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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Wins Dismissal Of Lil Rod’s RICO Claims, But Case Moves Forward

Sean "Diddy" Combs won a ruling dismissing RICO accusations from Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, but the producer’s sexual abuse lawsuit moves forward.

A federal judge has dismissed civil racketeering accusations and other claims filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs by former collaborator Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, though he also allowed parts of the music producer’s sexual abuse lawsuit to move forward. In a decision issued Monday, Judge J. Paul Oetken ruled that Jones could not sue Diddy and others under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act – the federal “RICO” law often used against the Mafia and the same statute prosecutors are citing in their criminal case against Combs. After UMG and Grainge said they would seek penalties over those “recklessly false” allegations, Jones’ attorney Tyrone Blackburn conceded that there had been “no legal basis” for filing them and asked to have them “withdrawn immediately.”

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