Overview

• Sara Rivers filed notice that she will challenge Judge Jed S. Rakoff’s Aug. 14 decision at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
• Rakoff dismissed 21 of 22 causes of action with prejudice on statute‑of‑limitations grounds and rejected duress tolling based on generalized fear of retaliation.
• One remaining claim under New York City’s Gender‑Motivated Violence Protection Act is paused pending appellate guidance on whether its revival window remains open.
• The notice lists Sean Combs along with Bad Boy Entertainment, Janice Combs, Universal Music, Viacom, and MTV Productions among the defendants.
• Combs awaits Oct. 3 sentencing after July convictions on two Mann Act counts, as his lawyers seek to undo the verdict by disputing the statute’s definition of prostitution.