Diddy asks judge to throw out lawsuit of producer who accused him of abuse

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit against him (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP, File)

Sean “Diddy” Combs has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit from a music producer who accused the music mogul of a broad pattern of sexual abuse and other misconduct.

The lawsuit filed in February by Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones — one of many filed against Combs in the past year — is overrun with “tall tales”, “lurid theatrics”, “legally meaningless allegations” and “blatant falsehoods” whose intent is only to “generate media hype and exploit it to extract a settlement”, according to the motion to dismiss filed in federal court in New York.