Maui’s high cop has swiftly shut down allegations linking him to Diddy by releasing data releasing data he says disprove the claims.
Maui Police Chief John Pelletier is dismantling allegations connecting him to Hip-Hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs after releasing monetary data he claims show he was nowhere close to California on the date in query.
A civil lawsuit had accused Pelletier of posing as a sheriff’s deputy in California to assist in an alleged gang rape cover-up involving Combs again in March 2018.
Pelletier, who served as a captain with Las Vegas Metro Police throughout that interval, fiercely denied the accusations, labeling them “utterly false.”
In a dramatic in a single day twist, Pelletier introduced monetary proof inserting him lots of of miles away in Las Vegas on March 23, 2018, the date cited within the lawsuit.
The detailed paper path included bank card statements, financial institution data and receipts from institutions throughout Las Vegas—a barber store, grocery shops, eating places and even an area ATM, Hawaii Information Now reviews.
The police chief asserted the data “unequivocally” refute the lawsuit’s claims.
The controversy prompted Maui Mayor Richard Bissen to request that Pelletier take administrative depart pending an investigation, however Pelletier refused.
The civil swimsuit additionally named NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. and comic Druski as co-defendants who denied the allegations.
This improvement coincides with one other high-profile collapse of allegations involving Diddy.
A Jane Doe plaintiff accused JAY-Z and Diddy of assaulting her in 2000 when she was 13.
The lawsuit was withdrawn with prejudice on February 14 after a secret recording surfaced. Within the audio, Doe admitted JAY-Z had no involvement and claimed her lawyer, Tony Buzbee, pushed her to sue.
JAY-Z known as the dismissal a “victory” and denounced the allegations as false. He and his lawyer, Alex Spiro, have filed a defamation lawsuit in opposition to Doe and her authorized staff.
Buzbee, who has filed over 120 lawsuits in opposition to Diddy, denied coercion and dismissed the recording as faux.