Diddy Files Motion to Dismiss Some Counts In Sexual Assault Lawsuit

Diddy needs to dismiss a few of the claims in certainly one of his sexual assault instances … claiming he cannot be sued below legal guidelines that didn’t even exist on the time of the alleged incident.

In keeping with new docs, obtained by TMZ … Diddy’s attorneys are firing again at claims made by Joi Dickerson-Neal — a lady who filed a suit against him in November claiming he drugged and sexually assaulted her again in 1991.

Joi filed six causes of motion towards Diddy … and, now his staff’s claiming she will’t sue him for a number of of these claims as a result of the legal guidelines did not exist when she says he assaulted her.

For instance, Dickerson-Neal’s suing Diddy below the New York Providers for Victims of Human Trafficking Regulation … which Diddy’s attorneys be aware wasn’t in impact till 2007 — about 16 years after the incident happened.

Diddy’s additionally contesting her claims below the New York State Revenge Porn Regulation, codified in 2019, the New York Metropolis Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Safety Regulation — handed in 2000 — and the 2016 NYC Revenge Porn Regulation.

Principally, Diddy’s attorneys are calling for claims below these legal guidelines to be dismissed with prejudice — although, after all, they’re additionally sustaining their consumer didn’t commit the alleged acts in any respect, together with the sexual assault she claims to have endured at his arms.

Price noting … the attorneys aren’t making the identical argument towards the primary two counts — widespread regulation claims for assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional misery that don’t depend on particular statutes — as a result of the arguments concerning the timing of sure statutes being handed don’t apply to these claims … that are on the coronary heart of her case.