DJ-producer Diplo denies sexual misconduct allegations as criminal charges loom


By AGENCY

According to BuzzFeed News, a woman filed a complaint with the Los Angeles Police Department in October 2020 accusing Diplo (pic) of recording and distributing sexually explicit videos without her consent. Photo: Filepic

In a statement provided Wednesday to the Los Angeles Times, Diplo’s attorney accused a woman, who claims she was sexually assaulted by the DJ and producer, of launching “an unceasing campaign of harassment against” the musician, whose legal name is Thomas Wesley Pentz.

According to BuzzFeed News, a 25-year-old woman filed a complaint with the Los Angeles Police Department in October 2020 accusing Pentz of recording and distributing sexually explicit videos without her consent, as well as knowingly infecting her with chlamydia.

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