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Diplo denies claims he ‘coerced woman into sex act and filmed it’
Diplo has denied accusations in a lawsuit (Picture: Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images)
Diplo has denied accusations he coerced a woman into a ‘lewd sex act’ and filmed it, during a Vegas after-party in 2019.
The Major Lazer star and DJ, 42, has been named in a lawsuit by a woman who alleges he coerced her into performing oral sex during an after party which followed one of the artist’s gigs.
According to documents obtained by TMZ, the alleged incident happened after one of his Vegas concerts at the Wynn in 2019, where he allegedly gave her and other attendees weed and alcohol.
The woman claims Diplo – real name Thomas Wesley Pentz – eventually invited her to his personal room, and his security team started kicking everyone else out, including a male friend who was allegedly punched in the face when he refused to leave without her.
Diplo then allegedly told the woman she couldn’t leave until she performed oral sex acts on him, and after realising there was no way out, the woman says she agreed.
She also claims Diplo filmed the encounter without her consent.
The alleged incident happened following one of his gigs (seen here performing in 2017) (Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
The woman is now suing the DJ for damages, as she claims she was in fear for her safety throughout the alleged ordeal and that she felt she was in no condition to grant consent.
However, Diplo’s attorney Bryan Freedman has denied the allegations against the DJ, branding them ‘outrageous’.
The attorney also claims there is a link between this woman and Marchel Gabrielle Auguste, who is also currently suing Diplo for sexual battery, and says neither woman is telling the truth.
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In a statement, Freedman said: ‘This complaint is completely outrageous, wildly untrue and yet also entirely predictable, given that it simply repeats the exact same claim already made by the plaintiff’s friend Shelly Auguste, an individual who has been harassing Mr. Pentz and his family for more than a year and already has repeatedly violated the restraining order issued against her.
‘We have irrefutable evidence that this is a completely meritless claim and we will be providing it to a court as quickly as we possibly can to put an end to this shakedown by Ms. Auguste and her accomplices once and for all.’
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