Diplo accused of distributing revenge porn
nme.comDiplo has been accused of distributing nude photographs of a woman without her permission, it has emerged.As reported by Pitchfork, the DJ was named in a police report filed with the Los Angeles Police Department in August, and in November that case was submitted to the Los Angeles city attorney’s office, where it is currently under review.The woman, Shelly Auguste, has been in a legal battle with the producer – real name Thomas Wesley Pentz – since 2020.
She had previously accused him of distributing revenge porn, but Pentz was not charged criminally on that occasion.Diplo denied the original allegations in 2021.In the new case, Auguste is suing Pentz for sexual battery, gender violence, intentional intrusion into private affairs, battery, assault, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and fraud.
In addition, he is being accused of acting in violation of the Ralph Civil Rights Act and the Tom Bane Civil Rights Act. A civil trial is scheduled for April 2024.Diplo is also suing Auguste for stalking, trespassing and distributing private materials in a suit filed in April 2021.
That claim alleged that Auguste is “dangerously unstable” and states that “she made relentless efforts to communicate with him” after he ended their relationship.In response to the new allegations, Diplo’s attorney, Bryan J.
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