trial – The rapper’s lawyers intend to appeal this judgment rendered “by default”, in the absence of the 54-year-old star
Sean Combs, aka P. Diddy, has been ordered by a Lenawee County, Michigan, court to pay $100 million to a man who accused him of sexually assaulting him at a party in Detroit, Michigan, in 1997. The sentence was handed down “in absentia” after the rapper failed to appear at a virtual court hearing held Monday.
His lawyers have denied the allegations made by the plaintiff, Derrick Cardello-Smith, who is currently serving a 75-year prison sentence for sexual misconduct and kidnapping, according to Reuters. Diddy’s team now plans to appeal the ruling, which also states that the record producer will have to serve his sentence in monthly installments of $10 million starting October 1.
However, according to a source close to the case who spoke to VarietyP. Diddy’s team had not received the indictment, which was sent to an old address. In the United States, complaints must be delivered in person to the accused.
Accumulation of complaints
“(Cardello-Smith) is a convicted felon and sexual predator, who has been convicted of 14 counts of sexual assault and kidnapping over the past 26 years,” said Marc Agnifilo, the attorney for the (…) - 20minutes
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