Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones Jr. has made extra wild claims towards Sean “Diddy” Combs in a sworn declaration to the courtroom.
Jones, as soon as an insider on the planet of Hip-Hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has lately supplied the courtroom a recording purportedly of Combs bragging about participating in violent and unlawful actions all through his storied profession.
Jones, a producer who collaborated with Combs on “The Love Album: Off the Grid,” claims to have firsthand information and proof of Combs’ illicit actions, together with bodily assault, tax evasion, and extra disturbingly, the taking pictures of a girl.
“He shared how he would get issues by drive. This included report offers, signatures on contracts, intercourse acts from ladies and men, in addition to the ladies of his enemies,” Lil Rod defined.
Jones alleges that Combs’ boasts on the recording embody all kinds of legal actions, from coercing people into report offers and sexual acts to bodily assaulting trade executives and evading taxes by offshore accounts.
Among the many startling accusations Jones makes in his $30 million lawsuit towards Combs, he asserted that the mogul took pleasure in recounting his affect over celebrities and artists, notably in manipulating circumstances to his favor.
Jones recounts Combs admitting to involving Jennifer Lopez in doubtlessly unlawful actions, leveraging his place to have Shyne take the autumn for a nightclub taking pictures in return for a report take care of Arista courtesy of L.A. Reid.
“He bragged about departed legal professional Johnny Cochran’s savvy authorized abilities and skill to repay the witnesses by non-public investigators and different third events,” Jones claimed, explaining how Diddy supposedly prevented conviction.
Jones additionally claimed Diddy nonetheless reveled in aggressively dealing with report govt Steve Stoute over a enterprise dispute.
“Mr. Combs bragged in regards to the energy he has and the truth that he beat up report govt Steve Stoute’s ‘ass.’ He laughed uncontrollably as he talked about busting him within the head with a bottle of champagne and a chair. On one other event, Mr. Combs bragged about beating up Gerard Rechnitzer exterior of a nightclub in Hollywood,’ Rodney Jones informed the courtroom.
The lawsuit additionally paints an image of a person with appreciable sway over the trade’s authorized and monetary machinations, claiming Combs maintained management by investments in shell firms and the strategic motion of cash to untraceable accounts abroad.
“Mr. Combs additionally knowledgeable me that solely poor individuals pay taxes. He shared that it’s a frequent observe within the music trade to wire cash from nameless accounts abroad,” Jones claimed. “This fashion, if there may be ever a have to handle an issue, it could by no means be traced again to him. These accounts had been in Germany.”
Diddy has already dismissed Jones’ lawsuit as “pure fiction” by his lawyer Shawn Holley.
Holley slammed Jones and his lawyer Tyrone Blackburn for launching a lawsuit that was “nothing greater than a clear try and garner headlines.”
Along with Jones’ authorized motion, Diddy is being scrutinized by Homeland safety, after they raided his mansions and Los Angeles, New York and Miami, over alleged ties to a intercourse trafficking ring.