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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team filed new motion to dismiss claims in one of four lawsuits against the rapper. (Shareif Ziyadat)
SOURCE: foxnews.com
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team filed a motion Friday to dismiss a number of claims waged against the music mogul from a sexual assault lawsuit established in November.
In the filings, Diddy’s lawyers argued “numerous false, offensive, and salacious accusations” were brought against Combs and his companies in a lawsuit filed by Joi Dickerson-Neal “under statutes that did not exist at the time the alleged misconduct occurred and against corporate entities that were not formed or in existence.”
Dickerson-Neal alleged that the influential rapper drugged, sexually assaulted and abused her while she was attending Syracuse University in 1991, according to the lawsuit obtained by Fox News Digital.
Dickerson-Neal claimed Combs intentionally drugged her while on a date, recorded the sexual assault and “distributed” the tape, making her a victim of “revenge porn.”
His legal team argued that New York State Revenge Porn Law became effective in December 2017, and therefore couldn’t be retroactively applied to a lawsuit stemming from an incident that allegedly happened in 1991.
“We are confident Ms. Dickerson-Neal’s allegations against Combs are strong, credible and legally viable,” representatives for Dickerson-Neal said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.
The third cause of action in Dickerson-Neal’s suit alleges a claim under the New York Services for Victims of Human Trafficking Law (VHTL). His lawyers argue that the VHTL became effective on Nov. 1, 2007, which was approximately 16 years after the alleged sexual assault.
Dickerson-Neal’s claim was filed against Combs, his Bad Boy Entertainment group, Bad Boy Records, and Combs Enterprises, LLC.
His lawyers provided evidence from the New York Department of State, Divisions of Corporations showing Combs established Bad Boy Entertainment Holdings, Inc. in 1992, one year after the alleged incident happened.
A similar form was provided for Combs Enterprises, LLC., which listed the initial filing date for the entity as Nov. 17, 2004.
Diddy’s team also invoked a recent ruling in another New York case where Steven Tyler was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in 1975.
