In February 2024, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones came forth with disturbing allegations against Combs. Jones, who worked on “The Love Album: Off the Grid,” stated that he lived and traveled with Combs from September 2022 to November 2023. Jones asserted that the mogul forced him to obtain sex workers and pressured him to engage in unwanted sexual acts with them.

He also said Combs assaulted him with “constant unsolicited and unauthorized groping and touching of his anus.” Jones also accused other high profile celebrities, which are believed to be Meek Mill and Usher, of engaging in sexual activity with men. He also stated Combs and his son, Justin, were responsible for shooting one of Justin’s friends at Chalice Recording Studio in Los Angeles on Sept. 12, 2022.

According to People, on Monday, March 25, Jones amended his complaint to include Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. as a defendant.

Jones alleges that in January 2023, while on a yacht rented by Combs in the US Virgin Islands, the “Jerry Maguire” star, “began touching, groping, and fondling [his] legs, his upper inner thighs near his groin, the small of his back near his buttocks, and his shoulders.”

The complaint states Jones was “extremely uncomfortable,” but even after he rejected the actor, Gooding “did not stop until Mr. Jones forcibly pushed him away.”