Rodney “Lil Rod’ Jones Jr., a report producer from Chicago, submitted a 105-website page federal criticism against Combs accusing him and the people who perform with him of getting component of an illegal racketeering business. Jones alleges in his criticism that he has “irrefutable evidence of: (a) the acquisition, use, and distribution of ecstasy, cocaine, GHB, ketamine, marijuana, and mushrooms (b) the displaying and distribution of unregistered illegal firearms and (c) the solicitation of minors and intercourse employees.”
According to Jones, as he alleges in the grievance, Combs achieved out to Jones in 2022 to support him make tracks, but Jones promises the get the job done Combs expected of him went significantly over and above generating music. He statements in the lawsuit that he was tasked with procuring medication and soliciting sexual intercourse workers to “perform sex functions to the enjoyment of Mr. Combs.” Jones alleges that Combs also required him to tape these sex acts and that Combs would “often threaten to inflict bodily harm” on him if he did not comply with his requires. Jones alleged in his criticism that Combs stored “specific bottles of alcoholic beverages designated for females” on hand and, “according to Mr. Jones, Mr. Combs pressured all the women of all ages to drink laced DeLeon liquor. On details and belief, Mr. Combs laced the liquor with ecstasy,” the lawsuit promises. He also accuses Combs of sexual harassment and assault for allegedly grabbing him devoid of his consent and forcing him to function although Combs paraded all over bare. Jones also alleges that Combs once still left him alone in a makeshift studio on a yacht with Cuba Gooding Jr., who he claimed then began “touching, groping, and fondling” his higher thighs close to his groin. He explained Gooding did not prevent right until he forcibly pushed him away.
February 2, 2024, in Manhattan’s federal courtroom.
Ongoing. Jones’s lawyer has accused Combs of “harassing behavior,” together with “manufacturing stories about Plaintiff on TMZ and dispatching his brokers to harass Plaintiff’s 8-yr-previous daughter, the mom of his kid, and ex-spouses, all of whom have expressed anxiety of prospective harm by Defendant Combs.” Jones’s lawyer advised Choose J. Paul Oetken, who is overseeing the case, that an further police report had been filed on March 3. Jones is asking the courtroom for a jury trial.
When attained out to for remark, Combs’s attorney Shawn Holley provided a in close proximity to-equivalent statement he presented to The New York Times on February 26, 2024. “Mr. Jones is almost nothing a lot more than a con male, shamelessly seeking for an quick and wholly undeserved payday,” it reported. “We have indeniable, incontrovertible proof that his statements are total fabrications. Our makes an attempt to share this evidence with Mr. Jones’ legal professional, Tyrone Blackburn, have been disregarded, as Mr. Blackburn has refused to return our calls. We seem forward to addressing these absurd statements in court docket and intend to just take all proper motion versus all who are attempting to peddle them.”