Seven new civil lawsuits have been filed in opposition to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, together with two from accusers who mentioned they had been minors on the time they had been allegedly drugged and assaulted by the music producer.
For the primary time in a year-long wave of litigations in opposition to Combs, different celebrities have been indicted and accused of taking part in an alleged assault, although their names weren’t recognized.
One Jane Doe said that she was 13 in 2000, when she was invited by a limo driver to attend an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty thrown by Combs in New York Metropolis. After consuming a beverage, Doe’s grievance said that she felt drowsy, and she or he appeared for a spot to put down. Combs, joined by an unnamed male celeb and an unnamed feminine celeb, got here into the bed room the place she was resting.
“You might be able to get together!” Combs informed Doe, in response to her grievance.
The unnamed male celeb proceeded to rape Doe, her lawsuit said, whereas Combs and the unnamed feminine celeb watched. Combs then raped Doe as the opposite two celebrities watched, in response to her lawsuit.
When reached for remark, representatives for Combs referred CNN to a earlier assertion from his attorneys wherein they denied the allegations in six different lawsuits filed final week.
“Mr. Combs and his authorized workforce have full confidence within the info, their authorized defenses, and the integrity of the judicial course of,” Combs’ attorneys mentioned within the assertion. “In courtroom, the reality will prevail: that Mr. Combs has by no means sexually assaulted anybody — grownup or minor, man or girl.”
The latest lawsuits, 5 of which had been filed in federal courtroom in New York and two in New York Superior Courtroom on Monday, embody allegations of rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, battery, or false imprisonment by Combs between 2000 and 2022 in New York, Los Angeles or Las Vegas. All alleged incidents occurred at events that had been allegedly hosted by Combs.
Three plaintiffs are girls and 4 are males, submitted as both Jane Doe or John Doe. All however one allege they had been drugged by Combs.
One other accuser states in his declare that he was a 17-year-old aspiring artist in 2022, when he was allegedly drugged at a celebration and sexually assaulted by Combs, who provided him a drink and “assured Doe that he may make him a star.”
Monday’s lawsuits be part of others in opposition to Combs filed final week by Houston-based legal professional Tony Buzbee and co-counsel Andrew Van Arsdale, who beforehand mentioned they had been representing a minimum of 120 alleged victims of Combs, together with minors.
Federal prosecutors have accused Combs of orchestrating a “prison enterprise” by way of his enterprise empire that engaged in intercourse trafficking, compelled labor, kidnapping and many years of bodily abuse in opposition to girls, amongst different allegations. He has pleaded not responsible to federal prices of intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transportation to interact in prostitution.
Combs is being held in custody in New York as he awaits trial, set to start in Might.
Over the weekend, his attorneys requested the decide overseeing his federal case to concern an order to ban potential witnesses and their attorneys from talking in regards to the allegations in opposition to Combs.
“This Courtroom ought to train its discretion in issuing an order requiring all potential witnesses and their counsel to chorus from making extrajudicial statements which have a considerable probability to intrude with Mr. Combs’s trial or in any other case prejudice the due administration of justice,” Combs’ legal professionals wrote to the decide.
Since November 2023, a minimum of 25 civil lawsuits have been filed in opposition to Combs with allegations of sexual assault or misconduct. The preliminary lawsuit, filed by his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura, was settled the following day. The opposite instances stay energetic. Combs has denied the allegations.
Prosecutors have mentioned their prison investigation was ongoing and extra prices or defendants may very well be added in a potential superseding indictment.
