CJ Wallace, the son of late emcee The Notorious B.I.G. and R&B singer Faith Evans, has sued a producer who alleged that he participated in Diddy-orchestrated “freak offs.”
In a authorized grievance obtained by Complex, the 29-year-old Wallace sued publicist and music producer Jonathan Hay for defamation, accusing Hay of coordinating a “calculated smear campaign” in interviews between 2024 and 2025. In on-line interviews, Hay alleged that Wallace had been sexually concerned with the Bad Boy Records founder, whom his father was signed to, in addition to with producer Willie Mack. Hay additionally claimed that Wallace “attended Combs’s alleged ‘freak-off’ parties, and conspired to lure Hay to a location where Combs purportedly assaulted him.”
Wallace has vehemently denied Hay’s claims, writing within the lawsuit that they are “false, made with actual malice and with intent to damage” his popularity, each private {and professional}.
“Hay acted with actual malice, knowing the statements were false or with reckless disregard for their truth or falsity,” the grievance, filed on Thursday (Nov. 12), reads.
Wallace maintains that Hay’s accusations stem from a failed posthumous Biggie remix undertaking, though their 2020 collaboration “Ready to Dance” was launched as a single.
“Wallace and the Notorious B.I.G. Estate declined to proceed with releasing the remainder of the songs that had been produced by Hay due to low audience interest in the single, Hay’s erratic behavior, and creative differences,” the lawsuit reads.
The doc goes on to say that Hay loved his time working with Wallace, and though he would threaten to launch the songs with out authorization, the allegations about Wallace, Mack and Diddy would not floor till 2024.
During his intercourse trafficking and racketeering trial, Diddy, who’s at present serving a four-year sentence, was alleged to have overseen days-long, drug-fueled intercourse events known as freak offs (or, alternately, “hotel nights”). His exes, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and a Jane Doe testified that they have been compelled to carry out with male escorts, with Diddy largely watching the encounters.
Wallace seeks punitive damages for “malicious and reckless conduct” and different reduction the courtroom deems mandatory.