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(KTLA) — The federal sex-trafficking investigation involving music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is broadening its attain.
Rodney Jones, a music producer who first sued Combs for sexual assault again in February, is now including Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. to that grievance.
Jones, also referred to as Lil Rod, stated the actor sexually harassed and assaulted him, resembling by groping him whereas aboard Combs’ yacht. Jones’ authentic lawsuit alleged Combs pressured him to acquire intercourse staff and compelled him to have interaction in unwelcome intercourse acts.
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That very same lawsuit claims the Dangerous Boy Information founder admitted to being answerable for that notorious 1999 New York Metropolis nightclub capturing that ended up getting him, then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez and rapper Jamal “Shyne” Barrow arrested.
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Finally, Barrow was charged with the capturing and was sentenced to 10 years in jail. Combs was arrested on weapons costs.
Capturing sufferer Natania Reuben stated Combs shot her within the face that evening.
“I actually watched them pull out the weapons; I had a transparent perspective,” she stated throughout an look on “Elizabeth Vargas Reviews.” “I imply, I used to be actually shot in my nostril. I used to be going through them straight; I watched every little thing happen.”
“As a result of his identify was extra notable, he was believed, relatively than a sufferer who gave a first-hand account,” she defined. “By the grace of God, I survived.”
Reuben filed a $130 million lawsuit for compensation towards Combs in 2008 and settled in June 2011.
Jones’ lawsuit is amongst many who the rap impresario has confronted just lately, although he’s not alone in his authorized woes.
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In the meantime, in June of 2023, Gooding settled a civil sexual abuse case simply earlier than trial. He was accused of raping a girl in a New York Metropolis lodge 10 years prior.
Legislation enforcement officers instructed Nexstar’s KTLA that they haven’t arrested Combs after raiding properties tied to him in Los Angeles and Miami on Monday.
They’ve arrested Combs’ alleged drug “mule,” who was touring with him. Brendan Paul, 25, a Northeast Ohio man, was taken into custody on Monday at Miami’s Opa-Locka Airport.
Video exhibits federal brokers intercepting Combs’ personal aircraft earlier than Paul was to board. He’s been booked on one rely of possession of cocaine and marijuana sweet.
The Miami Herald experiences the “Final Evening” singer was on the airport with Paul; the pair had been headed on a spring break journey with Combs’ twin daughters. This was simply hours after each properties had been raided.
On the day of the raids, a personal aircraft arrived within the Bahamas, which was linked to Combs. Nevertheless, the nation’s prime minister confirmed that Combs was not on that aircraft.
Within the meantime, his representatives and attorneys keep his innocence.
Lawyer Aaron Dyer known as the searches ”a gross use of military-level pressure” and that Combs is “harmless and can proceed to combat” to clear his identify.
Dyer issued an announcement on Tuesday, a day after the raids.
“There isn’t a excuse for the extreme present of pressure and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way in which his kids and workers had been handled.”
Throughout the search at Combs’ L.A. house within the Holmby Hills neighborhood, his sons Justin Combs, 30, and Christian “King” Combs, 25, had been amongst these briefly detained outdoors.
Combs’ whereabouts are unknown right now.
KTLA has reached out to Gooding Jr.’s workforce for touch upon these allegations and has not heard again.