| As Sean Combs Is
Sued Over Making the Band Now
Summons for Fonzworth Bentley in
GA
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
June 28 – Sara Rivers,
formerly known as Sara Stokes,
sued Sean Combs and 21 others
including his mother, for
abuse she said she suffered
during the production of
Making the Band.
On April
28 a conference was held by
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Jed S. Rakoff. Inner
City Press live tweeted it.
From the thread
Defense lawyer:
We represent Mr. Combs, Bad
Boy Productions, sued
incorrectly, Janice Combs
Publishing, and Sean Jean
Clothing LLC
Voice: There were
nine-
Judge
Rakoff: Tell me the
basis of the RICO enterprise
cause of action Plaintiff's
lawyer: There was a TV
show
Judge
Rakoff: What were the
predicate acts?
Plaintiff's lawyer: We have
wire fraud, mail
fraud...
Judge Rakoff: I
stay all discovery until the
end of August. So no plan
needed
today
Judge Rakoff: But let me put
the defense on notice - unless
I dismiss all claims, which
seems unlikely but you never
know, discovery will have to
be done by December, summary
judgment decision by the end
of January [2026] - and I'd
try it late Feb or early
March
Judge:
Adjourned
On June 27
plaintiff applied for a
summons against Fonzworth
Bentley / Derek Watkins at
this Peachtree City, Georgia
address, here
More on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case is
Rivers v. Combs, et al.,
1:25-cv-1726 (Rakoff)
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