Lil Rod breaks his silence on the lawsuit against Diddy

Jones said he met Combs in September 2022 at a songwriting camp at a recording studio, where musicians seek the help of producers. When he offered his expertise on the instrumentals to one of Combs' songs, the Bad Boy Records founder also asked for help in creating the bridge for the track.

On “The Love Album,” Jones is credited as the producer of six songs. According to his lawsuit, Jones produced nine songs for Combs. He also claimed to have lived with Combs for a year while working on the album and was never compensated for his work. In a February video, Jones asked supporters for help by starting a GoFundMe campaign because Combs' team was underpaying him.

“I tried to straighten out my business with this album, but the truth is they don't play fair. They hit me below the belt in so many situations,” Jones said in the video. “The contract they gave me and the offer they made me was just disgusting. The producer's fee, pennies. And on top of that, these guys are trying to steal my publishing rights.”

Combs' team denies not paying the producer. “Mr. Jones was hired as a session musician and engineer for 'The Love Album' and was fully compensated for his contribution,” a spokesman told Rolling Stone.

Jones claimed that the allegations against Combs had affected his livelihood.

“I'm broke. I have no source of income right now. Every month I'm trying to figure out how to pay the bills,” he said. He later added: “Here I am standing up for justice, for what I think is right, and I'm being punished for it. I'm definitely blacklisted. I've had many nights, weeks and months of suicidal thoughts. It's music that has kept me alive my whole life.”

Although he has a full album ready for release, Jones does not have the resources to market and release it, he said.

“People are too afraid to touch it for whatever reason,” he told Rolling Stone. “My name is all over the credits (of the Love album), so I must have produced something. It was nominated for a Grammy. And I'm sitting here doing nothing, not being able to work. That's not right.”

Jones added: “Combs is not someone to be messed with. For someone whose brand is called Love Records, who changed his name to Love and named his child Love, he doesn't show love. He's just marketing.”

Diddy's lawyers deny Lil Rod's claims: “Pure fiction”

On Monday, Combs' attorneys filed a formal response to Jones' allegations in court, asking that the lawsuit be dismissed on the grounds that the “vague allegations” in Jones' complaint did not adequately substantiate claims that Combs was running a RICO enterprise and that Jones was a victim of human trafficking and sexual assault.

In the motion to dismiss, reviewed by USA TODAY, Combs' lawyers said Jones' lawsuit consists of “countless fabrications, shameless celebrity insults and irrelevant images,” as well as “legally meaningless allegations and blatant falsehoods.”

Combs' team described Jones' lawsuit as a “run-of-the-mill commercial disagreement” that was “disguised” as a “salacious RICO conspiracy.” They also noted that in his allegations of sexual assault against Combs, Jones “fails to allege the most basic facts, such as where and when an alleged assault occurred or what allegedly occurred.”

Jones' lawsuit states: “(Combs) physically and sexually assaulted him from October 2022 to October 2023 at Mr. Combs' residence in Miami, New York, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Los Angeles.”

In addition to Jones' lawsuits, Combs faces several civil suits as well as a federal investigation into alleged sex trafficking and sexual assault. The rapper has denied all allegations against him, although he has since apologized to his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura after surveillance video obtained by CNN in May showed him physically assaulting her in a hotel in 2016.

Watch: Sean “Diddy” Combs’ homes raided by government

The Department of Homeland Security has searched two homes belonging to Sean “Diddy” Combs while he is on trial and under investigation for sex trafficking.

In March, the Department of Homeland Security searched his homes in Los Angeles and Miami “as part of an ongoing investigation.”

The music mogul has not yet been brought to trial for any of the crimes he is accused of, but anonymous sources have told Rolling Stone and CNN that New York and federal investigators are closing in on Combs.

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