Diddy‘s ex-assistant Kristina Khorram got here away with a serious authorized win in New York after six of seven plaintiffs dropped their claims towards her in a sweeping sexual abuse lawsuit tied to her former boss.
As first coated by AllHipHop, Latasha Forbes, Billie Cummings, Ian Fearon, Amad Jenkins, Laquay Applewhite and a Jane Doe all voluntarily withdrew their allegations towards the disgraced music mogul. The transfer adopted Khorram’s authorized crew submitting proof that she didn’t start working for Diddy till 2013, properly after many of the alleged incidents reportedly occurred. Based mostly on the timeline, she would have been youthful than 10 years previous in a number of the reported situations.
Within the unique lawsuit, Forbes alleged she was 17 in 1994 when Diddy drugged and raped her at Unhealthy Boy’s Manhattan workplace. Cummings mentioned she was between 14 and 15 in 1995 when somebody assaulted her throughout a video shoot for The Infamous B.I.G. Fearon claimed he was compelled right into a intercourse act inside Diddy’s New York residence in 2003.
Applewhite accused Diddy of groping and assaulting her at his Miami property in 2004. Jenkins mentioned he was attacked at a Florida launch occasion for Unhealthy Boy within the mid-2000s. Jane Doe alleged Diddy drugged and raped her throughout a 2010 audition for Making the Band.
The plaintiffs named Khorram within the lawsuit for allegedly serving to to cowl up Diddy’s misconduct. The grievance additionally focused Sony, Common and Warner Music, claiming the labels ignored purple flags and enabled him. Khorram vehemently denied the claims made towards her in March. In a press release, she mentioned that allegations of her involvement prompted “irreparable and incalculable harm” to her fame.
“The concept that I could possibly be accused of taking part in a job in — and even being a bystander to — the rape of anybody is past upsetting, disturbing, and unthinkable,” she mentioned on the time.
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With six plaintiffs now out, solely Fallon Matthews’ allegations stay. She claimed Combs assaulted her in Illinois in 2014 after an evening of heavy ingesting. Khorram’s attorneys have filed a movement to dismiss Matthews’ grievance, arguing that the legal guidelines cited don’t apply retroactively. Furthermore, they argued that the case falls exterior the statute of limitations and don’t cowl incidents past New York Metropolis.
In addition they say the submitting fails to fulfill the authorized threshold for a intercourse trafficking declare. If the court docket grants the movement, Khorram will probably be completely faraway from the case.
Elsewhere, Diddy is looking for extra success within the authorized world. His crew lately confirmed that they reached out to president Donald Trump a few potential pardon. In Might, Trump himself urged that it might be a risk, saying that he’d should “take a look at the information.” Extra lately, he is been much less open to the thought. He mentioned that Diddy was “very hostile” towards him throughout his first presidential run.
Assuming nothing else occurs, Choose Arun Subramanian will sentence Diddy on October 3.
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