Comedian Druski is at the center of a strange and severe legal tempest and is not amused. The internet comedian who built a following by satirizing clueless “white boys from the hood” is back in the news. Still, this time it’s for a different reason: vehemently refuting a claim he took out his penis in front of her during a 2018 sexual assault case involving Sean “Diddy” Combs and NFL star Odell Beckham Jr.
Druski, in new court papers, is seeking sanctions against lawyers Ariel Mitchell and Sean Perez, who represent accuser Ashley Parham. Druski’s lawyers argue that the lawsuit that led to him being named as a defendant is not only a sham. “The district court should have dismissed the complaint as the sham it was,” they write, but an impossibility literally.
“Let’s get real,” says Druski’s lawyer David Grossman. “Druski wasn’t rubbing shoulders with A-listers in California in 2018. He was a 23-year-old waiter in Georgia broke, a nobody hustling double shifts to survive.”
The lawsuit also alleges that Parham came under a strange attack at a club that involved celebrities in a case she claims was prompted when she insisted that Diddy had Tupac killed. The filing outlines a scene straight out of a jungle nightspot where Druski dripped himself in body oil like a Slip ‘N Slide before sexually assaulting Parham. But Druski and his legal team insist the timing doesn’t add up.
In reality, Grossman contends that Parham initially told the police a much different tale. Weeks after the alleged attack, she said, she was assaulted by a man named Mr. Pearce and his “twin,” described as another “thin white man.” A year later, she signed a sworn statement under penalty of perjury, repeating that same story without mentioning Druski or connection, even California.
The comedian’s lawyers believe he was only added to the case once it had become a “media circus.” What’s worse, they say Parham was presented with a photo lineup long after the lawsuit had been filed, and the very process of how that identification was obtained is ripe for abuse.
Grossman is asking the court to remove Druski from the case and punish Mitchell and Perez for what he says was abnormal behavior that caused damage. The motion seeks the court to order monetary sanctions, award attorney’s fees, and possibly dismiss the lawsuit altogether.
At this point, the court has yet to decide whether to impose those sanctions. But Druski, the comedian who made a name for himself as Oprah with some Fung Bros, turning common embarrassment into viral gold, is here to make it abundantly clear this is not a joke, and he’s not that “thin white man.”
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