Diddy scored a partial authorized win in New York as a choose tossed out a lot of the claims introduced by April Lampros, who claimed the rap mogul raped her in 1995 in a lodge room.

Lampros filed the lawsuit in 2023, alleging that Diddy lured her right into a controlling relationship below the guise of mentorship in music and style.

She additionally alleged that in 1996, Combs forced her and his then-girlfriend Kim Porter to take ecstasy before raping her.

Justice Leslie Stroth dismissed all claims of battery, assault, and emotional misery towards Diddy and different named events, together with Bad Boy Records.

The court docket additionally rejected all allegations below the GMVPL that occurred earlier than December 19, 2000, and denied Lampros’ request to revise her grievance.

The solely surviving declare stems from an alleged incident in late 2000 or early 2001. Lampros claims Diddy made unwanted sexual advances in her apartment. According to the complaint, he left after being asked to go.

The remaining accusation includes alleged groping and compelled kissing. The court docket clarified that no rape allegations are a part of the continued declare.

The ruling got here on the pleading stage, that means no proof has been offered or evaluated.

Diddy has not but had the possibility to formally reply to the remaining allegation as a result of he’s been preventing a RICO case, which he defeated on July 2, however is awaiting sentencing for 2 counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution.

The court docket emphasised that its choice doesn’t weigh in on the truthfulness of the claims.

Diddy’s authorized workforce has strongly denied the accusations. In a earlier assertion, his legal professional Erica Wolff.

“April Lampros filed this baseless lawsuit more than twenty years after the end of her romantic relationship with [Diddy] represented by an attorney who regularly sues celebrities and was recently chastised by a federal judge for ‘improperly fil[ing] cases to garner media attention, embarrass defendants with salacious allegations, and pressure defendants to settle quickly,” Erica Wolff stated.

The case will now proceed with solely the GMVPL declare associated to the alleged 2000-2001 incident. No trial date has been set.

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