Sean “Diddy” Combs was accused on Monday of sexually assaulting a minor at one in all his notorious white events, in line with a brand new lawsuit obtained by Fox Information Digital.
The disgraced Dangerous Boy Data billionaire allegedly took curiosity in a 16-year-old boy, “John Doe,” at one in all his Hamptons occasions, the place Diddy advised the plaintiff he had “the look” and will remodel anyone “right into a star.”Â
On the star-studded occasion, Doe noticed “numerous celebrities and A-Listers who kind the music and leisure business. He acknowledged faces he had seen on TV and on the large display,” the lawsuit acknowledged. In response to the criticism, “Doe took an image with Combs on the 1998 social gathering.”
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“Mr. Combs’ legendary white events within the Hamptons have been well-known by many, together with John Doe. The type the place numerous celebrities would attend,” the swimsuit acknowledged. “In 1998—when John Doe was solely 16 years outdated—he was recruited out of New York Metropolis, and certainly whereas residing in New York Metropolis acquired an invite to one in all Combs’ events by way of a mutual connection.”
“When he acquired the invitation, he felt like he lastly had the chance to rub shoulders with the who’s who of the business. He thought it might be his likelihood to interrupt into the music business.”
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Over time, Diddy was recognized for throwing lavish affairs for his prosperous leisure buddies as a summer time send-off over Labor Day weekend. The white events started in 1998 at his Hamptons property on Hedges Banks Drive, in line with The Hollywood Reporter, and shortly grew into occasions in St. Tropez and Beverly Hills.
Of the first-ever white social gathering, Paris Hilton advised the outlet, “I bear in mind the primary social gathering he threw within the Hamptons. It was iconic and everybody was there.”Â
Doe alleged his “nice dialog” with Diddy took an “surprising flip for the worst” when Combs allegedly advised the minor that he “wanted to drop his pants.”Â
“John Doe, caught fully off guard, confusingly requested Combs to repeat himself,” the lawsuit acknowledged.Â
“Combs made himself clear. He instructed John Doe to drop his pants and expose his penis in order that Combs may examine it, explaining it was a ceremony of passage and the path to changing into a star, and in addition as a approach to show himself. ‘Do not you wish to break into the enterprise?'”
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Doe claimed he “instantly felt uncomfortable, froze and didn’t know what to do” whereas the mega-producer allegedly “remained calm and stood in entrance of him and stretched out his hand in a cupped place.”
“Out of concern, nervousness and the imbalanced energy dynamic between himself and Combs, John Doe then dropped his pants and uncovered his penis as Combs beforehand instructed,” the lawsuit acknowledged. “Combs moved nearer and grabbed John Doe’s penis and genitals along with his hand. He firmly cupped and held onto John Doe’s genitals for an prolonged time period.”
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Diddy then allegedly let go of Doe’s genitals, advised Doe that “his folks could be in contact” and continued with the social gathering “as if nothing had occurred.”Â
“John Doe ultimately acknowledged Combs sexually assaulted him by and thru his energy and affect over John Doe as a result of he knew John Doe needed to turn out to be a star,” the lawsuit claimed.Â
Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee represented the sufferer and a lot of further plaintiffs who filed fits Monday towards the disgraced music mogul. Buzbee final week acknowledged throughout a press convention that greater than 100 accusers reportedly got here ahead alleging “rape, sexual assault and sexual exploitation” claims towards Diddy, with extra minors concerned in lawsuits, which have but to be filed.
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“The press convention and 1-800 quantity that preceded in the present day’s barrage of filings have been clear makes an attempt to garner publicity,” Combs’ authorized workforce stated in a press release supplied to Fox Information Digital. “Mr. Combs and his authorized workforce have full confidence within the information, their authorized defenses, and the integrity of the judicial course of. In court docket, the reality will prevail: that Mr. Combs has by no means sexually assaulted anybody—grownup or minor, man or girl.”
His authorized workforce final week additionally denied the claims levied towards the “Final Evening” singer.
“As Mr. Combs’ authorized workforce has emphasised, he can not tackle each meritless allegation in what has turn out to be a reckless media circus,” Combs’ lawyer, Erica Wolff, acknowledged. “That stated, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any declare that he sexually abused anybody, together with minors. He appears ahead to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court docket, the place the reality shall be established primarily based on proof, not hypothesis.”
Buzbee claimed the alleged abuse started as early as 1991, with reported incidents taking place into 2024. Alleged victims, who’re scattered across the nation in states together with California, Florida, Georgia and New York, got here ahead after Diddy was indicted by federal prosecutors.
Diddy was arrested and charged with racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking by power, fraud or coercion, and transportation to have interaction in prostitution in an indictment unsealed on Sept. 17. If discovered responsible, he faces a minimal of 15 years behind bars or a most sentence of life in jail.
Authorities alleged Combs ran a legal enterprise by way of his companies, together with Dangerous Boy Leisure, Combs Enterprises and Combs International, amongst others. He used “firearms, threats of violence, coercion, and verbal, emotional, bodily, and sexual abuse” to satisfy his sexual wishes, in line with the unsealed indictment obtained by Fox Information Digital.
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Combs and his workers would “intimidate, threaten, and lure feminine victims into Comb’s orbit, usually underneath the pretense of a romantic relationship. Combs allegedly then used power, threats of power, and coercion, to trigger victims to have interaction in prolonged intercourse acts with male business intercourse employees that Combs known as, amongst different issues, ‘Freak Offs.'”
Choose Arun Subramanian scheduled Diddy’s trial to start on Could 5. The prosecution expects the federal government’s case to take three weeks to put out, whereas Diddy’s authorized workforce estimated needing one week to argue the rapper’s protection.