Diplo has shared a press release on-line after a lawsuit was filed accusing the artist of distributing revenge porn.
The DJ was sued by his accuser final month (27 June). A girl named as “Jane Doe” claims he despatched sexually specific movies and images of her to a different lady. Diplo has denied these allegations in a submit shared to Instagram.
Written within the caption beneath a variety of photos of Diplo partying throughout Europe, he writes, “Don’t imagine what you learn within the information. I don’t personal a 100 million greenback mansion, I didn’t pay 450k euros to rave in Ibiza and I didn’t ship soiled Snapchats in 2017… Let’s speak about how fortunate I’m to occasion with you guys and the way good the raves are right here in Europe .. (Athens Croatia Prague executed… Paris up subsequent).”
Court docket paperwork have been obtained by Rolling Stone, which experiences that “Doe” filed the lawsuit in California District Court docket, and alleges she was 21 when she met Diplo, whose actual title is Thomas Wesley Pentz. She claims he invited her to his Manhattan lodge room in June 2016 after starting their relationship by sending sexual photos two months prior.
Doe allegedly had an informal seven-year relationship with the DJ and producer, who she claims would sometimes and consensually report their sexual encounters. She says she made it clear that these recordings ought to stay non-public.
The lawsuit claims that in 2023, Doe obtained a message from a lady saying she was in possession of sexual movies and pictures of Doe, allegedly despatched through Snapchat in October 2018. The doc states, “Upon data and perception, defendant Diplo has continued to reveal and/or distribute [Doe’s] intimate photos and/or movies from 2018 by means of current.”
MusicTech has contacted a consultant of Diplo for remark. His legal professional, Bryan Freedman, described the girl’s lawsuit as an “apparent shakedown” try in a press release offered to Rolling Stone.
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