Last year a woman name Liza Gardner filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group, Bad Boy Entertainment CEO Sean "Diddy" Combs, and R&B singer Aaron Hall claiming she was 6ually assaulted by Combs and Hall when she was 16-years-old [click here if you missed that].
Universal is demanding to be dismissed from the lawsuit...
From Radar Online
Universal Music Group (UMGR) is firing back at the woman who claimed Diddy and singer Aaron Hall 6ually assaulted her in the '90s when she was 16 years old. Documents obtained by RadarOnline.com show the music corporation demanded the complaints against UMG in Liza Gardner's bombshell lawsuit be dismissed, insisting the company did not enable the rappers' alleged misconduct while claiming she presented no evidence connecting the corporation to her accusations of r8pe.
In UMGR's motion to dismiss filed in a New York court on Thursday, the company admitted, "the Complaint’s allegations, if true, are certainly disturbing," but insisted Gardner had no "factual support connecting UMGR to the alleged assaults."
The music giant also charged her accusations had "nothing to do with UMGR."
UMGR said Gardner's lawsuit should have been filed under the Child Victims Act (CVA), not the Adult Survivors Act (ASA), as she "repeatedly admits throughout her Complaint that she was only sixteen in 1990 when the alleged sexual assaults occurred," thus "rendering the ASA inapplicable and all claims time-barred."
"Although Plaintiff could have brought her claims under the related revival statute CPLR 214-g, the Child Victims Act (“CVA”), Plaintiff failed to do so by August 14, 2021 when the CVA’s two-year revival window closed. Accordingly, Plaintiff cannot rely on either the ASA or CVA to revive her claims, and they remain time-barred," the motion read.
Second, UMGR charged she "fails to allege facts that support any theory of liability by UMGR for assault, battery, or negligent infliction of emotional distress ('NIED')."
"Plaintiff makes no allegation supporting vicarious liability for battery or assault (nor could she)," the suit continued. "Plaintiff’s NIED claim also fails because she has not alleged any duty owed to her by UMGR, and nowhere in Plaintiff's Complaint does she allege that UMGR’s conduct was extreme and outrageous, as she is required to do as a matter of legal sufficiency."
4 comments:
Oooooh chile
So, that's why she amended her claim to adjust her age from 16 to 17. A big deal was made out of her being a minor. Foul if they did it but lawyers need to pay attention to details.
Slightly off topic, but do yall remember that song called "Don't Be Afraid" by Aaron Hall? It was on the Low Down Dirty Shame soundtrack, I think. Anyway, I used to listen to that song all the time when I was a kid, and when I got older a listened to the words, that man is clearly talking about S___ A__'ing the woman in the song! Disgusting!
If Puff or Aaron met her at any associated record label promoted event or function UMG is liable.
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