allegations—like intercourse trafficking and non-consensual filming—have been introduced beneath legal guidelines that weren’t in place on the time of the alleged incident.
Initially filed in November 2023, the lawsuit is only one of seven Diddy faces.
The allegations might end in felony prices now {that a} grand jury is probing the Unhealthy Boy mogul’s conduct.