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Diplo files for restraining order against woman who accused him of leaking revenge porn – with the DJ claiming it’s actually her who’s distributing his nudes while ‘incessantly harassing him’

  • Diplo has fired back against a woman who filed for a restraining order accused him of distributing revenge porn last month by seeking an injunction of his own
  • In court documents filed Tuesday, the 42-year-old producer, requested a judge sign a temporary restraining order (TRO) against his accuser, TMZ reported 
  • Diplo claims the woman, identified as ‘Shelly’, has been distributing explicit images of him online and to his exes, in addition to harassing his family
  • The allegations strongly resemble ones made by Shelly last month, in which she accused Diplo of releasing nude images of her to ‘humiliate’ and silence her
  • She accused the 42-year-old of ‘grooming’ her and filming her engaging in sexual activity without her permission
  • Having first made the accusations on Twitter, she said a nude image of her was later posted to the site by someone she believes was working on Diplo’s behalf
  • Shelly successfully obtained a restraining order to stop the artist from distributing any more ‘revenge porn’ last month 
  • Diplo denied the allegations before hitting back with his own filing on Tuesday

Diplo has fired back against a woman who filed for a restraining order and accused him of distributing revenge porn last month by seeking an injunction of his own, claiming it’s actually her who’s leaking his nudes. 

In court documents filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the 42-year-old music producer, requested a judge sign a temporary restraining order (TRO) against his accuser, citing incessant harassment of him and his family, TMZ reported. 

Diplo also claims his accuser has been publishing nude images of him across social media, in addition to sending them some of his ex-lovers, including the mother of his children.

The move comes just over three weeks after his accuser, identified only as ‘Shelly’, alleged that Diplo – real name Thomas Wesley Pentz – had ‘groomed’ her and filmed her engaging in sexual activity without her permission. 

The woman first published the accusations on Twitter in October. Shortly afterwards, a nude image of her appeared on the site that was published by a user she believes was acting on behalf of the DJ in an attempt to ‘humiliate’ and silence her.

Shelly successfully obtained a restraining order to stop the artist from distributing any more ‘revenge porn’. A judge also instructed Diplo to identify anyone he may have sent the images to and to get ‘express written permission’ from his accuser to further distribute any images.

Through his attorney, Diplo denied the allegations to DailyMail.com last month, before hitting back with his own filing on Tuesday.

Shelly Twitter thread. | Credit: @ThatsSoShelly / Twitter
The thread Shelly posted about Diplo on October 26 is shown in full above

In his filing, Diplo claims he and Shelly first met in 2018, when they immediately began exchanging nude photos and videos with each other, which he said he expected to remain private. 

The 42-year-old also concedes in the filing that he and the woman had sex on a number of different occasions. 

However, at some point in 2020, Diplo says his relations with the woman soured, which is when he claims Shelly began distributing explicit images of both him, and them both together, without his permission.

The performer also claims Shelly began circulating videos of him with other women that Diplo claims he’d sent to her.

Diplo says the apparent images in question were posted to her personal Instagram, before he claims she allegedly then began sending erotic videos and photos to former partners of his, including the mother of his children, Kathryn Lockhart.

He also claims Shelly has been routinely harassing and stalking him, and is asking a judge to approve the restraining order to prevent her from allegedly leaking any further compromising footage of him. 

The DJ’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, told DailyMail.com:

Unfortunately, in spite of repeated requests to stop, this individual has continued to stalk and harass my client and his family for more than a year. As a result, we have asked the Court to grant a restraining order against her and to continue this case so that this troubling situation can be resolved once and for all.

Bryan Freedman
Diplo says his relations with the woman soured sometime this year, which is when he claims Shelly began distributing explicit images of both him, and him and her together, without his permission. | Credit: Casey Flanigan / imageSPACE / Shutterstock
Diplo says his relations with the woman soured sometime this year, which is when he claims Shelly began distributing explicit images of both him, and him and her together, without his permission

The allegations made by Diplo strongly resemble those made by Shelly in her filing last month. 

Attorney Lisa Bloom, who represents his accuser, told The Daily Beast: ‘We are pleased to announce that by an order dated November 16, 2020, the Court ordered our requests ‘all granted’ and the restraining order issued.’

Shelly’s attorney Lisa Bloom (pictured) said she has spoken to three other women with similar allegations against Diplo

A decision on a permanent restraining order was due to be made on December 8, however the outcome is currently unclear.

In response to the nude image of Shelly that was reportedly posted to Twitter, Bloom said: ‘The only person that had that picture other than her was [Diplo],’ adding that they think the photo came from a ‘front account and a fake account’ operated by Diplo or someone acting under his direction.

The attorney also claimed that she has spoken to three other women with similar allegations against Diplo.

Shelly had last month accused Diplo of ‘preying’ on her after the two first made contact when she was 17-years-old and he was 36.

Court papers state: ‘Respondent messaged me on Twitter. I was shocked and excited because Respondent is a well-known DJ, record producer, and songwriter.

‘After communicating via Twitter, we exchanged phone numbers and Snapchat usernames. I was 17 years old when we met and Respondent was 36 years old.’

They did not meet until March of 2018 but ‘regularly exchanged sexually explicit photos, videos, and messages’, according to the filing. They are said to have had sex for the first time time April 2019.

In her original filing, the woman adds: ‘I was caught off guard and shocked when Respondent sent me unsolicited videos of him engaging in sex with other females in or about October of 2018.

‘I sternly told Respondent that I did not want him to ever record us engaging in sexual activities.’

After claiming to have been contacted by a private investigator hired by the DJ the woman says she felt ‘threatened and intimidated’.

In her Twitter thread on October 26, Shelly alleged that Diplo took explicit footage of her without her consent, writing: ‘I SPECIFICALLY asked him not too & his reply was ‘f*** it. I’m recording this.”

She also claimed he hired a private investigator to contact her after they got in an argument – saying that he wanted to ‘scare’ her so she wouldn’t share the ‘disgusting details’ she knew about him.

‘The private investigator stated to me that he knew my address, he knew my parents address, he knew my place of work as well as my parents place to work,’ she tweeted.

‘Take that as you may but most people will take that as a threat.’

Diplo also claims Shelly has been routinely harassing and stalking him, and is asking a judge to approve the restraining order to prevent her from allegedly leaking any further compromising footage of him. | Credit: AFP via Getty Images.
Diplo also claims Shelly has been routinely harassing and stalking him, and is asking a judge to approve the restraining order to prevent her from allegedly leaking any further compromising footage of him

In another tweet Shelly wrote: ‘I never had the will or intention to expose Diplo being that I did not want all the years I invested into speaking & hanging out with him to go in vain….or end nasty.

‘But I slowly started to realize he is a huge manipulating liar / gaslighter who PREYS young women of ALL races (to be honest) but primarily young naive women of color.’

Bloom, the daughter of famed women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred, has an extensive history of representing women with sexual misconduct allegations against powerful men, including actor Bill Cosby and Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly.

Her credibility was called into question in 2017, when she was revealed to have helped Harvey Weinstein navigate his mountain of sexual assault accusations. She later described her working with Weinstein as ‘a colossal mistake’.

Shelly’s Twitter thread alleging misconduct by Diplo came as he was hit with backlash over his relationship with 19-year-old TikTok star Quenlin Blackwell.

Blackwell announced that she was living with the artist 23 years her senior in a video that went viral as critics remarked that he is way too old for her.

She defended herself by saying that Diplo was more of a father figure to her than a romantic pursuit – as he insisted that they are only friends.

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