DJ Diplo has been accused of distributing revenge porn in a lawsuit filed in California Thursday.
A Jane Doe sued the Grammy-winning producer, whose actual title is Thomas Wesley Pentz, for recording and distributing sexual pictures and movies of her with out her consent to 3rd events, in line with courtroom docs obtained by Web page Six.
The lady, who is predicated in New York, claims to have been concerned in a bodily relationship with Diplo starting in June 2016 after they initially started messaging one another sexually-explicit content material on Snapchat in April of that yr. She alleged their relationship led to 2023.
DJ Diplo has been accused of distributing revenge porn by a Jane Doe in a lawsuit submitted in California Thursday. Domine Jerome/ABACA/Shutterstock
She claimed that they had a sexual relationship between 2016 and 2023. Dave Benett/Getty Pictures
Based on the courtroom submitting, Doe allowed Diplo to document them partaking in intercourse at occasions, however “made it identified that she didn’t need Defendant Diplo recording them partaking in sexual actions with out her express consent, nor did she need him to distribute pictures and/or movies to 3rd events and by no means gave him consent to take action.”
In November 2023, nonetheless, the lady claimed she was contacted by a 3rd occasion who mentioned she acquired materials that confirmed her and the musician having intercourse.
Doe was allegedly informed the particular person acquired the pornographic content material, which confirmed her “genitals, buttocks, and face,” on Oct. 14, 2018. The fabric was allegedly despatched over Snapchat.
The “Lean On” hitmaker allegedly recorded their sexual encounters with out her information after which distributed them to 3rd events. FilmMagic
Doe claimed an unnamed particular person knowledgeable her in 2023 that she had sexually express materials of her and Diplo partaking in personal acts. WireImage
After their dialogue, the unnamed particular person who contacted Doe reportedly filed a police report. Doe claimed that “the NYPD issued a warrant for Defendant Diplo’s arrest for dissemination of intimate pictures and/or movies depicting” her.
Doe is in search of as much as $150,000 in damages.
Reps for Diplo didn’t instantly reply to Web page Six’s request for remark.
Nevertheless, his lawyer, Bryan Freedman, dismissed the swimsuit in a press release to Web page Six.
Diplo’s lawyer slammed the lawsuit as a cash seize in a press release to Deadline. diplo/Instagram
“Repeatedly, Wes has been focused by a bunch of untrustworthy people and their unscrupulous legal professionals, cobbling collectively falsehoods seeking a meritless payday,” Bryan Freedman mentioned. diplo/Instagram
“In each case the place there was an allegation of improper conduct made towards Wes, the end result has been both a direct dismissal of a bogus lawsuit coupled with an apology, a court-ordered award for Wes in extra of $1.2 million, or the sluggish demise of an apparent shakedown try that has gone completely nowhere,” the profitable Hollywood lawyer argued.
“Repeatedly, Wes has been focused by a bunch of untrustworthy people and their unscrupulous legal professionals, cobbling collectively falsehoods seeking a meritless payday.”
“This swimsuit appears to be simply extra of the identical, which is why we’ve got no cause to imagine that this may finish any in a different way than all of the others.”
Quite the opposite, Doe’s lawyer Micha Liberty of Liberty Legislation informed Web page Six, “Diplo’s actions signify a extreme abuse of energy and a blatant disregard for human dignity. It’s crucial that we, as a society, condemn such actions and maintain perpetrators accountable.”
Jane Doe is in search of as much as $150,000 in damages. diplo/Instagram
This isn’t the primary time the DJ has been accused of distributing pornographic materials. diplo/Instagram
“Our courageous shopper’s story is one among Diplo’s many worst-kept secrets and techniques, and the submitting this case is her first step at forging a path to civil justice,” one other lawyer for Doe, Margaret E. Mabie of Marsh Legislation added.
This isn’t the primary time Diplo has been accused of recording and distributing sexually express movies with out the opposite occasion’s information or permission. One other unnamed girl accused the “Elastic Coronary heart” hitmaker of doing so — and knowingly infecting her with chlamydia — in 2021.
He denied the accusations and claimed the lawsuit was introduced on by a fan-turned-stalker. He additionally claimed any sexual encounters that they had had been “consensual.”
Earlier than that, he was accused of sexually assaulting Marchel Auguste in 2020 in addition to recording their sexual encounters with out her consent. She was profitable in getting a brief restraining order towards him.
Plus, a distinct unnamed girl accused him of knowingly infecting her with chlamydia in 2021. Dave Benett/Getty Pictures for Spotify
Marchel Auguste accused him of sexual assault in 2020 and continues to be concerned in a authorized pursuit. Dave Benett/Getty Pictures for Spotify
She continues to be at the moment pursuing authorized motion towards him for sexual battery, gender violence, battery, assault, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional misery and extra, in line with Pitchfork.
Additionally in 2020, rapper Azealia Banks claimed Diplo groomed her and had intercourse along with her whereas she was 17 and he was in his 30s.
“He’s at all times been preying on younger ethnic ladies,” she slammed.