The judge in the case dismissed five of Jones' nine claims against Combs, per court docs obtained by PEOPLE A New York judge has dismissed many of producer Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones' claims against Sean "Diddy" Combs,

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.

A federal judge has dismissed the civil racketeering and breach of contract claims filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs by his former music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones. Still, much of Jones’ sprawling lawsuit survived the dismissal motion brought by Combs,