Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit by a brand new batch of lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault towards six folks, together with a 16-year-old boy.
The civil circumstances filed at a federal courtroom in New York Metropolis on Monday accuse Combs, generally known as P Diddy, of raping ladies, sexually assaulting males and molesting the boy.
All have been filed anonymously – two by ladies recognized as Jane Does and 4 by males recognized as John Does.
It comes after lawyer Tony Buzbee introduced on 1 October that he was representing 120 accusers and can be submitting their lawsuits towards the hip-hop mogul over the approaching weeks.
Combs has been held at a federal jail in Brooklyn since first being arrested and criminally charged in September, for what prosecutors describe as a long-running scheme of intercourse trafficking and racketeering.
One of many John Does within the newly filed lawsuits, a person dwelling in North Carolina, claims Combs molested him when he was 16 at one of many rapper’s well-known white events in Lengthy Island’s Hamptons in 1998.
The person alleges the assault occurred throughout a dialog about how one can change into a music star. Combs is alleged to have mentioned: “Don’t you want to break into the business?”
The opposite lawsuits embody allegations of rape and drugging to incapacitate victims.
One of many Jane Does alleged Combs raped her in a resort room in 2004 and compelled her buddy to carry out a intercourse act on him – and likewise threatened to have them each killed if they didn’t comply together with his calls for.
An announcement from the legislation agency representing the alleged victims mentioned: “We will let the allegations in the filed complaints speak for themselves, and will work to see that justice is done.
“We count on to be submitting many extra circumstances over the following a number of weeks naming Mr Combs and others as defendants as we proceed to collect proof and put together the filings.”
Responding to the new lawsuits, a statement from Combs’ lawyers said: “The press convention and 1-800 quantity that preceded immediately’s barrage of filings have been clear makes an attempt to garner publicity.
“Mr Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts, their legal defences, and the integrity of the judicial process.
“In courtroom, the reality will prevail: that Mr Combs has by no means sexually assaulted anybody – grownup or minor, man or lady.
Combs, 54, pleaded not responsible final month to a three-count indictment charging him with utilizing his enterprise empire, together with report label Unhealthy Boy Leisure, to move female and male intercourse employees throughout state strains to participate in recorded sexual performances referred to as “freak offs”.
