Diplo, legal name Thomas Wesley Pentz, has been accused of distributing revenge porn, again. Read up on the latest lawsuit from this year here . December 7, 2023: The Los Angeles city attorney’s office is reviewing accusations of distributing revenge porn made against Diplo, according to Pitchfork .
Shelly Auguste filed a police report with the Los Angeles Police Department in August accusing the musician of distributing nude photos of her without consent. In November, the LAPD submitted the case to the city attorney’s office. “For more than three years, Shelly Auguste has been orchestrating an ongoing smear campaign against Wes — and this is just more of the same,” attorney for Pentz, Bryan J.
Freedman, stated. “Ms. Auguste has already been the subject of a restraining order, the violation of which resulted in an arbitrator’s ruling and a court judgment of more than $1.
2 million in damages because of her misconduct. Her recent attempt to enlist a co-conspirator to shake down Wes in a bogus lawsuit fell apart within days when indisputable evidence disproved her story, and the case was dismissed.” Auguste applied for a new restraining order in September 2023, which was granted, and in October it was extended through the end of 2023.
Pentz made a request for his own restraining order, but it was denied, Pitchfork reported. Auguste previously accused Pentz of distributing nude video of her without her consent in 2020 and filed a different police report in Novembe.