According to Dilpo’s lawyers, this fourth woman was a friend of Shelly Auguste. Diplo stanchly denied the claims, and the unnamed accuser dropped the case 10 days later. Then in 2021, a fourth woman came forward, claiming she was raped by Diplo in 2019 after a Las Vegas performance, saying Diplo “invited her to a room, kicked out her friends, and would not let her leave until she performed oral sex,” while also filming the encounter. Diplo claimed Auguste was an obsessed fan and denied all accusations, and received his own restraining order against her. Auguste filed and received a restraining order against Diplo, but charges were never filed in the alleged rape. According to lawyers for Diplo who reached out to Saving Country Music, they deny the DJ gave her chlamydia, and claim Auguste later tweeted, “that pedophile did not rape me.”Īfter Shelly Auguste came out with her accusations, she then claims Diplo distributed revenge porn against her as retaliation. Auguste also said she tested positive for chlamydia after the incident, blaming Diplo. The allegations from Azealia Banks came after a woman named Shelly Auguste came forward to accuse Diplo of numerous offenses, including rape, grooming herself and other “very young girls,” hiring a private investigator to harass her and other young women to discourage them from coming forward, and distributing revenge porn against Auguste when she did eventually come forward.Īccording to Auguste, she had consensual sex with Diplo on numerous occasions, but in July of 2019, claimed Diplo forcibly held her down and raped her in a Las Vegas hotel room after a performance.
He’s always been preying on young ethnic girls.” I always give him credit for f-ing launching my career off, but yeah, I had to give him some teenage pussy to do it. Diplo definitely found me on f-ing Myspace.
In October 2020, rapper Azealia Banks spoke out about Diplo, saying on her podcast, “I used to have sex with Diplo when I was 17 (Diplo was in his 30s). How much of that was the embellishment of a jilted ex-lover, and how much was truth is hard to independently verify, but it was the first sign of a more troubling pattern from the famous DJ. accused the DJ of mental abuse, of trying to take credit for her career, of taking credit for songs that weren’t his, of cheating on her, and even of using an image of her as a dart board. From 2003 to 2008, Diplo dated British-born rapper M.I.A. Though many of the revelations are recent, the troubling behavior by Diplo-whose real name is Thomas Pentz-goes back much farther, and commonly involves young Black and brown women, and sometimes young women who are under the age of consent. Dowling ahead of the Stagecoach appearance, and without even a mere mention of the tumultuous moments for Diplo over the last two years that have resulted in multiple promoters avoiding booking the DJ, and some, including the Baltimore Orioles baseball team, canceling Diplo appearances. Similar to the rapper Nelly who’s had three separate women accuse him of rape and sexual assault-including one of the most serious rape allegations coming while Nelly was on tour with a country act in Florida Georgia Line-Diplo has strangely found a second home and unquestioned acceptance in country music, even receiving a extensive puff piece in The Tennessean published on Wednesday (4-27) written by Marcus K. Diplo played the same role at the 2019 Stagecoach Festival, which was the last time the event was held, and right before a rash of women came out making numerous accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior against the DJ, resulting in restraining orders and criminal investigations that somehow Diplo has skirted to keep his acceptance in polite society, while other more native country and Americana stars with significantly less serious infractions and accusations continue to be considered unacceptable, and would never be considered for the Stagecoach lineup this year or any other. Along with huge country music superstars such as Thomas Rhett, Luke Combs, and Carrie Underwood headlining the festival, Stagecoach also boasts many of the big names from independent country on the side stage, including Colter Wall, Molly Tuttle, Hayes Carll, and Flatland Cavalry.Īlso returning to Stagecoach this year will be the well-known DJ named Diplo, who will be offering up entertainment Sunday night at the festival’s “Late Night in Palomino” to close out the event. Country music’s cousin festival to Coachella comes up this weekend (4-29 to 5-1) in Indio, California as the 12th Annual Stagecoach Festival will transpire on the famous polo grounds.