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American jazz guitarist and former Juilliard professor Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones filed a lawsuit final week in opposition to rapper and hip-hop mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs. The lawsuit additionally names as defendants Combs' son, Justin Dyer Combs, Combs' chief of employees Kristen Khorram and a number of other different people, and document labels reminiscent of Common Music Group and Motown Data.
Within the submitting, Jones mentioned he has lived with Combs for “months at a time” at their properties in Los Angeles, New York Metropolis, Miami, and spent a number of weeks on a yacht with Combs within the U.S. Virgin Islands. Throughout this time-frame, Jones says he “endured many issues far past his function as producer on the Love album.”
The lawsuit claims that Combs required Jones to “continuously document him” and that at instances, Combs would take Jones' telephone and document himself. Due to this, Jones claims he has “a whole bunch of hours of footage and audio recordings” of Combs, his employees, and friends “partaking in critical criminality” together with “using ecstasy, cocaine, GHB, ketamine, marijuana, Use and distribution”. and mushrooms” in addition to “show and distribution of unregistered unlawful firearms.”
It’s also alleged that Combs “offered intoxicating drinks to minors and intercourse employees in his properties” and that at instances, his chief of employees, Christina Khorram, would assign her employees to retrieve these medication. Jones described Khorram within the submitting as Combs's “Ghislaine Maxwell.”
In accordance with KCAL Information, a capturing reportedly occurred exterior a Hollywood recording studio on September 12, 2022. Nevertheless, Jones alleged within the lawsuit that it It truly befell in a rest room and concerned Combs, Combs' son, Justin Combs, and his buddy, recognized solely as “G.”, Jones claims {that a} heated argument broke out between the three males within the studio and so they ultimately went into a rest room subsequent to the recording studio.
Whereas Jones was standing just some ft away from the bathroom, he mentioned he heard a number of gunshots and feared he may be shot by way of the door given his proximity. When the firing subsided, each Combs personnel exited the lavatory. The lawsuit claims Gee was “mendacity within the fetal place on the bathroom ground, holding her abdomen and bleeding from her leg/hip space.”
Jones mentioned he was annoyed that nobody was doing something, so he dropped down and commenced making use of stress to Gee's gunshot wound to his abdomen. Jones mentioned he then realized he had additionally been shot within the leg/hip space. Jones sat Gee on the bathroom and requested somebody to name an ambulance. When the ambulance arrived, Jones introduced Gee to the entrance of the studio, whereas Combs' males “disappeared into one other a part of the studio.”
In accordance with the lawsuit, Combs “Given strict directions to inform the police that that they had nothing to do with the capturing.” and informed Jones Inform the police that G was shot in a drive-by capturingAs reported within the information.
Jones alleges that Love Data, Motown Data, Common Music Group, and Chalice Recording Studios offered safety for the “Writers Camp”, however each didn’t confiscate weapons from Combs.
The lawsuit additionally alleges that Jones was “the topic of persistent undesirable and unauthorized groping and touching of her anus by Mr. Combs” at a number of of Combs' properties and that Jones was “pressured” to work in Combs' toilet. Whereas he was roaming round bare. And bathed in a clear bathe. Khorram reportedly mentioned it was Combs' approach of “exhibiting that he likes you”.
At one level, Jones claims that Combs confirmed him a video of DJ Steven Jordan (Stevie J), who has labored with Unhealthy Boy Data, Mariah Carey, Infamous B.I.G., Jay-Z and others, which reportedly Had been having unprotected intercourse with a Caucasian man. Jones mentioned Combs informed him ,That is widespread follow within the music business, see Stevie J doing it too” which Jones described as an try and “groom and entice” Jones to have interaction in homosexuality.
The submitting reportedly included screenshots from that video.
On Thanksgiving 2022, Jones claims that rapper Yung Miami and his cousin have been at a celebration in Miami. Throughout this celebration, Jones believes that Combs despatched Yung Miami's cousin to “sexually assault” her. Jones pushed her into the lavatory, nonetheless, when she got here out, the cousin started to take away her garments and “tried to have intercourse together with her within the presence of Mr. Combs and his employees.”
The submitting additionally comprises some footage of this engagement.
Jones additionally claimed that Combs would give him a Unhealthy Boys baseball cap and ship him to the Booby Entice, a strip membership in Miami. The ball-cap was a “sign” that Combs was on the town and Jones was there to recruit him. Jones says Combs would use his “energy and affect” to intimidate her and drive her to sleep with these girls.
The lawsuit claims that Combs would promise extravagant items and status in alternate for doing his work, together with a Grammy Award for “Producer of the 12 months for the Love Album”, $250,000 to buy devices, and even The coveted property additionally contains possession of a $20 million property. Star Island in Miami.
However, Combs additionally allegedly used threats of bodily hurt, together with “Eat Mr. Jones Face” And “Kill his mom, Janice Combs, if essential to get what he needs, so he gained't suppose twice about harming Mr. Jones.”
In July 2023, Jones claimed that there was a “listening celebration” at considered one of Combs' homes during which intercourse employees and “There have been at the least 5 females within the crowd who have been underneath the age of sixteen.” Combs allegedly pressured all the girls to drink alcohol that Jones believed was laced with ecstasy. Jones mentioned she tried to go away however Combs took her automotive keys to forestall her from doing so. Jones was pressured to drink drugged alcohol and mentioned he wakened at 4 a.m. the following morning to seek out “a intercourse employee sleeping subsequent to him.”
The grievance reportedly contains images from that night.
Jones additionally claims that Combs was grooming her to “ship her to his buddies”. This additionally reportedly included Cuba Gooding Jr. spending an evening in a makeshift studio aboard Combs' yacht. Jones alleges that Gooding Jr. “started touching, groping and caressing Mr. Jones's legs, his higher inside thighs close to his waist, his buttocks and the small of his again close to his shoulders.” Jones mentioned he ultimately “forcefully pushed her away”. 
The lawsuit additionally alleges that Combs “was liable for the capturing at a New York Metropolis nightclub with rapper Shinee” and that his then-girlfriend, J-Lo (Jennifer Lopez) “introduced a gun to the membership for him and gave it to him.” Gave.” “He fired the gun after an argument with one other particular person.”
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