Lawyers for embattled hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs argue that extending the statute of limitations established by the Big Apple’s progressive city council violates state law in his sex trafficking lawsuit against Jane Doe. They are asking a New York judge to issue a lawsuit. Legally invalid.
The bombshell lawsuit, filed under New York City’s Gender-Based Violence Victims Protection Act (VGM), alleges that Combs sexually assaulted an 11th grader in 2003 and flew her back from Detroit to New York City. and two other Bad Boy executives. In a night full of booze, sex, and drugs.
Jonathan Davis, one of Mr. Combs’ leading Manhattan lawyers, called the allegations “completely false and appalling” and granted a second extension to file the claim, which was already time-barred. They argued that the city’s law was against the law. It was preempted by a similar state law that also expired.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs (left) receives the key to the city from New York City Mayor Eric Adams in Times Square on September 15, 2023. The city’s Gender-Based Violence Victims Act has become a key issue in civil litigation. A lawsuit accusing a media mogul of sex trafficking. (Raymond Hall/GC Images)
“Mr. Combs and his company vehemently deny the decades-old claims made by plaintiffs against their company. This story already undermined Combs’ reputation and business standing even before the evidence was presented. It is causing immeasurable damage,” Davis wrote.
The crux of his argument is that the statute of limitations has run out, as does the extended period provided by New York’s Child Victims Act (CVA), which provides two charges for victims who were under 18 at the time of the sexual assault allegations. Thing. – year period for filing a claim. That window closed in 2021.
“Plaintiffs’ arguments are prefaced with bold, legally irrelevant ‘trigger warnings’ calculated to draw attention to their despicable and vile claims. This stunt has no basis in deadlines. “The defendants incurred unwanted publicity, embarrassment, and financial costs, and the plaintiffs were deprived of unwarranted financial benefits from them.” I was able to get a recovery. ”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams gave Combs a symbolic “key to the city” last year, before any legal issues arose. However, the Democratic-controlled City Council’s 2022 New York City Code Amendment Bill (VGM) provides for an additional two-year extension starting March 1, 2023. Among the city’s progressive supporters are city council members who support “defunding the police.” Tiffany Caban, according to documents included in the filing.
Combs’ attorney disputes the validity of that city law.
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They are asking the court to close that window, arguing that “without exception, New York state law supersedes New York City law.”
“No one should accept anything.”[D]Idi,” his lawyer says seriously. This motion is nothing more than Mr. Combs’ desperate attempt to avoid accountability for Mr. Doe’s gang rape and sexual assault allegations. That won’t work. ”
“Plaintiffs cannot rely on the CVA’s reinstatement clause because it preempts the VGM’s reinstatement clause,” Davis wrote, citing recent case law.
He also argued that VGM’s claims cannot be applied retroactively to Combs’ company.
Michael Willemyn, a partner at the Wigdor law firm who is representing Doe in the lawsuit, seems confident that the judge will rule against Combs in this case.
“No one should receive anything at this time.”[D]”This motion is nothing more than a desperate attempt by Mr. Combs to avoid accountability for Mr. Doe’s gang rape and sexual assault allegations,” he told Fox News Digital. That won’t work. ”
Sean “Diddy” Combs sits with his mother, Janice Combs, outside their Star Island home on April 7, 2024 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Zach Bennett, Fox News Digital)
Legal experts expressed different expectations for Combs’ motion to dismiss.
David Gelman, a New Jersey-based defense attorney and former prosecutor, said Davis “hit the mark.”
“This is a really well-written summary and argument,” he told Fox News Digital. “The city cannot unilaterally change the law and go against the state.”
Neema Rahmani, a Los Angeles-based trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor, said she thinks Combs’ lawyers made “creative arguments” but hopes the judge will allow the case to proceed. said.
A photo included in the complaint allegedly shows 17-year-old Jane Doe sitting on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lap inside Daddy’s House recording studio in New York City in 2003. There is. (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York)
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“It’s well established that Congress can restart the statute of limitations for civil lawsuits, but not for criminal charges,” he told Fox News Digital. “And whether Diddy acted within the company’s policies and scope should be tried by a jury because he alleges sufficient facts. Even if there is no vicarious liability, the plaintiffs must could allege that the company was negligent in hiring and supervising Didi.”
The civil complaint includes photos purporting to show unidentified victims at a music studio associated with Combs, who is said to have been involved in two of his entertainment companies, a former Bad Boy executive, Herv Pierre is named alongside another man, identified only as a “third assailant” in court documents.
Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs have filed a new motion to dismiss claims in one of the four lawsuits against him. (Sharif Ziyadat)
Combs has denied all allegations of wrongdoing and has not been charged with any crime. Mr. Pierre also denies wrongdoing, and his lawyers ask to join Combs’ motion to dismiss, arguing that his client should be dismissed from the case based on the same arguments presented by Combs’ team. A letter was sent to the court.
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But he has been under fire for months over a string of similar lawsuits and the federal government’s raids on two of his homes in March as part of a Homeland Security Investigations investigation. There is.
In previous statements, he said some of the accusers were simply seeking “an underserved payday.”
Sean “Diddy” Combs rides his bicycle across the Star Island Bridge from his home in Miami Beach, Florida, on April 4, 2024. (Romain Maurice/Mega, Fox News Digital)
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In addition to the sexual abuse lawsuit, Ms. Combs is also facing a lawsuit in which she is accused of delaying an event in which she commissioned a New Orleans design firm to construct a building, then leaving the company seeking $100,000 in materials costs. confronting.
The lawyer in that case told FOX Business He expects more business-related lawsuits this month.
