Diddy blasts Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones’ $30M suit against him as ‘blatant falsehoods’ in motion to dismiss
Sean “Diddy” Combs wants Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones’ suit against him dismissed.
The hip hop mogul fired back against the producer in court papers on Monday — blasting Lil Rod’s claims against him as, “legally meaningless allegations and blatant falsehoods.”
Jones is suing the Bad Boy mogul for $30 million, having previously claimed in federal court docs that he was forced to engage in sex acts, and drugged and groped while working for the tycoon.
He also said in an amended complaint filed in March that Combs was part of a “RICO enterprise” and involved in a “sex trafficking venture.”
But Diddy’s lawyers fired back on Monday in Manhattan federal court papers by alleging Jones’ “true purpose is to generate media hype and exploit it to extract a settlement” from the “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper.
The fiery motion argues that: “Jones’ Second Amended Complaint is his third attempt to dress up a run of the mill commercial disagreement as a salacious RICO conspiracy. Running to nearly 100 pages, it
includes countless tall tales, shameless celebrity namedrops, and irrelevant images. Yet, despite
all its hyperbole and lurid theatrics, the SAC fails to state a single viable claim against any of the
Combs Defendants.”
Diddy’s lawyers also allege in the new motion that, “Jones recently posted a video on the ‘X’ platform in which he, together with a performer known as ‘Uncle Murda,’ laughed about this lawsuit (despite his
allegations of ‘severe emotional distress’),” and, “demanded Mr. Combs pay him ‘that money by Monday.'”
Adds the new motion, “Like [Jones’ second amended complaint] Jones’ videotaped threats on social media are part of a calculated effort to promote his personal brand and profit from the exposure. Such tactics have no place in federal court.”
Diddy’s latest court papers say that Jones’ “RICO claim must be dismissed” because his second amended complaint, “does not establish standing to sue, fails to plead a ‘pattern of racketeering activity,’ and fails to plead the existence of a RICO ‘enterprise.'”
The lawyers also allege that Jones’ Trafficking Victims Protection Act claim should be tossed and, “Jones’ sexual assault claim against Mr. Combs must be dismissed because Jones fails to plead the most basic facts, such as where and when any purported instance of assault occurred or what allegedly transpired.”
The new motion also shoots down in court docs Jones’ other accusations which include “negligent infliction of emotional distress,” “intentional infliction of emotional distress” and “breach of oral contract contract,” saying Jones’ suit is “replete with farfetched tales of misconduct.”
The motion argues: “Although Jones claims he was ‘forced’ into soliciting and having sex with sex workers, the [second amended complaint] fails to identify what this force consisted of and does not link any specific threat to any specific act.”
Jones alleges he worked for Diddy from September 2022 to November 2023.
Diddy’s lawyer Erica Wolff of Sher Tremonte said in a statement on Monday of the filing: “Mr. Jones’ lawsuit is pure fiction — a shameless attempt to create media hype and extract a quick settlement. There was no RICO conspiracy and Mr. Jones was not threatened, groomed, assaulted, or trafficked. We look forward to proving – in a court of law – that all of Mr. Jones’s claims are made-up and must be dismissed.”
Jones’ lawyer, Tyrone Blackburn, did not immediately get back to us when we reached out for comment.
