Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team faces criticism for alleged unethical behavior.
On Monday (September 2), April Lampros – one of Puff’s accusers -challenged Combs’ recent motion to dismiss her lawsuit and proposed adding new allegations to her complaint.
According to court documents obtained by AllHipHop, Lampros’ attorney, Tyrone Blackburn, is shaking things up by asking to tweak the complaint—dropping emotional distress claims against Sony Music and others while adding new details to tackle the defendants’ motions to dismiss.
“At this time, the plaintiff seeks leave of the court to amend its complaint to withdraw the negligent infliction of emotional distress claim against corporate defendants and to add additional facts to remedy the issues in the pleading identified by the defendants in their respective motions to dismiss,” Blackburn wrote. Lampros, who sued Diddy in May, alleges that he sexually assaulted her on at least four occasions citing sexual assault, battery, infliction of emotional distress, and gender-motivated violence.
In response, Diddy’s legal team criticized Blackburn’s credibility, accusing him of filing lawsuits for media attention and pressuring defendants to settle out of court. Blackburn clapped back, describing the scrutiny from Diddy’s team as a “sick obsession” that has shifted “from flattering to disturbing.”
“[Combs and Bad Boy Records’] counsels attach themselves to a single sentence of an opinion of an unrelated case to try and classify the plaintiff’s pleading as ‘salacious’ or meritless with the sole intent of forcing defendants to ‘settle,’” Blackburn wrote. “For starters, plaintiff never requested a settlement from defendants SC and BBR. The plaintiff intends to hold SC and BBR accountable for their actions before a jury of their peers.”
He added, “Secondly, although this writer picks his clients, he does not pick their facts. If SC had not engaged in salacious criminal behavior, this writer would not have had anything salacious to file. SCs’ counsels should spend their time teaching him lessons he clearly missed growing up as a child: 1. No means no, and 2. men should never put their hands (or feet) on women.”
Blackburn also represents Combs’ former producer Rodney Jones Jr., aka Lil Rod, who filed a lawsuit against Diddy in February. Lampros and Jones are among several individuals who have filed sexual assault lawsuits against Diddy over the past year. Diddy is currently under federal investigation for sex trafficking.