New ‘Diddy’ sexual assault lawsuit claims unnamed people involved in assaults

Warning: This story contains elements of sexual harassment that some readers will find disturbing.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with seven new allegations of sexual assault.

Civil cases were announced on Sunday and Monday by four men and three women over alleged misconduct in New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas in 2000 but mainly in 2022, the defendant’s lawyer Tony Buzbee said in Facebook.

Other cases have claimed that unknown persons attacked and accused Mr Combs.

Mr Combs, 54, faces at least two civil lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct, including 13 from Mr Buzbee’s firm.

He has denied wrongdoing.

The Bad Boy label founder has also pleaded not guilty in a criminal case and is appealing his current five-week sentence in a notoriously harsh Brooklyn jail after twice being denied bail.

Lawyers for the music mogul asked the judge presiding over Mr. Combs’ criminal case for an injunction against Mr. Combs’ accusers and their lawyers.

The new charges add to the legal troubles for Mr. Combs, who prosecutors say forced victims to engage in sexual activity against their will, bribed and intimidated them into silence, and hired workers. his to hide everything.

The allegations involve unnamed celebrities

In a new lawsuit, plaintiff Jane Doe said she was 13 years old when Mr. Combs drugged and assaulted her at an after party at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in New York.

She said Mr Combs and another unnamed celebrity groped her while the unnamed celebrity looked on, after Mr Combs announced “You’re ready to celebrate!”

Another plaintiff, John Doe, said he was a 17-year-old singer who wanted to talk to Mr Combs at a 2022 party in a Manhattan hotel lobby, and Combs assured him he could “make him a star”.

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Mr. Doe said that Mr. Combs drugged him with this and then attacked him, including taking his sex toys from him in a room where others were having sex.

Responding to the allegations, Mr Combs’ lawyers issued a statement referring to Mr Buzbee’s earlier allegations.

“Mr. Combs and his legal team have complete confidence in the facts, their legal defense, and the integrity of the judicial process,” the attorneys said.

“In court, the truth will be out there: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone – young or old, male or female.”

Mr. Buzbee’s firm says it represents more than 150 of Mr. Combs’ plaintiffs.

Diddy’s lawyers are asking for a gag order

Mr Combs faces a criminal trial on May 5, 2025 on three felony counts of conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation for prostitution.

The gag order request from Marc Agnifilo, Mr. Combs’ primary attorney, seeks to prevent potential state witnesses and their attorneys from making statements that significantly interfere with Mr. Combs’ right to a trial. fair.

Mr Agnifilo objected to a number of statements “intended to assassinate Mr Combs in the newspaper”.

He asked the judge to order prosecutors to reveal whether they authorized such statements, and to order witnesses and lawyers to take down the online statements under their control.

US District Judge Arun Subramanian, who is presiding over the criminal case, ordered prosecutors to respond by October 30.

A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of Manhattan, whose office is prosecuting Combs, declined to comment.

Five of the new charges were filed in federal court, and two were filed in New York district court, all in Manhattan.

Reuters