Last year, Rodney Jones Jr. (Lil Rod) filed a lawsuit against Sean "Diddy" Combs claiming, among many things, sexual assault, harassment, and unpaid work for his production on 2023's The Love Album: Off the Grid. On Monday, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed five of his fourteen original charges against the disgraced hip-hop artist, according to court documents.

The court dismissed Jones Jr.'s claims of racketeering, breach of contract, and emotional stress, per XXL Magazine.

"Jones fails to address any of these arguments in his opposition brief, and while the Court prefers to decide issues on the merits, it should not be necessary to root around a 402-paragraph complaint to contrive novel arguments on Jones’s behalf," the ruling reads, as printed by XXL Magazine.

In his original lawsuit, Jones Jr. claimed he was forced to participate in multiple acts of sexual violence while living at Combs's houses in Los Angeles, New York, and Florida while making The Love Album: Off the Grid. He described being drugged and groped, being forced to hire sex workers and engage in nonconsenual sex acts with them, and not getting properly paid for his production work, per Pitchfork. He also claimed that Combs, Chief of Staff Kristina Khorram, and others were involved in a racketeering enterprise.

U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken dismissed the racketeering charges on March 24. In court documents obtained by Pitchfork, he stated that Jones Jr.'s original complaint and following amendments did not demonstrate enough business or property damages to justify a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. He added that the lack of payment for Lil Rod's production work on The Love Album didn't have a strong enough link to any racketeering activity.

The court upheld the charges of sexual assault, harassment, and unpaid labor and will move forward with the rest of the lawsuit. Lil Rod's attorney Tyrone Blackburn released the following statement to the media:

"I respect Judge Oetken's order and opinion. We view this as a win. Defendants wanted a total dismissal, and they failed to get it. Sean Combs and KK are both facing civil TVPA claims, and we get to begin discovery. Sean Combs and KK do not want me to do discovery. I know where all of the bodies are buried, and I have a huge shovel. It's time to start digging!"

Judge Oetken also dismissed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act claim against Combs Global, but he upheld the same claim made against Combs himself.

Sean "Diddy" Combs's trial addressing the multiple claims of sex trafficking, racketeering, forced labor, and more is scheduled for May 12. The jury selection process will begin May 5, according to NBC News. Combs has pleaded not guilty.