Diddy filed an emergency movement looking for to overturn a judgment staggering $100 million judgment awarded in his absence to a person accusing him of sexual assault.
On Thursday (September 12), attorneys for the embattled mogul filed two motions referring to the case introduced by Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith. Earlier this week, Choose Anna Marie Anzalone issued a $100 million default judgment towards Diddy after he failed to seem at a digital listening to. Cardello-Smith claims Diddy drugged and sexually assaulted him in 1997 at a celebration in Detroit.
Nonetheless, Diddy’s authorized group branded the allegations “objectively unbelievable,” in keeping with authorized filings obtained by AllHipHop.
“It is a frivolous lawsuit towards a distinguished businessman, based mostly on apparent fabrications, filed by a convicted rapist and serial litigant with an overactive creativeness and a thirst for fame,” the movement reads.
“Defendant, who was by no means served with this lawsuit, realized about Plaintiff and this motion for the primary time three days in the past, when media shops reported that this Court docket had entered a $100 million default judgment towards him.”
Diddy Argues Cardello-Smith “Can not Hold His Story Straight”
Addressing a few of Cardello-Smith’s claims, Diddy’s authorized group argues his story doesn’t add up.
“Plaintiff alleges that he was assaulted in 1997, however he can’t hold his story straight as to the place this supposedly occurred,” Diddy’s submitting reads. “In his grievance, Plaintiff alleges that the assault occurred after he met Mr. Combs at a restaurant in Detroit. In his pretrial assertion, nevertheless, Plaintiff alleges that the assault occurred in Adrian, Michigan.”
The movement additionally accuses Cardello-Smith of crafting a “fantastical conspiracy,” after he alleged Diddy and Detroit legislation enforcement officers pressured him into staying silent concerning the alleged assault.
Earlier this week, Marc Agnifilo, one in all Diddy’s attorneys, issued a press release concerning the lawsuit.
“This man is a convicted felon and sexual predator, who has been sentenced on 14 counts of sexual assault and kidnapping during the last 26 years,” Agnifilo tells AllHipHop. “His resume now contains committing a fraud on the court docket from jail, as Mr. Combs has by no means heard of him not to mention been served with any lawsuit. Mr. Combs appears ahead to having this judgment swiftly dismissed.”
