Thomas Wesley Pentz, better known as Diplo, is a Los Angeles-based American DJ, songwriter, and record producer.
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Following a police investigation into sexual misconduct accusations, the city attorney’s office in Los Angeles is contemplating filing criminal charges against famous DJ Diplo.
The office informed BuzzFeed News that accusations of invasion of privacy and knowingly transmitting a sexually transmitted illness is being considered.
The 42-year-old performer, whose legal name is Thomas Wesley Pentz and who has worked with some of the world’s biggest music stars, including Beyoncé and Ariana Grande, is the subject of an investigation launched by the Los Angeles Police Department in October 2020.
In one, a 25-year-old woman claims Pentz of secretly filming and disseminating sexually graphic recordings of her without her permission, as well as deliberately infecting her with chlamydia.
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The accusations are also outlined in a request for a temporary restraining order she filed earlier this year, as well as a civil action she filed earlier this year.
The unnamed lady allegedly told police that Pentz assaulted her in his Las Vegas hotel room after one of his shows. There have been no criminal charges brought in connection with the purported event.
Lawyers representing Pentz did not respond to specific questions for this article, but they did send BuzzFeed News a letter repeating their firm denials of all claims made in previous statements and court papers. The letter, they claimed, could not be cited.
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