MIAMI — Days after federal agents raided Sean “Diddy” Combs’ multimillion-dollar compounds on both sides of the country, a music producer who sued the hip-hop megastar turned entrepreneur has come forward with another complaint that sheds light on more than a dozen pages of new accusations.
In a lawsuit filed last month, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones accused the Bad Boys Records founder of being the leader of a criminal enterprise that could qualify as a “widespread and dangerous criminal sex trafficking organization.” For about a year, Jones worked with Diddy to produce several songs on his R&B album “The Love Album: Off the Grid.”
Jones on Monday amended the complaint, submitted in New York federal court, to name the actor Cuba Gooding Jr. as a co-defendant. Also listed as defendants are Diddy’s son Justin Combs, record label executives and members of the music mogul’s staff.
Jones’ complaint was again revised Wednesday, providing more details — and evidence — related to the alleged sex-fueled work environment that he was exposed to while working for Diddy on the Grammy-nominated “Love” album in 2023.
Mounting evidence levied against Diddy?
Here are some of the new allegations detailed in the amended civil complaint:
Diddy paid rap sensation Yung Miami, Instagram model Jade Ramey and actress Daphne Joy a monthly fee to work as his sex workers.
While crafting “The Love Album,” Diddy wanted to create a “love-making atmosphere.” In that quest, he forced employees, including Jones, to take shots of alcohol and engage in sex acts with sex workers.
Diddy personally distributed guns from his Los Angeles and Miami Beach homes to local gang members.
Brendon Paul, described as Diddy’s mule, transported guns to and from night clubs, strip clubs and other venues in the Miami area.
Diddy’s employees smuggled drugs on commercial airlines through carry-on luggage.
Chief of staff Kristina Khorram ordered drugs and forced Diddy’s entourage to carry them in black Prada pouches. She also solicited sex workers, negotiated their price and paid for them.
While in Miami, neither Khorram nor Diddy allowed Jones to visit family for birthdays or holidays. They allegedly told him that if he left, he wouldn’t be allowed to return.
At a July 2023 listening party in California, there were at least five girls under the age of 17. Jones reported feeling uncomfortable, yet Diddy took his car keys so that he couldn’t leave.
In a group chat including Jones, Diddy would ask his confidants about their opinions of Jones — and if they thought the producer would remain loyal to him.
Diddy hired a private investigator to dig up “dirt” on Jones, offering people money to speak poorly about the producer. Friends of the producer would then receive harassing messages from the private investigator.
Jones alleges that there was a “massive coverup” related to the 2022 shooting of Justin Combs’ friend inside a Hollywood recording studio. Diddy’s crew, he says, doctored the narrative that the man was shot outside the studio during a robbery.
Those who were present at the studio that day were also asked to sign a nondisclosure agreement. Jones refused to do so.
Jones also maintains that Diddy was present inside the studio — and included a photo in the lawsuit of a bloody mess in a bathroom. The victim has since mysteriously vanished.
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