Oscar-winner Cuba Gooding Jr. was added to bombshell lawsuit filed against Diddy
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has owned 2 Star Island for more than two decades. It has seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms.
native some pointers about how to behave on the island.
“This is an intimate space,” Diddy said in the video. “I’m not playing with you, Rozay: no f--ing parties, no pool parties.
I’m the head of the [committee], I don’t do none of that s--t!”
But in a lawsuit filed a month before the raid, music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones accuses Diddy and his associates of throwing a number of wild parties there.
In the lawsuit filed in a U.S. federal court in New York, Jones alleges he was sexually abused at Combs’ gatherings, many of which were attended by stripclub workers.
And Combs’ neighbors, who did not reveal their names, told the Miami Herald that the Bad Boy Records founder hosted frequent out-of-control soirees, with guests coming and going at all hours.
It’s hardly a secret that the 54-year-old hip-hopper enjoys playing host. His Ciroc vodka-fueled blowouts are practically stuff of legend, attended by such pals as Mary J. Blige, Fat Joe and Meek Mill.
As for where Diddy chose to lay his head while in town, experts don’t believe the storied island, with only about three dozen residences, will suffer any fallout.
“When I think of Star Island, I don’t necessarily think of Diddy,” a real estate insider told the Miami Herald on the condition of anonymity.
The individual cites other residents, including hedge-fund billionaire Ken Griffin, who owns a chunk of the island’s lots. (Last year, the Citadel founder paid $45.5 million for a one-acre property that
Alex Rodriguez had snatched up while engaged to Jennifer Lopez.)
“It’s sad and shocking,” the expert added. “But right now, the case is just a lot of speculation, and I think the island can withstand this.”
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Cuba Gooding Jr. won an Oscar in 1997, but the actor’s life off screen hasn’t always been as successful.
Gooding, whose breakout role as a football player (and Tom Cruise’s only client in “Jerry Maguire”), has been caught up in a few scandals through the years.
In 2022, the 56-year-old pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge after he was accused of assaulting three women at NYC nightclubs in 2018 and 2019.
The Bronx-born bon vivant, who is often seen partying in Miami, is also caught up in the Sean “Diddy” Combs mess.
Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, who filed a lawsuit against Combs last month, has accused Gooding of sexual assault, naming him as a defendant in the complaint amended Monday.
The amended civil lawsuit, filed in a New York federal district court, came hours after Homeland Security Investigations agents raided two of Combs’ mansions, one of them on Star Island in Miami Beach, the other in Los Angeles.
Gooding had been previously named in the February lawsuit, but he hadn’t been listed as a defendant until now.
Jones claims the actor sexually harassed and assaulted him after they were first introduced by Combs on the star’s yacht in the U.S. Virgin Islands back in January 2023.
“Cuba Gooding Jr. began touching, groping, and fondling Mr. Jones’ legs, his upper inner thighs near his groin, the small of his back near his buttocks and his shoulders,” say court documents, which include a video screenshot of the two men sitting side by side in a studio.
“Mr. Jones was extremely uncomfortable, and proceeded to lean away from Mr. Gooding Jr. ... He rejected his advances and Mr. Gooding
Jr. did not stop until Mr. Jones forcibly pushed him away.”
Neither the “Snow Dogs” star nor his reps have yet to comment on the matter.
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