Maui Police Chief Seeks Apology After Diddy Lawsuit Dismissal

Earlier this yr, Diddy was sued by a girl named Ashley Parham. In her lawsuit, she alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the mogul and others at a celebration in 2018. Druski and Odell Beckham Jr. have been additionally named as defendants within the lawsuit. Maui Police Chief John Pelletier was accused of serving to cowl up the alleged incident.

This week, the lawsuit was dismissed because of “failure to prosecute.” Reportedly, plaintiffs have been advised a number of occasions that the lawsuit can be dismissed in the event that they continued to overlook deadlines. “The barrier to acquiring counsel subsequently doesn’t look like Plaintiffs’ capability to hunt counsel, however the willingness of counsel to be retained within the matter,” United States District Judge Rita F. Lin dominated. “There is not any indication that this barrier is prone to resolve.”

“This is over and the reality has prevailed,” Pelletier’s legal professional mentioned of the dismissal, per Maui Now. “Nine months in the past, my shopper was named in a federal lawsuit containing allegations which are so outrageous, so disconnected from actuality that we knew instantly these have been full fabrications.”

“This case died not as a result of it was settled,” he added. “Not as a result of it went to trial, however it simply collapsed below its personal falsehoods.”

Yesterday (December 17), Pelletier himself addressed the dismissal. “To those that threw out allegations or promoted a false narrative to those that damage my household, you need to be ashamed of yourselves and your actions,” he mentioned. “Not solely do you owe an extended overdue apology to my household, it needs to be louder and extra vocal than the false narrative you helped spin.”

Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen additionally lately issued an announcement. He beforehand advisable that the Police Commission place Pelletier on leave amid the lawsuit.

“I’m grateful that the civil lawsuit in opposition to Police Chief John Pelletier was dismissed, and I’m assured that the judicial course of functioned because it ought to,” it begins. “I lengthen my aloha and compassion to Chief Pelletier and his ʻohana, who’ve endured a protracted and tough course of.”