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Diplo Reaches ‘Resolution’ With Sex Assault Accuser He Sued for Stalking

Diplo has been locked in a legal battle with Shelly Auguste for years and was set to begin a trial over their dueling allegations next week.

Lawyers for DJ and producer Diplo announced that they’ve reached a global “resolution in principle” on Monday to end his tangled legal dispute with Shelly Auguste, a woman he had a sexual relationship with in 2019. He described Auguste as an “obsessed fan” who ”became vindictive” when he refused to continue to see her after a “very brief sexual encounter.” He claimed they met in March 2018, not 2014, and admitted they had sex in April 2019 and again in Las Vegas in July 2019. The new deal announced Monday comes a week after a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that a different woman must use her real name if she chooses to proceed with the separate “revenge porn” lawsuit that she filed against the famous DJ last June.

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