In response to reviews, Diddy has gained a authorized victory in opposition to former Making The Band singer Sara Rivers, as a decide in New York has dominated that all the prices save for one be dismissed. Within the ruling issued Thursday (Aug. 14), U.S. District Court docket Choose Jed S. Rakoff dominated that 21 of the 22 prices throughout the lawsuit, which included racketeering, assault and battery, compelled labor, and false imprisonment, be dismissed with prejudice. That implies that she will probably be unable to file a brand new lawsuit containing these allegations in opposition to the Unhealthy Boy Data founder.
Choose Rakoff’s ruling on the ultimate cost learn that “the dedication of whether or not to dismiss, with or with out prejudice, Rely 15 (the Gender-Motivated Violence Safety Act declare) … is hereby stayed pending” a ruling from an appellate court docket. It leaves the door open to Rivers to file one other go well with primarily based on that declare.
Rivers was a part of the group Da Band who had been the main target of the second season of the MTV actuality sequence, and he or she filed her lawsuit in opposition to Diddy, aka Sean Combs, in February. She alleged that she was sexually assaulted by Diddy after visiting his studio, Daddy’s Home, to file after being berated by the mogul who claimed that Rivers and her bandmates “lacked drive and initiative” in making their album. She acknowledged that after she left the sales space, she bumped into Diddy who backed her right into a nook and “ran his left hand throughout her breasts.”
Rivers additionally made extra allegations whereas showing within the Peacock documentary Diddy: The Making of a Unhealthy Boy launched in January, stating that he “touched me in a spot that he shouldn’t have” and spoke about how enraged he could be towards her and different members of Da Band. “When he bought indignant with certainly one of my band members, he stated, ‘You make me so mad, I wish to eat your flesh,’” she recalled.
Ariel Mitchell, Rivers’ legal professional, has acknowledged that she and her shopper plan to enchantment. Diddy continues to be incarcerated within the Metropolitan Detention Heart in New York Metropolis, awaiting his sentencing after being convicted on two counts of participating in transportation with the intent of prostitution in Might. He and his authorized group are nonetheless mounting an offense to launch him from jail, together with petitioning President Donald Trump for a federal pardon.
