Justin Combs and Cuba Gooding Jr. Dropped from Lil Rod Jones' Diddy Lawsuit

Last year former Bad Boy Entertainment music producer, Rodney 'Lil Rod' Jones, filed a headline grabbing $30 million civil lawsuit accusing Bad Boy CEO, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, his son, Justin Combs, and actor Cuba Gooding Jr. of sixual misconduct [click here if you missed that]. 

Now Cuba and Justin have been dismissed from the case...

From All Hip Hop

Justin Combs and Cuba Gooding Jr. walked away from a high-profile legal battle in Los Angeles after a judge dismissed them from Lil Rod’s civil lawsuit against Diddy due to missed service deadlines and procedural missteps.

On Tuesday (May 6), a Judge tossed out the claims against both men after Lil Rod’s lawyer failed to serve them by the November 8, 2024, court-ordered deadline.

According to court documents, Lil Rod’s attorney, Tyrone Blackburn, did not request an extension and made flawed attempts to serve both defendants.

For Cuba Gooding Jr., Blackburn only tried to serve him in California, even though he had previously claimed the actor was in New York or Florida.

The Florida attempt was skipped entirely based on unverified information that Gooding was staying in hotels. The California service attempt came after the deadline had already passed.

In Justin Combs’ case, Blackburn initially gave the wrong address and only submitted the correct one two days before the deadline.

A process server confirmed Combs lived at the property but couldn’t get past a private gate. Although California law allows service through a security guard, the process server declined to do so.

Blackburn didn’t fix the issue before the deadline and later tried to blame the process server.

The judge ruled that Blackburn failed to show “good cause” for the delays and denied his request to serve the defendants through newspaper ads in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

The claims were dismissed without prejudice, meaning Lil Rod could refile if he properly serves them in the future.