{"id":128272,"date":"2024-04-27T18:50:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T18:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/27\/diddys-new-defense-amid-assault-lawsuit-hey-that-wasnt-illegal-in-1991\/"},"modified":"2024-04-27T18:50:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T18:50:13","slug":"diddys-new-defense-amid-assault-lawsuit-hey-that-wasnt-illegal-in-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/27\/diddys-new-defense-amid-assault-lawsuit-hey-that-wasnt-illegal-in-1991\/","title":{"rendered":"Diddy&#8217;s New Defense Amid Assault Lawsuit? Hey, That Wasn&#8217;t Illegal In 1991!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<h4 class=\"ptc\">[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content]<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Diddy<\/strong> pushed again towards one lady\u2019s sexual assault lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>As we beforehand reported, the rapper is in some huge authorized bother. It all began when his former girlfriend Cassie <a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/cassie-settle-diddy-lawsuit-statements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed and settled a lawsuit<\/a> towards the rapper in November, accusing him of years of abuse, rape, and trafficking. Since then, an increasing number of individuals have come ahead with sexual harassment, abuse allegations, and extra towards Diddy. Even the <strong>Department of Homeland Security<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/diddy-homes-raided-what-evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> raided his properties<\/a> in Los Angeles and Miami as a part of a intercourse trafficking investigation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/kesha-changes-lyrics-tik-tok-diddy-coachella-renee-rapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Related: Kesha Sends Diddy A Clear Message By Switching Up <em>TiK ToK<\/em> Lyrics During Coachella!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the scandal, the <strong>Bad Boy Records<\/strong> founder<a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/diddy-statement-after-fourth-misconduct-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> vehemently denied<\/a> all the accusations. Now he needs to dismiss a few of the claims in one of many sexual assault instances. Which one? Here\u2019s the deal\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Last yr, a girl named <a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/diddy-second-third-lawsuit-accusations-dropped-macys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Joi Dickerson-Neal<\/strong> sued Diddy<\/a>. The sufferer claimed she met Diddy whereas attending <strong>Syracuse University<\/strong> in 1991. After showing in considered one of his music movies, Joi went to dinner with him. Sadly, issues rapidly became a nightmare for her. She alleged Diddy \u201cintentionally drugged\u201d her on the restaurant, then took her residence, and sexually assaulted her.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s not all. Joi additional accused the music mogul of committing an act of \u201crevenge porn,\u201d a time period that didn\u2019t exist in the course of the \u201890s. She claimed he filmed the assault and shared the video with others. Diddy denied the allegations, saying the claims are \u201cmade up and not credible\u201d as she filed the suit in the final hours of New York\u2019s Adult Survivors Act:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis last-minute lawsuit is an example of how a well-intentioned law can be turned on its head. Mr. Combs never assaulted her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Months later, Diddy\u2019s tried out a brand new type of protection. According to new paperwork obtained by <em>TMZ<\/em> on Friday, the document producer argued he can\u2019t be sued for a few of the claims. Why? Certain legal guidelines didn\u2019t even exist on the time the alleged assault occurred, he identified within the submitting! What the f**okay??! Furthermore, Diddy says Joi can\u2019t sue Bad Boy Records or<strong> Bad Boy Entertainment<\/strong> as she\u2019s attempting to do since they didn\u2019t exist on the time of the alleged assault both.<\/p>\n<p>As for the legal guidelines in query? Joi sued Diddy beneath the New York Services for Victims of Human Trafficking Law. However, his attorneys famous within the docs that the regulation wasn\u2019t in impact till 2007 \u2013 roughly 16 years after the alleged incident. Diddy additional challenged her claims beneath the New York State Revenge Porn Law, which wasn\u2019t codified till 2019, the New York City Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law, handed in 2000, and the 2016 NYC Revenge Porn Law.<\/p>\n<p>The claims beneath these legal guidelines? The <em>Making the Band<\/em> alum needs them to be dismissed with prejudice! Ugh. However, his legal professionals insisted this wasn\u2019t an act of contrition. They preserve Diddy didn\u2019t commit the alleged acts towards Joi, together with sexual assault. It\u2019s vital to notice his authorized workforce isn\u2019t arguing towards the primary two counts \u2013 frequent regulation claims for assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional misery \u2014 because the timing of sure statutes being handed doesn\u2019t apply to these claims.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll should see how this wild new tactic performs out. What are your reactions, Perezcious readers? Sound OFF within the feedback under!<\/p>\n<p><i>If you or somebody you recognize has skilled sexual violence and want to study extra about assets, think about trying out <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rainn.org\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>https:\/\/www.rainn.org\/resources<\/i><\/a><i>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"image_cite\"><em>[Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/photo.wenn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Chris Connor\/WENN, MEGA\/WENN<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] [Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Diddy pushed again towards one lady\u2019s sexual assault lawsuit. As we beforehand reported, the rapper is in some huge authorized bother. It all began when his former girlfriend Cassie filed and settled a lawsuit towards the rapper in November, accusing him of years of abuse, rape, and trafficking. Since then, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1788,85,1787,1790,1791,1789,90],"class_list":{"0":"post-128272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip","8":"tag-assault","9":"tag-defense","10":"tag-diddys","11":"tag-hey","12":"tag-illegal","13":"tag-lawsuit","14":"tag-wasnt"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}