Sean “Diddy” Combs files motion to dismiss sex trafficking allegations in sexual assault lawsuit

Sean “Diddy” Combs fires back.

On Friday, Diddy’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss some claims in a lawsuit filed in November by Joi Dickerson-Neal, accusing the music mogul of drugging and raping her when she was a college student in 1991.

His legal team argues that some of the lawsuits were filed under laws that didn’t exist and against companies that weren’t incorporated at the time of the alleged incident, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY.

USA TODAY has reached out to Dickerson-Neal’s attorneys for comment.

Dickerson-Neal filed her lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court in November, one day before New York State’s Adult Survivors Act expired, alleging she was drugged, sexually assaulted and abused by Combs and was the victim of “revenge porn,” according to court documents obtained by USA TODAY.

Diddy’s attorney Jonathan D. Davis argues that the ASA does not allow Dickerson-Neal to “revive claims based on laws that did not exist,” including her allegations of sex trafficking and revenge porn.

The new complaint later states that Bad Boy Entertainment, Bad Boy Records and Combs Enterprises — also named as defendants in the suit — did not exist at the time of the alleged incident and that “no allegations of wrongdoing are made against them.” The court concludes that Dickerson-Neal’s claims against the companies “lack legal merit.”

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused in lawsuit of sexually abusing a college student in 1991

Combs denied Dickerson-Neal’s allegations and claimed the incident was fabricated and a “money-making scheme.”

During a school break in January 1991, Dickerson-Neal – then a student at Syracuse University – “reluctantly” agreed to have dinner with Combs, the lawsuit says. “During their date, Combs intentionally drugged (Dickerson-Neal), which resulted in her being in a physical condition where she could no longer stand or walk on her own,” the lawsuit alleges. Combs allegedly drugged her drink when Dickerson-Neal left it unattended to go to the bathroom, the lawsuit says.

In her lawsuit filed last year, Dickerson-Neal alleged that Combs videotaped the 1991 assault and distributed the tape to others in the music industry, causing “serious harm to Ms. Dickerson-Neal’s reputation, career prospects and emotional well-being,” Dickerson-Neal’s attorney, Jonathan Goldhirsch, said in a press release to USA TODAY at the time.

Dickerson has demanded a jury trial.

Diddy’s Houses were searched by the police: What does this mean for the music mogul?

Diddy is being investigated by multiple agencies for alleged sex trafficking and sexual harassment. According to Rolling Stone and local Los Angeles news station Fox 11, Homeland Security Investigations agents raided Combs’ Los Angeles home last month. Agents also searched Combs’ Miami apartment, Rolling Stone, NBC News and The Associated Press reported.

Several lawsuits have been filed against the Bad Boy Records founder in recent months, alleging that the music mogul raped or sexually abused several alleged victims over the past few decades. Combs has denied all allegations against him.

Contributors: Pamela Avila and Naledi Ushe

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Diddy wants Joi Dickerson and Neal sexual assault charges dismissed