Jodeci singer DeVanté Swing has been accused of “aiding” Diddy in the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl.
The Bad Boy boss and singer Aaron Hall were sued earlier this year for allegedly sexually assaulting Liza Gardner in 1990, and now Swing has been added to the lawsuit as a co-defendant.
Garnder claims that the R&B star, who was in his early 20s at the time and is now 55, was present during the incident.
The amended lawsuit, obtained by Rolling Stone, says: “Unbeknownst to Ms. Gardner at the time, Defendant Swing was in the room when this assault took place and did not take any steps to prevent this abuse from occurring.”
It was previously claimed in a sworn statement from a witness that Swing was “leaning against the wall or furniture or something, watching whatever Puffy was doing to Liza.”
Swing allegedly served as Gardner’s “co-guardian at the time” as he invited her on the trip to New York where the alleged rape took place.
The lawsuit claims Swing “had a duty to protect [Gardner] as her parents entrusted him with her safety. He trafficked and or coerced the child [to] travel across state lines from North Carolina to New York and New Jersey with the hidden intention of providing the child with alcohol, and marijuana and prostituting the child to his A&R Combs [Diddy].”
Swing has not yet responded to being added to the lawsuit and the allegations contained within.
Gardner was one of the first people to accuse Diddy of rape after the mogul’s ex-girlfriend Cassie filed her initial lawsuit accusing him of sex trafficking and sexual assault.
Gardner claimed in her original suit that Diddy and Hall took turns raping her and a friend after meeting them at MCA Records’ offices in New York.
“At the time Combs assaulted Ms. Gardner, she recalls feeling the side effects of the alcohol. She recalls Combs mounting her, and forcing up her skirt, pulling her underwear to the side and forcefully penetrating her,” the complaint reads.
Gardner also accused Puffy of being physically violent towards her in the days after the alleged assault.
Diddy has denied all allegations against him, saying through his representatives: “These are fabricated claims falsely alleging misconduct from over 30 years ago and filed at the last minute. This is nothing but a money grab.”
While the allegations continue to mount you still get those folks who try to defend Freaky Puff, against all odds. It’s getting very difficult to defend Diddy.
Being “in the room” is not a crime. He is not a police officer, he didntbtake an oath to protect anybody and risk having a gun pulled out on him. And theres a good chance he was not aware of the presence of anything illegal.
Man, you are stupidest
It’s a crime if you don’t help. FOH you troll
You actually can get arrested for not stopping a crime you easily could’ve. I know you live on planet fucking stupid but here on earth, we use our brains before we speak
Diddy most likely guilty of allot. HOWEVER these type of cases are so annoying. “I let 2 music starts run a train on me 30 years ago” I never pressed charges or told anyone, but no deserve money now GTFOH
The entire legacy of Uptown Records is about to go down the train.
yeah that ain’t looking pretty
Bernadett the ugly af, broke bum blogger Giacumazzo wrltes a ton of irrelevant junk everyday that NOBODY ever reads and Scarfys the beyond pathetic pole riding puppet who Scarfy hates made a combined 7.21 begging randos for loose change in Atlantlc Beach today.
Another one of your fantasies that will remain just that. And i love how easy it is fuck with you. Actually it does get boring cause you just can not come up with anything original,creative or intelligent. You think being nasty is the way to go. You come up with shit that any 10 yr. old boy could come up with. But i do enjoy pissing you off. Between Bernie and me you must cry yourself to sleep every night. Now go back to your cardboard box and kick a rat.
She didn’t know he was there to begin with….I dunno.