Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of sexual assault by former male employee

Embattled Bad Boy Records founder Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sued by the producer of his latest album, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, who claims that the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted and tried to force him to have sexual intercourse with sex workers on various occasions.

Lil Rod, who produced Diddy’s Love album, claimed on the lawsuit that he lived and traveled with Combs from September 2022 to November 2023, during which time he recorded hours of video and audio of Combs, his staff and others “engaging in serious illegal activity.”

Among the allegations is that Diddy forced Lil Rod to procure sex workers and pressured him to engage in sex acts with them and others.

Lil Rod also claimed that Diddy at one point grabbed his genitals without consent, while he also tried to “groom” him into having sex with another man, with Diddy allegedly telling him that it was “a normal practice in the music industry.”

The lawsuit includes what it says are screenshots from gatherings hosted at Combs’ homes that included underage girls and sex workers, some of whom he said were provided drinks that had been laced with drugs at Combs’ direction.

Lil Rod is seeking $30m from Diddy at his co-defendants who include Diddy’s adult son, Justin; his chief of staff, Kristina Khorram; Universal Music Group CEO Sir Lucian Grainge; and former Motown Records CEO Ethiopia Habtemariam.

In response, an attorney for Diddy said Lil Rod’s’ “reckless name-dropping about events that are pure fiction and simply did not happen is nothing more than a transparent attempt to garner headlines.”

“We have overwhelming, indisputable proof that his claims are complete lies. Our attempts to share this proof with Mr. Jones’ attorney, Tyrone Blackburn, have been ignored, as Mr. Blackburn refuses to return our calls,” the attorney, Shawn Holley, said in a statement.

“We will address these outlandish allegations in court and take all appropriate action against those who make them.” Holley added.