Diddy‘s son, Justin Combs, has been dismissed from Lil Rod’s lawsuit against the Bad Boy Records founder.
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. has also been dismissed from the controversial lawsuit filed by the producer who accused the Oscar winner of sexually assaulting him onboard Diddy’s boat.
Lil Rod also claimed that Justin Combs was involved in a sex trafficking operation and suggested that Diddy or his son were behind an alleged shooting that took place at a recording studio.
The court dismissed Lil Rod’s claims against both the younger Combs and Gooding Jr. after he failed to serve them in time before the deadline passed.
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The judge ruled that Lil Rod’s lawyer, the controversial Tyrone Blackburn, failed to show “good cause” for the delays in serving the duo and denied his request to serve them through newspaper advertisements.
Though the claims were dismissed, Lil Rod will be allowed to refile them in the future if he opts to do so.
Combs and Gooding Jr. are yet to comment on the development.
Diddy was also able to dismiss several of Lil Rod’s claims against him.
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Diddy filed a motion last August to dismiss the suit and while the lawsuit as a whole has not been dismissed, the judge overseeing the case has agreed to strike down certain claims.
In an order filed in March, Judge J. Paul Oetken dismissed the civil racketeering and breach of contract claims, ruling that the lawsuit failed to prove Lil Rod had been harmed by a violation of the RICO Act.
The judge further declared that non-payment for Rod’s work on Diddy’s The Love Album: Off the Grid did not count because it did not have any connection to any potential racketeering activity.
Rod’s claims of negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of contract, and violation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) against Diddy’s company Combs Global were also dismissed.
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However, the TVPA claims against Puffy and his chief of staff, Kristina Khorram Khorram, were granted.
Rod’s claims of sex trafficking, sexual assault and premises liability were also given the green light, meaning the lawsuit will proceed in a slimmed-down form.
