Last year, music producer Rodney Jones Jr.—known professionally as Lil Rod— filed a lawsuit against Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, alleging sexual assault and grooming on the part of the hip-hop mogul, as well as improper payment for his production work on Diddy’s 2023 LP, The Love Album: Off the Grid . Now, according to documents viewed by Pitchfork, a New York federal judge has dismissed five of Jones’ nine charges—including those having to do with racketeering, emotional damages, and breach of