The federal intercourse trafficking probe involving music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is widening, with new accusations being leveled in opposition to the hip-hop icon and different high-profile figures.
In an amended lawsuit, music producer Rodney Jones, often known as Lil Rod, has added Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. to his current sexual assault claims in opposition to Combs. Jones alleges that Gooding Jr. sexually harassed and assaulted him, together with groping him aboard Combs’ yacht.
Per The LA Instances:
“Defendant Cuba Gooding, Jr. was a related actor who has fallen from grace because of a number of sexual assault lawsuits and a current responsible plea for sexual assault,” mentioned the grievance, which was obtained Tuesday by The Instances. In it, Blackburn famous that his shopper — a Chicago-born producer, who produced 9 songs on Diddy’s 2023 album — believed Combs “was grooming him to go him off to his associates” and that “worry turned actuality” when Combs launched him to Gooding on his yacht in January 2023.
Jones accused Gooding of fondling his “legs, higher interior thighs close to his groin, the small of his again close to his buttocks, and his shoulders,” which made the producer “extraordinarily uncomfortable.” Though he allegedly rejected the actor’s advances, Gooding “didn’t cease till Mr. Jones forcibly pushed him away.”
“Because the proprietor of the property, Mr. Combs had an obligation to guard Mr. Jones from the hurt he suffered by the hands of Cuba Gooding Jr. Mr. Combs breached his obligation when he did not cease Cuba Gooding Jr from sexually assaulting Mr. Jones,” the grievance mentioned. “In furtherance of this breach, Mr. Combs inspired Cuba Gooding Jr to proceed his assault on Mr. Jones when he mentioned that Cuba Gooding Jr ought to privately get to know Mr. Jones higher. Mr. Jones has suffered immensely due to Mr. Combs’s intentional breach of his obligation to him.”
Jones’ authentic February lawsuit accused Combs of forcing him to acquire intercourse employees and subjecting him to undesirable sexual acts. It additionally claimed Combs admitted accountability for the notorious 1999 New York Metropolis nightclub taking pictures that led to weapons prices in opposition to him.
That taking pictures incident left sufferer Natania Reuben severely injured after being shot within the face. “I actually watched them pull out the weapons, I had a transparent viewpoint,” Reuben said. She accused authorities of favoring Combs’ account over hers as a sufferer, although she later reached a $130 million settlement with him in 2011.
Jones’ lawsuit is only one of many current authorized actions Combs has confronted amid the intensifying federal probe. His houses in Los Angeles and Miami had been raided by federal brokers on Monday as a part of an “ongoing investigation” into alleged human trafficking, although no arrests had been made.
Nonetheless, authorities did detain Combs’ alleged drug “mule,” 25-year-old Brendan Paul, who was touring with the music mogul. Paul was arrested at Miami’s Opa-Locka Airport and charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana candies earlier than making an attempt to board Combs’ non-public aircraft.
Whereas Combs himself has not been charged, the investigation continues to escalate with new claims of sexual misconduct rising.
In June 2023, Gooding Jr. settled a civil case accusing him of raping a girl at a New York resort a decade earlier, additional entangling him within the widening authorized saga surrounding Combs.
As federal investigators dig deeper, extra revelations about alleged prison habits in Combs’ interior circle appear more likely to floor within the high-stakes probe.
