Cuba Gooding Jr. Named As Co-Defendant In Lil Rod’s Lawsuit Against The Diddler

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Stephen
Butler
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Cuba
Gooding
Jr.

As
the
saga
continues
for
Diddy,
aka
Sean
Combs,
a
lawsuit
filed
against
him
now
lists
problematic
actor

Cuba
Gooding
Jr.
as
a
co-defendant.

The


LA
Times
reports
Cuba
Gooding
Jr.
has
been
named
in
a
lawsuit
against
the
Diddler
brought
by
producer
Rodney
“Lil
Rod”
Jones,
who
worked
on
Sean
Combs’
highly-anticipated,

The
Love
Album:
Off
The
Grid.

According
to
the
lawsuit
like
Diddy,
the

Jerry
Maguire
star
got
too
handsy
with
the
music
producer,
who
feared
Diddy
was
“grooming
him”
to
pass
him
off
to
friends.

In
an
email
sent
to
the

LA
Times,
Rod’s
attorney
Tyrone
Blackburn
confirmed
he
filed
the
second
amended
complaint
to
the
initial
lawsuit
on
the
same
day
the
embattled
music

mogul’s
homes
were
raided
by
Homeland
Security
as
part
of
an
investigation
into
alleged
sex
trafficking,
which
also
led
to

his
alleged
“drug
mule”
being
taken
in.

Per
The

LA
Times:

“Defendant
Cuba
Gooding,
Jr.
was
a
relevant
actor
who
has
fallen
from
grace
due
to
several
sexual
assault
lawsuits
and
a
recent
guilty
plea
for
sexual
assault,”
said
the
complaint,
which
was
obtained
Tuesday
by
The
Times.
In
it,
Blackburn
noted
that
his
client
—
a
Chicago-born
producer,
who
produced
nine
songs
on
Diddy’s
2023
album
—
believed
Combs
“was
grooming
him
to
pass
him
off
to
his
friends”
and
that
“fear
became
reality”
when
Combs
introduced
him
to
Gooding
on
his
yacht
in
January
2023.

Jones
accused
Gooding
of
fondling
his
“legs,
upper
inner
thighs
near
his
groin,
the
small
of
his
back
near
his
buttocks,
and
his
shoulders,”
which
made
the
producer
“extremely
uncomfortable.”
Although
he
allegedly
rejected
the
actor’s
advances,
Gooding
“did
not
stop
until
Mr.
Jones
forcibly
pushed
him
away.”

“As
the
owner
of
the
property,
Mr.
Combs
had
a
duty
to
protect
Mr.
Jones
from
the
harm
he
suffered
at
the
hands
of
Cuba
Gooding
Jr.
Mr.
Combs
breached
his
duty
when
he
failed
to
stop
Cuba
Gooding
Jr
from
sexually
assaulting
Mr.
Jones,”
the
complaint
said.
“In
furtherance
of
this
breach,
Mr.
Combs
encouraged
Cuba
Gooding
Jr
to
continue
his
assault
on
Mr.
Jones
when
he
said
that
Cuba
Gooding
Jr
should
privately
get
to
know
Mr.
Jones
better.
Mr.
Jones
has
suffered
immensely
because
of
Mr.
Combs’s
intentional
breach
of
his
duty
to
him.”