Vanished in the Shadows: R&B Legend Aaron Hall "Unreachable" for Over a Year Amid Diddy Lawsuit

Vanished in the Shadows: R&B Legend Aaron Hall "Unreachable" for Over a Year Amid Diddy Lawsuit

The hunt for the "Nasty Man" has hit a dead end. Aaron Hall, the influential lead singer of the 90s R&B group Guy, has officially been classified as "unreachable" by legal authorities after a year-long search involving private investigators, skip tracers, and federal process servers.

The 61-year-old singer, whose grit-soaked vocals defined the New Jack Swing era, has effectively vanished from public view since being named as a co-defendant alongside music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs in a high-profile sexual assault lawsuit filed in late 2023.

A Year of Failed Leads

According to recent court filings, attorneys for plaintiff Liza Gardner have been attempting to serve Hall with legal papers since June 2024. The search has spanned multiple states and exhausted every conventional method of tracking a public figure:

• The California Search: Process servers first targeted a residence in View Park, California, where neighbors confirmed Hall had vacated months prior. A former property in Tarzana also yielded no results.

• The Private Eye: In September 2025, the legal team retained private investigator Carlos Jackson. Despite conducting database sweeps and physically canvassing areas in Los Angeles where Hall was known to walk his dogs, Jackson found no trace of the singer.

• The Georgia Connection: Tips suggesting Hall had relocated to the Atlanta area led investigators to Fulton County, Georgia, but those leads also ran cold.

“We have effectively exhausted all reasonable methods of locating him,” stated attorney Tyrone A. Blackburn in a filing this week. “I am unaware of any additional addresses, locations, or persons we could rely on to get the summons directly to Hall.”

The Allegations

The lawsuit, filed under the New York Adult Survivors Act, alleges a harrowing incident from 1990. Gardner claims that after an MCA Records event, she and a friend were taken to Hall’s apartment where both Hall and Combs sexually assaulted them. The suit further alleges that Hall restrained Gardner while Combs assaulted her, and that Combs later visited her home to physically intimidate her into silence.

While Combs has been formally served and is currently navigating his own extensive federal legal battles, Hall’s absence has brought his portion of the case to a procedural standstill.

"Service by Publication": The Last Resort

Faced with a defendant who appears to be intentionally "ghosting" the judicial system, Judge Michael Fitzgerald is now considering a rare legal maneuver: Service by Publication.

If approved, this would allow Gardner’s team to "serve" Hall by publishing the summons in major newspapers—specifically the Los Angeles Times and the South Fulton Neighbour. Legally, this acts as a final notice; once the ads have run for a specified period, the court can proceed with the case as if Hall had been handed the papers personally, potentially leading to a default judgment against the singer.

Where is Aaron Hall?

The total disappearance of a man who once headlined arenas is as baffling as it is rare in the digital age. Unlike many of his peers, Hall has no active social media presence and has not performed publicly since April 2023.

Industry insiders have whispered about Hall’s reclusive nature for years, but the current situation suggests a more deliberate withdrawal. As the legal walls close in on the figures of the 90s Bad Boy era, the "Voice of Guy" has chosen to go silent—leaving a trail that ends in the shadow of a New York courtroom.