Diddy secured a courtroom win after a decide dismissed almost all claims in Sara Rivers’ $60 million lawsuit.

Diddy-combs/”>Diddy scored a major authorized win in New York after a federal decide dismissed almost each declare introduced towards him by Sara Rivers, a former contestant on MTV’s Making the Band 2 and a member of the group Da Band.

U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff dominated that 21 of the 22 claims in Rivers’ $60 million lawsuit had no authorized standing or have been filed too late.

The solely declare left standing accuses Diddy of violating the New York City Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act. That declare stays on pause whereas a federal appeals court docket weighs whether or not current amendments to the statute are legitimate underneath state legislation.

Rivers, who carried out with Da Band on the early 2000s actuality sequence, alleged a spread of misconduct courting again over 20 years. Her lawsuit included accusations of sexual harassment, assault, compelled labor and emotional abuse, a lot of which stemmed from her time on the present.

Rivers’ lawsuit painted a disturbing image of her time underneath Diddy’s administration. She alleged that he touched her inappropriately throughout filming, mocked her consuming dysfunction, and compelled her to dwell in shared quarters with male group members regardless of being married.

She additionally claimed he threatened violence and made weird statements, together with allegedly saying he needed to “eat” somebody’s flesh.

The swimsuit additionally referenced the now-infamous “cheesecake” episode, through which Diddy ordered the group to stroll from Manhattan to Brooklyn to retrieve dessert. Rivers mentioned the group was paid simply $5,000 per episode and obtained a one-time $25,000 signing bonus, whereas Diddy profited from their labor.

Diddy and his authorized staff denied all allegations. In earlier statements, they referred to as the lawsuit “meritless” and maintained that the claims have been “completely false.”

The court docket sided with Diddy and dismissed all claims “with prejudice,” that means they can’t be refiled. Several claims had already been voluntarily dropped by Rivers earlier than the listening to and the decide marked these as moot.

The remaining declare underneath the Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act will stay frozen till the appeals court docket decides whether or not the legislation’s current modifications are enforceable.

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