Diplo has been accused of “distributing revenge porn” by celebrity attorney Lisa Bloom, who’s representing a woman that filed a restraining order against him.
According to court records obtained by E! News, the woman (whose identity has been kept confidential) is seeking court-ordered protection from the DJ, who has denied the revenge porn claims.
“I am proud to represent my client, a woman who has made the choice to stand up for her rights,” she told E! News. “After vetting her claims and speaking to three other women, we find her to be brave and credible. In all cases, witnesses are essential, and we encourage anyone with information regarding this case or this defendant to reach out to us.”
It’s not yet known whether a judge signed off on the order, but Bloom is confident that her client has provided “credible” information about her alleged involvement with Diplo.
Diplo’s attorney has since denied the allegations, according to E! News.
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“Unfortunately, this individual has been harassing my client and his family for more than a year and has repeatedly refused to stop doing so,” attorney Bryan Freedman said in a statement.
“To be clear, in no way has my client violated any law. In fact, he has repeatedly made it clear that he wants nothing whatsoever to do with this person – and simply needs her ongoing harassment of his family to end.”
In an interview with The Daily Beast, Bloom claimed Diplo is in possession of an explicit image of the woman. Bloom said the image was posted online after the woman publicly accused him of filming sexual activity without her consent in a Twitter thread.
According to Bloom, her client filed for legal protection “to block Diplo from distributing revenge porn” that is “designed to humiliate her and to scare other women out of coming forward.”
Bloom told The Daily Beast that the aforementioned explicit image was shared by “a front account and a fake account” that both she and her client believe belonged to Diplo, whose real name is Thomas Wesley Pentz.
“She alleges in her declaration in support of the restraining order that the only person that had that picture other than her was him,” Bloom said.
Aside from his lawyer’s denial of the accusations, Diplo has not yet commented. A restraining order hearing has been set for December 8.
