Diddy Calls Tech on Assault Case

Earlier this year Bad Boy Entertainment CEO Sean 'Diddy' Combs was sued by a woman accusing him, and singer Aaron Hall, of d rugging and 6ually assaulting her more than three decades ago [click here if you missed that]. 

Now Diddy is calling a technical, claiming the laws he is accused of breaking didn't exist when the incidents occurred...

From TMZ

According to new docs, obtained by TMZ ... Diddy's lawyers are firing back at claims made by Joi Dickerson-Neal -- a woman who filed a suit against him in November claiming he d rugged and 6ually assaulted her back in 1991.

Joi filed six causes of action against Diddy ... and, now his team's claiming she can't sue him for several of those claims because the laws didn't exist when she says he assaulted her.

For example, Dickerson-Neal's suing Diddy under the New York Services for Victims of Human T r afficking Law ... which Diddy’s lawyers note wasn't in effect until 2007 -- about 16 years after the incident took place.

For example, Dickerson-Neal's suing Diddy under the New York Services for Victims of Human T r afficking Law ... which Diddy’s lawyers note wasn't in effect until 2007 -- about 16 years after the incident took place.

Basically, Diddy's lawyers are calling for claims under these laws to be dismissed with prejudice -- though, of course, they're also maintaining their client didn’t commit the alleged acts at all, including the 6ual assault she claims to have endured at his hands.

Worth noting ... the lawyers aren't making the same argument against the first two counts -- common law claims for assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress that don’t rely on specific statutes -- because the arguments about the timing of certain statutes being passed don’t apply to those claims

One more issue Diddy's lawyers are raising ... they say Joi can't sue Bad Boy Records or Bad Boy Entertainment like she's trying -- 'cause those, too, didn't exist yet either.