Diddy Garners Default Victory As Judge Tosses Out 1995 Rape Allegations From Notorious B.I.G. Party

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With six weeks to go until Sean “Diddy” Combs’ criminal trial for sex trafficking and more begins, the currently incarcerated Bad Boy Records founder now has one less lawsuit to deal with among the dozens he is fighting.

A federal judge today dismissed a rape case from a Jane Doe against Combs because the plaintiff did not file as required under her own name after a motion to proceed anonymously was denied earlier this month.

Judge Lewis J Liman (yes, the same judge who is overseeing the Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni case) gave Jane Doe until March 20 to make that filing or the matter of an alleged 1995 rape by Combs at a Biggie “Notorious B.I.G.” Smalls party would be closed.

On March 6, Judge Liman wrote “the very gravity of the charges, combined with the fact that Plaintiff has presented no evidence of specific and concrete harm from disclosure of her identity and the severe prejudice to Defendants from keeping that identity confidential, undermine her claim to proceed anonymously.” March 20 came and went and there was no filing, so the judge made his move. “As of today, March 31, 2025, Plaintiff has not filed a complaint in her own name, nor has she sought an extension of time to do so,” Judge Liman wrote Monday of the matter, first filed on October 14, 2024, and shut the whole thing down.