Diddy scored a partial authorized win in New York as a choose tossed out many of the claims introduced by April Lampros, who claimed the rap mogul raped her in 1995 in a resort room.
Lampros filed the lawsuit in 2023, alleging that Diddy lured her right into a controlling relationship underneath the guise of mentorship in music and vogue.
She additionally alleged that in 1996, Combs pressured her and his then-girlfriend Kim Porter to take ecstasy earlier than raping her.
Justice Leslie Stroth dismissed all claims of battery, assault, and emotional misery in opposition to Diddy and different named events, together with Dangerous Boy Information.
The courtroom additionally rejected all allegations underneath the GMVPL that occurred earlier than December 19, 2000, and denied Lampros’ request to revise her criticism.
The one surviving declare stems from an alleged incident in late 2000 or early 2001. Lampros claims Diddy made undesirable sexual advances in her house. In keeping with the criticism, he left after being requested to go.
The remaining accusation entails alleged groping and compelled kissing. The courtroom clarified that no rape allegations are a part of the continued declare.
The ruling got here on the pleading stage, which means no proof has been offered or evaluated.
Diddy has not but had the possibility to formally reply to the remaining allegation as a result of he’s been preventing a RICO case, which he defeated on July 2, however is awaiting sentencing for 2 counts of transportation to interact in prostitution.
The courtroom emphasised that its resolution doesn’t weigh in on the truthfulness of the claims.
Diddy’s authorized crew has strongly denied the accusations. In a earlier assertion, his lawyer Erica Wolff.
“April Lampros filed this baseless lawsuit greater than twenty years after the tip of her romantic relationship with [Diddy] represented by an lawyer who commonly sues celebrities and was not too long ago chastised by a federal choose for ‘improperly fil[ing] circumstances to garner media consideration, embarrass defendants with salacious allegations, and stress defendants to settle shortly,” Erica Wolff mentioned.
The case will now proceed with solely the GMVPL declare associated to the alleged 2000-2001 incident. No trial date has been set.
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