Combs filed to dismiss the case, and today, Judge J. Paul Oetken dismissed the RICO allegations, stating that “it should not be necessary to root around a 402-paragraph complaint to contrive novel arguments on Jones’s behalf.

In a statement to Rolling Stone, Lil Rod’s lawyer, Tyrone Blackburn, celebrated Judge Oetken’s decision, declaring, “A win is a win. The case is still alive. Diddy and [Khorram] better prepare for [the] deposition.”