The snowball impact has actually been thematic within the Diddy federal racketeering/ intercourse trafficking saga and now extra accusations are piling up with one other Dangerous Boy artists connected to the drama.
Jodeci member/producer Devante Swing has been accused within the rape of a 16-year-old through which DIddy and Man entrance man Aaron Corridor have already been implicated earlier this 12 months. The rape cost, which allegedly occurred in 1990, has has added Swing to the listing of defendants for being in the identical room.
The go well with, which was obtained by Rolling Stone, states, “Unbeknownst to Ms. Gardner on the time, Defendant Swing was within the room when this assault passed off and didn’t take any steps to forestall this abuse from occurring.” A sworn assertion given by a witness additionally states that Swing was “leaning in opposition to the wall or furnishings or one thing, watching no matter Puffy was doing to Liza.[Gardner].”
The R&B producer was reportedly Gardner’s co-guardian on the time of the alleged rape.
The lawsuit claims Swing “had an obligation to guard [Gardner] as her dad and mom entrusted him together with her security. He trafficked and or coerced the kid [to] journey throughout state strains from North Carolina to New York and New Jersey with the hidden intention of offering the kid with alcohol, and marijuana and prostituting the kid to his A&R Combs [Diddy].”
Swing nor any of his representatives have responded to those allegations.
Liza Gardner was one of many first folks to file rape fees in opposition to Diddy following the very public lawsuit filed by Cassie, which has spawned into the Dangerous Boy mogul’s present rape, racketeering and intercourse trafficking fees that he his confronted with in federal court docket.
“On the time Combs assaulted Ms. Gardner, she recollects feeling the negative effects of the alcohol. She recollects Combs mounting her, and forcing up her skirt, pulling her underwear to the aspect and forcefully penetrating her,” her lawsuit says.
Diddy’s attorneys have denied these claims and scoffed them off as a mere “cash seize”. Diddy’s trial date has not too long ago been forecasted to happen in April or Might of 2025.
