Seven new civil lawsuits have been filed in opposition to Sean “Diddy” Combs in a federal courtroom in New York.
4 males and three girls accuse the hip-hop mogul of sexually assaulting them at numerous events in Los Angeles, New York and Las Vegas.
The youngest plaintiff was 13 on the time of the alleged incident.
Mr Combs stays in custody at a Brooklyn jail. He’s individually going through federal expenses of intercourse trafficking and racketeering, which he denies. The BBC has approached his authorized group for touch upon the brand new circumstances.
His attorneys just lately dismissed the flurry of lawsuits as “clear makes an attempt to garner publicity”, stressing that “Mr Combs has by no means sexually assaulted anybody – grownup or minor, man or girl.”
All seven of the brand new civil circumstances allege that Mr Combs – or by proxy by means of his associates – drugged alcoholic drinks on the occasions that made the plaintiffs dizzy, nauseous and really feel outdoors their our bodies.
In a number of of the fits, plaintiffs allege that Mr Combs raped them, compelled oral intercourse on them, or aggressively groped them.
Mr Combs is at the moment awaiting trial in Could of subsequent yr for the federal expenses of intercourse trafficking and racketeering. He faces as much as life in jail if convicted.
The hip-hop icon has pleaded not responsible to all expenses and has been denied bail a number of instances.
The indictment, together with a number of lawsuits, implicates his numerous enterprise enterprises, alleging they performed a job in facilitating and funding his abusive actions each inside and out of doors the music trade.
The lawsuits additional accuse Mr Combs of leveraging his energy and affect in leisure to control, intimidate, and silence these round him.
One new case alleges Mr Combs and one other male celeb raped a 13-year-old lady at an after-party for the 2000 VMAs. The second male celeb will not be named within the lawsuit.
One other alleges Mr Combs drugged an unbiased musical artist at a celebration and raped her. She says she awoke in ache and with imprints on her arms suggesting she had been tied with ropes whereas she was unconscious.
In a 3rd case, Mr Combs allegedly uncovered himself to a person, after which grabbed the person’s genitals in a “tough” and “sexual” method.
A fourth entails a celeb private coach, who Mr Combs allegedly assaulted at a celebration at his Hollywood Hills residence in 2022.
The coach says he noticed many high-profile celebrities participating in group sexual actions on the celebration, the place he was later introduced right into a small room with Mr Combs, who eliminated the non-public coach’s pants and carried out “non-consensual oral intercourse onto him”.
The fifth new submitting considerations a lady who alleges she was drugged at a celebration at Mr Combs’ lodge room and awoke bare in mattress with the rap musician speaking on the cellphone within the nook of the room.
The sixth case entails a person who ran a safety agency. He alleges that he was invited into a non-public room by Mr Combs at a celebration, and he was then given a drink that made him really feel dizzy and nauseous. He claims that Mr Combs then caught his arms in his pants and grabbed his genitals.
The seventh case, as reported by US media, was a 17-year-old aspiring musician who alleges he was assaulted at a celebration by Mr Combs.
Mr Combs has confronted nearly a yr of allegations, starting from rape and sexual assault to grooming and home violence.
One lawyer just lately mentioned greater than 100 purchasers plan to sue the musician for sexual assault, rape and sexual exploitation.
He’s at the moment in jail whereas he awaits his trial in New York.
Prosecutors alleged that he additionally engaged in kidnapping, compelled labour, bribery and different crimes.
They described him as the pinnacle of a prison enterprise that abused girls, utilizing threats of violence to drive them into collaborating in drug-fuelled orgies with male prostitutes.
He pleaded not responsible to the costs and was denied bail. His trial is because of happen in Could 2025.
