Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, incarcerated in Michigan, accused the music mogul of sexual assault 17 years ago
filed at Lenawee county’s circuit court accuse Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith of launching a “frivolous” lawsuit against the entertainer, who they insist he never met.
The action was one of at least eight other lawsuits filed in recent months against Combs, a rapper, producer and businessman. The most recent complaint was lodged the day after the Cardello-Smith judgment, when Dawn Richard, a singer in the former Combs-founded girl group Danity Kane,they blasted the plaintiff while aiming to dissolve a temporary restraining order granted against their client as part of the judgment Cardello-Smith won by default.
“ learned about plaintiff and this action for the first time three days ago, when media outlets reported that this court had entered a $100m default judgment against him. Had the complaint been served , it would nonetheless be subject to swift dismissal on the merits. Combs’ attorneys said Cardello-Smith’s complaint was “objectively unbelievable and incoherent”. They also asserted that the plaintiff had “a history of filing frivolous lawsuits”.
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