The attorneys representing a girl accusing Druski, Diddy and Odell Beckham Jr. of assaulting her are asking a choose to drop her as a shopper.
The lawsuit, which linked the comic and the NFL participant to a disturbing 2018 sexual assault allegation at a California occasion allegedly hosted by Diddy, is now unraveling.
The accuser’s legal professionals are requesting that the court docket permit them to withdraw, citing a breakdown in communication and disagreements with their shopper, Ashley Parham, over technique.
Parham filed her lawsuit earlier this yr, accusing Druski of pouring child oil on her and utilizing her “like a slip and slide.”
She additional alleged Diddy recorded the assault and threatened her, with Beckham additionally concerned. Nevertheless, Druski has maintained his innocence and supplied documentation to show he was in Georgia on the time.
“I’ve by no means met any of the people concerned. I used to be not in California on the time,” Druski mentioned when the claims first surfaced.
His authorized workforce submitted telephone data and financial institution statements displaying all exercise on the day in query originated in Atlanta, not Orinda, California, the place the alleged incident happened.
Regardless of this proof, Parham’s attorneys informed the court docket in July that they had “no need to dismiss” Druski from the case. That call prompted U.S. District Decide Rita F. Lin to demand a proof, warning the authorized workforce might face sanctions if they didn’t drop him from the lawsuit.
She mentioned their place “seems to lack any affordable foundation” and threatened to sanction the legal professionals concerned within the controversy.
Now, Parham’s legal professionals are trying to withdraw from the case totally.
In court docket filings obtained by AllHipHop, they cited “irreconcilable variations” and a “elementary breakdown” in communication with their shopper. The paperwork state that the attorneys can now not ethically or successfully signify her.
The case, which as soon as made headlines for its explosive claims, is now teetering on the point of collapse. The plaintiff’s authorized illustration is on the verge of strolling away, and the core proof contradicts her model of occasions.
In the meantime, Beckham and Diddy have additionally denied any involvement.
Diddy can also be pursuing a separate $100 million defamation lawsuit in opposition to Parham’s lead lawyer, Ariel Mitchell and conservative media outlet Newsmax, claiming they labored collectively to smear his title with false accusations.
