Diddy and his family present a united front on Mother’s Day weekend with group dinner at Miami restaurant Mr. Chow amid sex trafficking investigation

Diddy and his family put on a united front as they stepped out in Miami on Saturday night for dinner at upscale restaurant Mr. Chow.

The Grammy-winning artist, 54, whose name was in the news during an ongoing federal sex trafficking investigation, appeared relaxed and happy as he enjoyed an outing with his children.

The New York City native was pictured with five of his seven children in a car on Saturday evening: Quincy, 32, Christian, 25, Chance, 17, and twins Jessie and D’Lila, 17.

Diddy – who is also father to son Justin, 30, and Love Sean, one – is less than two months removed from his Los Angeles and Miami homes being raided by federal officials on March 25.

The musical artist, who is also facing multiple lawsuits accusing him of sexual misconduct, has denied all allegations against him.

The hip-hop mogul wore an all-black ensemble of a shirt with pants, sneakers and sunglasses as he was pictured outside the eatery in South Florida.

Quincy wore a black sweater with a white graphic, patterned pants and black sneakers.

Christian wore a yellow zip-up sweater over a black shirt with black pants and sneakers. He was wearing a necklace and carrying a gift bag.

Chance was seen beaming as she walked out, with her younger sisters Jessie and D’Lila behind her.

Chance – who attended her prom last month with Chloe and Halle Bailey’s younger brother Branson Bailey – was dressed in a yellow ensemble of an off-the-shoulder top with skirt and sandals.

The twins matched in metallic silver midi dresses with black slippers.

The famous family seemed to be in good spirits during a difficult few months for their patriarch, who was busy responding to allegations from multiple accusers.

On Friday, the embattled rapper’s lawyers asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that he and two co-defendants raped a 17-year-old girl at a New York recording studio in 2003. ‘ which was submitted too late according to the law.

The legal action is the latest pushback from Diddy and his legal team after he was subjected to several similar lawsuits and a subsequent criminal investigation into sex trafficking.

‘Mr. Combs and his companies “categorically deny the plaintiff’s decades-old narrative against them, which has caused incalculable damage to their reputations and business standing before any evidence was presented,” according to the filing, which also names companies owned by Combs as defendants are called.

It continued: “Plaintiff cannot claim what day or time of year the alleged incident occurred, but miraculously remembers other salacious details despite her alleged incapacity.”

The lawsuit was filed in December and amended in March by the woman, a current resident of Canada whose name was not disclosed in the lawsuit.

She said she was in 11th grade at a suburban Detroit high school in 2003 when Harve Pierre, then the president of Combs’ record label Bad Boy Entertainment, flew her to New York on a private jet and took her to a recording studio brought. , where she was given drugs and alcohol until she was no longer able to consent to sex.

Then, the lawsuit said, Pierre, Combs and a man she did not know took turns raping her. The lawsuit included photos of the woman sitting on Combs’ lap that she said were taken on the night in question.

The defense’s petition asks that the case be “dismissed now with prejudice” – meaning the case cannot be refiled – “to protect the Combs defendants from further reputational harm and before further partisan and judicial resources are wasted.”

One of the plaintiff’s attorneys, Michael J. Willemin, said in a statement in response to the filing: “At this point, no one should take anything ‘Diddy’ or his attorneys say seriously. Today’s motion is merely a desperate attempt by Combs to avoid responsibility for Ms. Doe’s allegations of gang rape and sexual assault. It will not work.’

At this early stage in the lawsuit, arguments are procedural rather than based on the facts of the case.

Some of the lawsuits filed against Combs involve decades-old allegations and are among more than 3,700 legal claims filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which temporarily suspended certain legal deadlines to give victims of sexual assault a last chance to file a lawsuit over abuse that happened years or even decades ago.

The new deadlines set by that law expired, but the lawsuit Combs filed Friday was filed under a different law, New York City’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law. That city law also allows plaintiffs to file civil complaints related to sexual assault claims after the statute of limitations has expired.

But Combs’ motion argues the lawsuit was filed too late because the city law is undermined by state law, whose provisions mean the lawsuit had to be filed before August 2021 to be timely.

“New York state law trumps New York City law without exception,” the filing said.

The amended version of the lawsuit filed in March attempted to address some of these issues, but Combs’ attorneys argue it did not go far enough.

The judge has ruled that the woman must reveal her name if the trial continues after this challenge.

The Associated Press generally does not name people who say they were sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as some of Combs’ accusers have done.

The public airing of allegations against Combs began with a November lawsuit by singer Cassie, his former protégé and girlfriend, alleging assault, rape and other abuse between 2005 and 2018.

The complaint, filed by the same attorneys who filed the suit on Friday, was settled the day after it was filed. Combs denied the allegations through his attorney before the settlement.

More lawsuits were filed against Combs in the following months. Then on March 25, Homeland Security Investigations served search warrants at his homes in Los Angeles and Miami in a sex trafficking investigation. His lawyer called it “a gross use of force at a military level.”

The investigation continues. Combs are not charged.