Sean “Diddy” Combs asks judge to dismiss 17-year-old girl’s 2003 rape trial

Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that he and former Bad Boy Entertainment executive Harve Pierre gang raped a 17-year-old girl at a New York music studio in 2003.

Combs' legal team filed a motion to dismiss Friday in a New York federal court, calling the allegations “false and hideous” and saying the complaint was filed too late under the law.

Combs' attorney, Jonathan Davis, called the suit a “set-up” and said it “fails to make any viable claim.”

The Jane Doe “cannot indicate the day or time of year the alleged incident occurred, but claims to miraculously recall the most lascivious details with precision,” the petition claims.

The lawsuit, first filed by Doe in December and amended in March, accused Combs, Pierre and a third unnamed attacker of raping her while she was in high school. At a Michigan salon, she said she met Pierre, who told her he was Combs' “best friend.”

After calling Combs to prove their relationship, the woman claims Pierre and Combs convinced her to take a private jet to Daddy's House Recording Studio, owned and operated by Diddy. Combs, Pierre and the third unnamed attacker then administered drugs and alcohol to her, according to the suit, and “viciously” raped her.

The complaint included photos of Doe that she said were taken at the studio that evening, including one where she is seen sitting on the lap of Combs, then 34.

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The lawsuit is one of several filed against the music mogul in recent months, including those from ex-girlfriend Cassie and “The Love Album” producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones Jr.

Doe's suit is “time-barred” and expired in 2010 because it was filed under New York's Gender-Based Violence Protection Act, which has a “seven-year statute of limitations.” , says Diddy's latest file.

Combs' filing asks that the case be “dismissed now, with prejudice,” meaning it cannot be refiled, in order to protect Combs and his companies “from further reputational harm and before that more judicial and legal resources are wasted.”

In March, a federal judge in New York denied Doe's request to remain anonymous in his lawsuit against Combs and Pierre if the lawsuit were to move forward. The judge said the accuser had not provided specific examples of how she would be affected, and therefore the court could not “rely on generalized and uncorroborated assertions” about the consequences that the disclosure of his identity would have.

Contributors: Anika Reed and Naledi Ushe

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Diddy calls for dismissal of lawsuit alleging rape of 17-year-old girl