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Sean “Diddy” Combs has requested a choose to dismiss a Jane Doe lawsuit towards him with prejudice.
As Perezcious readers know, amid a slew of different allegations and a intercourse trafficking investigation, the rapper was accused of sexually assaulting a lady when she was simply 17 years outdated. According to courtroom paperwork beforehand obtained by People, a lady recognized solely as Jane Doe accused the music mogul, former Bad Boy Entertainment president Harve Pierre, and a 3rd unnamed particular person of allegedly intercourse trafficking, drugging, and gang raping her in 2003. The alleged assault supposedly befell in Diddy’s NYC studio after she was flown out to satisfy him, and he or she included images of the alleged meetup in her submitting, too. Jane initially filed her go well with in December 2023 and amended it in March.
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But now, Puff Daddy is clapping again, arguing there are a number of causes the case must be dismissed. In a submitting obtained by TMZ on Friday, the musician’s legal professionals claimed that the statute of limitations on the statute underneath which the Plaintiff is suing has lapsed. But in addition they simply don’t assume she’s included sufficient particulars in her go well with to maneuver ahead — calling the claims “false and hideous,” per CBS News. They wrote by way of TMZ:
“The sparse amendments to the original Complaint cannot remedy the falsehoods and incurable defects in the new pleading. Like the original Complaint, it fails to state any viable claim and must be dismissed.”
The submitting continued:
“Plaintiff cannot allege what day or time of year the alleged incident occurred, yet purports to miraculously recall the most prurient details with specificity. Accordingly, this case should be dismissed now, with prejudice, to protect the Combs Defendants from further reputational injury and before more party and judicial resources are squandered.”
Also, the attorneys declare she included “a bolded, legally irrelevant ‘trigger warning’ calculated to focus attention on its salacious and depraved allegations,” per CBS News.
According to the outlet, certainly one of Jane’s attorneys, Michael J. Willemin, reacted to the submitting, saying:
“At this point, no one should take anything ‘diddy’ or his lawyers say seriously. Today’s motion is just a desperate attempt by Combs to avoid accountability for Ms. Doe’s allegations of gang rape and sexual assault. It won’t work.”
FWIW, this isn’t the primary case P. Diddy has tried to close down, and it probably gained’t be the final contemplating he has denied all of the allegations made towards him to date. Thoughts? Let us know (beneath).
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