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Why Sean "Diddy" Combs No Longer Has to Pay $100 Million in Sexual Assault Case - E! Online


Why Sean "Diddy" Combs No Longer Has to Pay $100 Million in Sexual Assault Case - E! Online

Content warning: This story discusses sexual assault.

Sean "Diddy" Combs has scored one legal victory.

Following the news of his Sept. 16 arrest on charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, a judge ruled that the rapper no longer has to pay over $100 million to Michigan inmate Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, who was suing Combs in an unrelated civil case for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting him in 1997.

Combs was originally ordered to pay the large sum Sept. 9, when a Michigan judge granted Cardello-Smith's motion for default judgment after the music mogul did not appear for a virtual hearing.

However, Diddy's attorney David Fink was able to convince the judge to set aside the judgment during a Sept. 18 hearing on the grounds that Cardello-Smith failed to prove he effectively served Combs with the lawsuit in accordance with Michigan law, according to TMZ.

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