A music producer who worked with Sean “Diddy” Combs on his most recent record, “The Love Album: Off the Grid,” is suing the embattled music mogul, accusing him of “engaging in serious illegal activity” including sexual assault.
In a lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court for the southern district of New York and obtained by USA TODAY on Monday, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones Jr. alleges Combs “forcibly touched and attempted and/or threatened to touch (Jones’) intimate areas and/or touched (Jones) with his own intimate body parts” while they worked on the album.
He also accuses the rapper and his associates – including his 30-year-old son, Justin Dior Combs, his chief of staff and Combs Global Enterprises – of participating in “a s*x-trafficking venture.”
According to Jones, he and Combs worked together between September 2022 and November 2023, a partnership that resulted in nine songs on “The Love Album” for which Jones is credited as a producer. Jones also alleges he was not paid for “13 months (and) thousands of hours of work.”
Combs, his son Justin, Universal Music Group, Motown Records and Love Records are among the other defendants listed in the lawsuit. Jones is seeking $30 million in compensation and a jury trial.
