Sean “Diddy” Combs allegedly “drugged and raped a 13-year-old woman at a home social gathering,” in line with a brand new civil lawsuit, one in all seven filed by plaintiffs’ attorneys Tony Buzbee and Andrew van Arsdale on Sunday night time in opposition to the music mogul.
The alleged sufferer stated she was 13 when she tried to get into the Video Music Awards at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor on Sept. 7, 2000. A limo driver instructed her that “Combs appreciated youthful ladies and stated she ‘match what Diddy was in search of,'” in line with her lawsuit.
She stated she was not granted entry to the awards present, however she was prolonged an invite to an after-party, the place she stated she was given a spiked drink. She claims she discovered a bed room during which she might lie down; Combs and others allegedly got here in behind her.
The then-teenager, who just isn’t recognized by identify in her civil swimsuit, stated two figures known as Movie star A and Movie star B have been current.
Movie star A is alleged to have “held her down and vaginally raped her whereas Combs and Movie star B, a feminine, watched,” the lawsuit stated.
“After the male movie star completed, Combs then vaginally raped Plaintiff whereas the Movie star A and Movie star B watched,” it continued.
Combs is at present behind bars, and has been charged with racketeering, intercourse trafficking by power and transportation to interact in prostitution, in line with an indictment that was unsealed final month. The rapper has pleaded not responsible to the costs.
His authorized staff didn’t tackle the brand new allegations immediately, however pointed ABC Information to a Sunday night time submitting in Combs’ legal case that stated “potential witnesses and their legal professionals have made quite a few inflammatory extrajudicial statements geared toward assassinating Mr. Combs’s character within the press.”
The submitting took intention on the civil lawsuit plaintiffs’ attorneys, who, it stated, “have made shockingly prejudicial and false allegations of sexual assault and abuse of minors.”
On this Sept. 13, 2023, file picture, Sean “Diddy” Combs poses in the course of the MTV Video Music Awards on the Prudential Heart in Newark, New Jersey.
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One of many different civil fits filed Sunday includes a 17-year-old boy, who was allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted throughout a lodge social gathering in New York Metropolis.
The unidentified man claimed he was recruited to attend a celebration Combs hosted in 2022. He stated he attended as a result of he was aspiring to interrupt into the music enterprise.
“Combs assured Doe that he might make him a star,” the lawsuit stated. The person stated he was provided a drink and shortly started feeling unusual.
“He felt dizzy, weak, and confused, far past what he would count on from having consumed a single drink. It turned clear to him that one thing was improper. He realized later he had been drugged,” the lawsuit stated.
Based on the lawsuit, Combs groped the alleged sufferer’s genitals “for an prolonged time frame, attempting to get him aroused.”
In one other civil swimsuit, a person alleged he was drugged and repeatedly sexually assaulted by Combs and several other others, together with the unidentified Movie star A.
The person, a private coach, stated he met Combs via an unnamed dressmaker good friend and was invited to an unique awards present after-party in Los Angeles, hosted by Combs.
“Combs approached Plaintiff, eliminated his pants, and commenced performing non-consensual oral intercourse onto him. Combs then directed Plaintiff to carry out oral intercourse on one other particular person within the room, generally known as Movie star A. Because of the haze of the drug he had been clandestinely served, Plaintiff couldn’t resist Combs’ coercion and ordering. He felt trapped within his personal physique,” the lawsuit stated.
In a separate lawsuit, a New York man stated he was 21 and dealing for a non-public safety agency when Combs assaulted him throughout an business social gathering at a music studio in Harlem.
His swimsuit stated Combs provided him a drink, which he declined, however Combs insisted.
“When do you get to drink with a millionaire?” Combs allegedly stated. “Combs moved nearer and, with out warning or consent, reached into Plaintiff’s pants and grabbed Plaintiff’s penis and genitals,” the lawsuit stated.
Based on the lawsuit, the “Plaintiff tried to withstand, however Combs forcefully continued and instructed him to ‘take it straightforward’ and ‘let it kick in,’ implying that the alcohol or one other substance would loosen up Plaintiff and make him extra compliant.”
“Mr. Combs and his authorized staff have full confidence within the info, their authorized defenses, and the integrity of the judicial course of,” Combs’ authorized staff stated in a earlier assertion in response to his legal costs. It continued: “In courtroom, the reality will prevail: that Mr. Combs has by no means sexually assaulted anybody — grownup or minor, man or lady.”
