New Lawsuit Accuses Sean “Diddy” Combs of Sexual Assault by Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones

Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing a new lawsuit by a former male colleague, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, who alleges sexual assault. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York, adds to a series of disturbing allegations against the music mogul, all of which he denies. Jones, a producer on Diddy’s 2023 album, claims he witnessed Combs and others “engaging in serious illegal activity” during his time with the superstar from September 2022 to November 2023.

According to documents obtained by NBC News, Jones claims Combs coerced him into soliciting sex workers, some of whom were underage. He alleges he was pressured into having sex with them at Combs’s direction. The lawsuit includes images of alleged gatherings with sex workers at Combs’s homes. 

Jones claims some were given drinks laced with drugs at Combs’s direction. On one occasion, Jones says he believes he was drugged and woke up naked and disoriented in bed with Combs and two sex workers.

Jones also alleges he was forced to work in Combs’s bathroom while the entrepreneur showered naked. When he voiced concern to Combs’s chief of staff, it was dismissed as “friendly horseplay.” Jones further alleges “constant unsolicited and unauthorized groping and touching of his anus” by Combs.

Jones claims Combs was “grooming him to pass him off to his friends,” according to the complaint. He’s suing for harassment and assault, seeking $30 million in damages.

Combs’s attorney, Shawn Holley, criticized Jones’s “reckless name-dropping about events that are pure fiction.” Holley says they have proof to refute Jones’s claims but have been ignored by his attorney, Tyrone Blackburn. “We will address these outlandish allegations in court and take all appropriate action against those who make them,” Holley says.