Observe: This text comprises references to alleged sexual assault and harassment.
Diplo has reached a worldwide “decision in precept” to finish to a years-long authorized dispute with Shelly Auguste, a California girl who accused the DJ of sexual assault, amongst different claims, and whom Diplo had been suing for stalking, trespassing, and the distribution of revenge porn, Rolling Stone experiences. The deal will reportedly avert a civil trial that had been scheduled to start on Monday, January 13. Pitchfork has reached out to Diplo and Auguste’s respective attorneys for remark and extra info.
Auguste has stated that she met Diplo on-line, in 2014, when she was 17 and he was 35 or 36 years previous. She first took authorized motion in opposition to the producer in 2020, when she sought and was granted a brief restraining order in opposition to him. Diplo, in flip, acquired a restraining order in opposition to Auguste, along with his lawyer claiming, on the time, that she had “been harassing [Diplo] and his household for greater than a yr and has repeatedly refused to cease doing so.”
In early 2021, Diplo and Auguste signed a twin restraining order settlement, agreeing to not disparage one another. The next yr, nevertheless, an arbitrator decided that Auguste had breached the settlement, leading to a $1.2 million financial award to Diplo. As Rolling Stone notes: “It’s not clear what the standing of the award was when the events entered negotiations for the brand new world decision.”
The dueling lawsuits which are reportedly within the technique of being settled have been filed within the interval between the twin restraining order settlement and the arbitration ruling. In April 2021, Diplo sued Auguste for stalking, trespassing, and distributing non-public supplies. Months later, in June, Auguste responded with a lawsuit of her personal, claiming that Diplo had sexually assaulted her, in July 2019, whereas she was “extremely intoxicated.” Diplo publicly denied Auguste’s allegations a number of months after she filed her lawsuit.
Past the civil litigation, Auguste filed a number of police experiences accusing Diplo of distributing revenge porn. She filed her first police report in July 2021 and her second in August 2023. The Los Angeles metropolis legal professional’s workplace declined to pursue costs in each situations.
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