A LAWSUIT filed on Thursday has accused DJ and producer Thomas Wesley Pentz, improved acknowledged as Diplo, of distributing revenge porn.
A female, recognized as Jane Doe, reported she began chatting with Pentz on Snapchat in April 2016 when she was 21 years aged.
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She claimed the two shared pornographic illustrations or photos for numerous months and afterwards had a sexual romance right until Oct 2023, according to the lawsuit.
The partnership allegedly finished when Doe uncovered that Pentz experienced been sharing photos and films of their sexual encounters without having her information or permission.
This is the 2nd established of revenge porn allegations submitted against Pentz in recent yrs/
According to Doe, she instructed Pentz that she failed to want him to record them owning sexual intercourse devoid of her permission nor did she want him sharing images or videos with any person else.
In November 2023, Doe statements a different female arrived at out to her, declaring she experienced images of Doe and Pentz owning intercourse.
The lady said Pentz allegedly despatched her the photos and online video via Snapchat in Oct 2018, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit also statements that Pentz kept sharing personal photos and videos of Doe up until finally the current.
Doe claimed Pentz to the New York Law enforcement Office on November 7 and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Doe, who filed the lawsuit in California, is looking for damages from Pentz for violating revenge porn statutes.
“Tragically, this is not the first time the defendant has shamed and violated a woman by disseminating personal photographs without her consent,” said Doe’s lawyer, Helene Weiss in a assertion.
“Diplo’s alleged illicit sample of conduct illustrates the harm he’s prompted Jane Doe, and other younger females just like her.”
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Pentz achieved musical acclaim in the course of the 2000s, even so, he has formulated a popularity in latest years for showing up at just about each A-list party or crimson carpet.
But beginning in late 2020, he was slapped with a sexual misconduct case that manufactured headlines for some time.
In October 2020, Shelly Auguste claimed that Pentz sexually assaulted her, recorded their sexual activity devoid of authorization, and shared revenge porn.
The next year, right after Pentz and Auguste sued each individual other, he denied her allegations in an Instagram write-up, contacting her a “stalker” who experienced cheated her way into his lifetime.
Pentz was awarded $1.2 million just after it was observed that Auguste’s social media posts violated a mutual restraining buy that she experienced signed with Pentz.
Auguste is now suing Pentz for statements these as sexual battery and defamation – a civil trial is scheduled for January 2025.
“For additional than a few decades, Shelly Auguste has been orchestrating an ongoing smear campaign in opposition to Wes—and this is just more of the very same,” Pentz’s legal professional, Bryan Freedman, instructed Pitchfork in December 2023.
The U.S. Sunshine has arrived at out to Pentz’s reps for remark.
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