Diddy’s attempt to kill a male accuser’s gender-violence lawsuit just failed in court, and the case is moving forward with real momentum behind it.
Diddy can’t use the “same gender” defense to kill a male accuser’s gender-violence lawsuit.
A Manhattan judge just ruled kept another strange accusation moving forward and opens up legal territory that Diddy’s legal team probably didn’t want explored.
A federal judge in New York rejected the disgraced mogul’s argument that because both parties are men, the gender-motivated violence claim doesn’t hold water under city law.
The anonymous plaintiff claims Diddy drugged and sexually assaulted him at a Manhattan hotel in February 2020.
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The guy used to work for Diddy at Bad Boy Records, running errands and handling various tasks. They met at the hotel to discuss missing payments the accuser said he was owed, and that’s when the alleged assault happened, according to the lawsuit.
The connection between the business relationship and the meeting matters legally because it establishes why they were together in the first place.
Judge Arlene Bluth wrote in her six-page ruling that the defendants’ argument about same-gender assault wasn’t backed by any actual case law.
She went further, stating that rape and sexual assault allegations are inherently sufficient to establish gender-based animus under New York City’s Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act.
The judge specifically noted that “there are many conceivable theories under which the violent act of rape perpetrated against someone of the same gender could satisfy animus towards that gender.”
That’s a significant legal interpretation that expands how the law applies.
The court dismissed some claims against Bad Boy corporate entities but kept the sexual assault and battery allegations against Diddy personally intact.
The ruling signals that Diddy’s legal troubles continue mounting as multiple cases work through the system simultaneously.
This case now enters the discovery phase, where both sides exchange evidence and testimony.
A tentative discovery conference is scheduled for September 16.
