Sean Combs dismisses complaint from woman accusing him of sexual assault

(Los Angeles) Sean “Diddy” Combs’ attorneys are opposing a woman’s lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault. They filed a motion Friday to dismiss certain claims that were not in effect at the time of the alleged crime.

The motion filed in a New York court argues that Combs cannot be prosecuted because certain laws did not exist when Joi Dickerson-Neal made the allegations against him in 1991.

The music mogul’s lawyers want laws arising from M’s allegations^me Dickerson-Neal, such as revenge porn and human trafficking, are dismissed with prejudice.

Last year, she alleged in a lawsuit that Combs “intentionally drugged” her, then took her home and sexually assaulted her after a date in Harlem when she was still 19 years old.

Unknowingly, Combs filmed the attack and later shared it with several friends in the music industry, the lawsuit said. He has denied the allegations and accused her of trying to abuse New York law, which temporarily extends the statute of limitations.

While Friday’s motion seeks to dismiss the case on legal grounds, Diddy’s lawyers and the mogul “strongly” deny what they called “numerous false, offensive and lascivious allegations” in the lawsuit.

M’s complaint^me Dickerson-Neal comes nearly three decades after the rapper’s alleged actions, and New York State’s revenge porn law was only codified in 2019, Combs’ attorneys said. His lawyers also pointed to a few others, including New York’s Services for Victims of Human Trafficking Act, which was enacted in 2007.

The Associated Press generally does not name people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they publicly denounce it, as M.^me Dickerson Neal.

Last month, Combs’ properties in Los Angeles and Miami were raided by federal authorities as part of a sex trafficking investigation. The criminal investigation marks a major escalation in the investigation into Combs, who has been accused in several recent sexual abuse lawsuits.

In a lawsuit settled the day after it was filed in November, his former protégé and girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie, sued him for years of sexual abuse, including rape. According to the lawsuit, he forced her to have sex with prostitutes while he filmed them.

In February, a music producer filed a lawsuit alleging that Combs forced him to recruit prostitutes and pressured him to have sex with them.

Another of Combs’ accusers was a woman who said he raped her 20 years ago when she was 17.

Combs and his attorneys have denied all allegations in the lawsuits.