Sean Combs, additionally identified broadly as Diddy, has denied any involvement in an alleged gang rape that passed off again in 2003 inside a recording studio. A lawyer for Jane Doe on this explicit matter has additionally responded to the assertion made by Sean Combs, including that the ladies who’ve come forth concerning the mogul “converse for themselves.”
Sean Combs, 54, has been dogged by sexual abuse allegations and associated claims after ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura got here ahead with a harrowing listing of claims that prompted the celebrated producer to settle the matter out of courtroom as a substitute of taking issues to trial.
PEOPLE has obtained paperwork from the case which focuses on the alleged occasion happening inside a Manhattan recording studio. The declare additionally named Harve Pierre and one other man because the attackers of the alleged then-17-year-old sufferer.
“[Combs] by no means participated in, witnessed, or was or is presently conscious of any misconduct, sexual or in any other case, regarding plaintiff in any circumstance by any means,” a portion of the submitting learn.
The outlet added that Combs and his facet additionally had questions relating to photographs used at the side of the criticism from Jane Doe and considered the timing as curious.
“The context, genuineness, and/or accuracy of the images are disputed,” the submitting continues. “Plaintiff’s resolution to attend greater than twenty years to file her criticism has prejudiced [Combs], as he has misplaced the power to defend himself absolutely and pretty on this motion.”
In response to the submitting, the lawyer for Jane Doe wrote, “The deeply troubling allegations towards the defendants by a number of girls converse for themselves. The ridiculous declare that the photographs are one way or the other pretend and the regulation at concern is unconstitutional are nothing greater than determined makes an attempt to conjure a protection the place none exists.”
Combs is in search of to have the lawsuit thrown out along with his facet saying that the Victims Gender-Motivated Violence Act used to spark the matter is “unconstitutional.”
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