Sean “Puffy” Combs has been hit with another s*xual assault lawsuit — this time by a male producer who who worked with Combs for years.
According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones Jr, a former music producer and videographer for Combs, claims he was repeatedly s*xually assaulted by Combs and his associates, including Stevie J.
Jones produced Combs’ Grammy-nominated R&B album, The Love Album.
“Throughout his time with Mr. Combs, Mr. Jones witnessed, experienced, and endured many things that went far beyond his role as a Producer on the Love album,” the 73-page complaint says. “Mr. Combs required Mr. Jones to record him constantly… As a result, Mr. Jones has secured hundreds of hours of footage and audio records of Mr. Combs, his staff, and his guests engaging in serious illegal activity.”
Jones, 37, claims Combs would grope Jones’s genitals, touch his anus, and parade around naked in front of Jones.
He said Combs downplayed the alleged assaults as just “horseplay.”
Jones said Combs allegedly forced him to watch a video featuring music producer Stevie J (left) having s*x with another man. The court documents included screengrabs of the video.
In the scenes, a man purported to be Stevie J anally penetrates a Caucasian man without a condom.
According to the court documents, Combs showed Jones the video of Stevie J to ease “Mr. Jones’ anxiety about homos*xuality.”
“According to Mr. Combs, ‘This is a normal practice in the music industry, look even Stevie is doing it.’ Mr. Combs informed Mr. Jones that he had engaged in s*xual intercourse with rapper [REDACTED], R&B singer [REDACTED] and Stevie J.”
The plaintiff alleged Combs brought prostitutes to his house on Star Island in Miami, and on one occasion, Jones says he was drugged and possibly r*ped at the Star Island mansion.
He also shared photos of Combs kissing “an underaged female” at one of Combs’s house parties.
Combs, 54, allegedly intentionally served underaged girls and women liquor laced with drugs.
Among the other shocking claims, Combs allegedly directed his son Justin Combs (right) and Stevie J to recruit young prostitutes. Justin was allegedly instructed to find underaged girls to attend the parties.
The documents claim Combs instructed a female cousin of Combs’ ex-girlfriend, Yung Miami, to attempt to have sex with him in front of Combs and members of his staff.
In this screengrab from Jones’s Instagram page, Combs (right) appears to introduce Jones (left) to rapper French Montana.
In another post on Jones’s Instagram, he celebrates New Year 2023 with Montana in St. Barths. Jones captioned the post: “Out in St. Barths speaking French.”
Jones claims Combs introduced him to actor Cuba Gooding Jr. on Combs’s yacht.
Cuba allegedly began “touching, groping, and fondling Mr. Jones’s legs, his upper inner thighs near his groin, the small of his back near his buttocks and his shoulders.”
In addition to Combs, Jones is suing Justin, Combs’s chief of staff, Kristina Khorram; Universal Music Group CEO Sir Lucian Grainge; and former Motown Records CEO Ethiopia Habtemariam.
Jones is seeking at least $30 million in damages.
In a statement to TMZ, Combs’ attorney, Shawn Holley, said: “Lil Rod is nothing more than a liar who filed a $30 million lawsuit shamelessly looking for an undeserved payday. His reckless name-dropping about events that are pure fiction and simply did not happen is nothing more than a transparent attempt to garner headlines.”
Holley added, “We have overwhelming, indisputable proof that his claims are complete lies. Our attempts to share this proof with Mr. Jones’ attorney, Tyrone Blackburn, have been ignored, as Mr. Blackburn refuses to return our calls. We will address these outlandish allegations in court and take all appropriate action against those who make them.”
Justin’s attorney also contacted TMZ to dispute the allegations.
“Justin Combs categorically denies these absurd allegations. They are all lies! This is a a clear example of a desperate person taking desperate measures in hopes of a pay day. There will be legal consequences for ALL defamatory statements made about the Combs family.”
