A new lawsuit accuses producer Diplo of distributing revenge porn.
The suit, filed Thursday by a Jane Doe in California, statements that the producer, born Thomas Wesley Pentz, dispersed sexual pictures and movies of her devoid of her consent.
Associates for Diplo did not immediately react to requests for remark.
Diplo is a rare producer and DJ who turned a home title for his get the job done with Skrillex, Justin Bieber and Usher, amid lots of other top rated functions. He’s also a pageant mainstay at both equally EDM and nation functions who hosted his have showcase at the Stagecoach state new music pageant in April.
The accommodate alleges that the woman, who life in New York, experienced an ongoing sexual connection with Diplo between 2016 and 2023. “During that time, Plaintiff produced it recognised that she did not want Defendant Diplo recording them partaking in sexual activities devoid of her express consent nor did she want him to distribute visuals and/or films to 3rd events and never gave him consent to do so,” the fit states.
Having said that, the go well with statements that in November 2023, a third occasion whom Jane Doe did not know beforehand “told Plaintiff that she was in possession of illustrations or photos and films of Plaintiff and Defendant Diplo possessing sex.”
“Between 2018 and 2023, with no Plaintiff’s expertise or consent, Defendant Diplo recorded himself acquiring sexual intercourse with Plaintiff on various occasions and disclosed and/or distributed the pictures and movies to third functions,” the accommodate carries on. “Defendant Diplo shared the photographs and/or movies with the third events through textual content messaging and Snapchat.”
Jane Doe suggests in the lawsuit that she submitted a law enforcement report to the NYPD about Diplo in November 2023.
“Plaintiff has and will proceed to endure personal personal injury from the disclosure and/or distribution of the personal illustrations or photos and/or videos depicting her genitals and facial area though she was engaged in sexually express activity,” the go well with proceeds, citing “extreme and severe emotional distress with physical manifestations, anxiety, depression, and decline of privacy.”
Diplo was previously sued for sexual abuse, distributing revenge porn and other misconduct by a Los Angeles woman, Shelly Auguste, in 2021. “DIPLO solicited Ms. Auguste for sex when she was underage,” her suit alleges. “Later, he experienced intercourse with her, twice, without disclosing that he had sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which he gave to her. When she spoke out about his abusive habits, he retaliated from her by publishing shots of her vagina and breasts on social media devoid of her consent.”
Diplo denied her statements in a 2021 Instagram submit, and in 2022, he received a $1.2-million arbitration ruling that Auguste’s social media posts violated the terms of a mutual restraining buy. Diplo’s legal professional, Bryan J. Freedman, explained to Pitchfork past 12 months, “Wes will defend himself, and, just as he has carried out each and every time Ms. Auguste has defamed, harassed and attacked him and his spouse and children, he will acquire.”
Auguste’s accommodate versus Diplo is set for a civil trial in January.
