One of many a number of sexual assault lawsuits in opposition to Sean “Diddy” Combs has been dismissed after the plaintiff, who filed anonymously, did not reveal her identification as required by the courtroom.
The Jane Doe accuser alleged that Combs tried to sexually assault her at a 1995 social gathering in New York Metropolis and struck her when she rejected his advances.
Her lawyer, Tony Buzbee, filed the lawsuit in October 2024 and later sought courtroom approval for her to proceed anonymously. Nonetheless, U.S. District Decide Lewis Liman denied the request earlier this month.
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“The very gravity of the costs, mixed with the truth that Plaintiff has offered no proof of particular and concrete hurt from disclosure of her identification and the extreme prejudice to Defendants from holding that identification confidential, undermine her declare to proceed anonymously,” Decide Liman wrote.
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The girl was given till March 20 to amend the grievance along with her actual title however didn’t achieve this. In consequence, all pending motions have been terminated, and the case was formally closed, in response to a dismissal order filed Monday.
“This was anticipated. On this explicit case, Jane Doe opted to not proceed,” Buzbee instructed Rolling Stone in an announcement. “There’s numerous worry amongst these plaintiffs. I can’t blame her. These circumstances are powerful and infrequently re-traumatizing. This lady selected to not face the media circus and the perceived hazard she felt. We’ve to respect that.”
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Following the dismissal, Combs’ authorized staff issued an announcement: “At present, a federal decide dismissed a lawsuit filed in opposition to Mr. Combs by Texas lawyer Anthony Buzbee and his native counsel, Antigone Curis, on behalf of an anonymized plaintiff. That is now the second case introduced by these attorneys in opposition to Mr. Combs that has been dismissed in its entirety, and it’ll not be the final. For months, we have now seen case after case filed by people hiding behind anonymity, pushed ahead by attorneys extra centered on media headlines than authorized benefit. The opposite claims, just like the one dismissed at this time, additionally is not going to maintain up in a courtroom of regulation.”
Earlier this month, a federal decide additionally dismissed civil racketeering and breach of contract claims filed in opposition to Sean “Diddy” Combs by his former music producer, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones. Nonetheless, a number of key components of Jones’ lawsuit stay intact, regardless of Combs’ authorized staff’s efforts to have it thrown out.
The embattled has been sued by quite a few plaintiffs for alleged sexual misconduct following the high-profile rape and sex-trafficking lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, in November 2023. He presently faces fees of intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation for prostitution. If convicted, he might serve 15 years to life in jail. His trial is about to start in Might.
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