Diplo Denies Revenge Porn Accusations Amid Lawsuit

Diplo released a statement online after filing a lawsuit accusing the artist of distributing revenge pornography.

The DJ was sued by his accuser last month (June 27). The woman, who goes by the name “Jane Doe,” claims he sent sexually explicit videos and photos of herself to another woman. Diplo denied the allegations in a post shared on Instagram.

In the caption to a series of photos of Diplo partying in Europe, he wrote: “Don’t believe what you read in the news. I don’t own a $100 million mansion, I didn’t pay €450k to party in Ibiza and I didn’t send dirty Snapchats in 2017… Let’s talk about how lucky I am to party with you and how good the parties are here in Europe… (Athens Croatia Prague done… Paris next).”

Court documents were obtained by Rolling Stonewhich reports that “Doe” filed a lawsuit in a California district court and claims she was 21 when she met Diplo, whose real name is Thomas Wesley Pentz. She claims he invited her to his Manhattan hotel room in June 2016 after beginning their relationship by sending sexual photos two months earlier.

Doe allegedly had a seven-year casual relationship with the DJ and producer, who she claims occasionally and consensually recorded their sexual encounters. She says she made it clear the recordings were to remain private.

The lawsuit alleges that in 2023, Doe received a message from a woman who claimed to be in possession of sexually explicit videos and images of Doe, allegedly sent via Snapchat in October 2018. The document states, “Upon information and belief, Defendant Diplo continued to disclose and/or distribute intimate images and/or videos of (Doe) from 2018 to the present.”

MusicTech reached out to Diplo’s rep for comment. His attorney, Bryan Freedman, described the woman’s lawsuit as an “obvious extortion attempt” in a statement provided Rolling Stone.

If you are affected by the issue described in this article, you can get information and help by calling the Revenge Porn helpline.