Dangerous Boy Leisure CEO, Sean “Diddy” Combs, is preventing again in opposition to a $30 million civil lawsuit filed by former Dangerous Boy music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones. This week, Diddy filed to dismiss the lawsuit, calling Jones’s allegations “blatant falsehoods.” Nonetheless, Jones is standing by his claims, portray a grim image of his experiences working with the music mogul.
In a latest interview with Rolling Stone, Jones didn’t mince phrases when describing Combs, referring to him as a “monster” who would go to any lengths to get what he needs. “He doesn’t take no for a solution,” Jones instructed the journal. “He [told me] himself, ‘I’ll smack my mama.’ Anyone who can say that even jokingly is a monster. He’s nothing to be performed with. For an individual whose model is Love Data, and altered their identify to Love and named their child Love, he doesn’t present love. He’s simply advertising.”
Jones, who was as soon as a part of Diddy’s inside circle, shared disturbing particulars about his time with the Dangerous Boy founder. He characterised Combs as extra of an govt than a musician and alleged that his abuse started after he began understanding Combs’s ear for producing music. Jones recounted an unsettling expertise at a Thanksgiving dinner the place he believed everybody current had signed nondisclosure agreements to take care of silence.
“About 10 minutes later, Puff comes rolling in with Yung Miami and others following behind. Assistants have been lighting candles, giving us cocktails,” Jones recalled. “He went in his lavatory connected to the studio and summoned me and DeForrest. He requested me if I had a $100 invoice. There have been three white strains on the sink. He was asking me to do one thing I’ve by no means finished earlier than. It was awkward. He was attempting to get me to do some medicine. I don’t need to decide anyone, however that’s on the prime of my checklist of issues I’m afraid to do.”
Based on Jones’s authorized submitting, this was simply the tip of the iceberg. He claims to have witnessed a number of crimes whereas working intently with Combs, together with an accusation that the mogul was concerned in a taking pictures at a recording studio in 2022. Jones asserts that because of Combs’s highly effective affect within the music business, he has been compelled into hiding and is unable to get any of his music picked up or distributed.
Because the authorized battle unfolds, the stark distinction between Jones’s allegations and Diddy’s public persona—as a businessman who rebranded himself below the “Love” moniker—continues to boost eyebrows. Diddy’s authorized crew has but to remark additional on the dismissal movement.
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