Five new federal civil lawsuits have been filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs over the weekend, bringing forth a fresh new wave of sexual assault and rape accusations against the producer between 2000 and 2022.
Among the plaintiffs, two are men and three are women. All of the alleged incidents reportedly occurred at parties hosted by Combs.
In one lawsuit, the Jane Doe claims that in 2000, when she was 13 years old, Combs invited her to attend his MTV Video Music Awards afterparty where she was allegedly drugged and raped.
She alleges that she accepted a drink at the party and became disoriented and dizzy. Soon after, she claims that Combs threw her toward another male celebrity, known in the filing as “Celebrity A”, who then removed her clothes as she grew more and more disoriented.
She then alleges that she was raped by the celebrity while Combs and a female celebrity, named in the suit as “Celebrity B”, watched.
The plaintiff also alleges that Combs raped her while the Celebrity A and Celebrity B watched and that he attempted to force her to do oral sex on him. Doe claims she resisted by hitting Combs in the neck, and he stopped.
In another suit, a 29-year-old independent music artist accused Combs of drugging her at a party, and then raping and sexually assaulting her.
In another filing, Combs is accused of sexually assaulting a man, identified as a businessman from the Los Angeles area, at a party.
Another separate filing, Combs and a “as of yet unnamed celebrity” are accused of drugging and repeatedly sexually assaulting a man, identified only as John Doe and described as a dedicated personal trainer who worked with celebrities, at one of his afterparties.
The five lawsuits were all filed in the southern district of New York by the Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee.
Buzbee said in a statement to NBC News: “The allegations in the filed complaints speak for themselves,” and vowed to “work to see that justice is done”.
“We expect to be filing cases weekly naming Mr Combs and others as defendants as we continue to gather evidence and prepare the filings,” he added.
Buzbee also filed six other suits against Combs last week.
When asked for comment on the new allegations in the newly filed lawsuits against Combs, his representatives referred CNN to a previous statement from his attorneys in which they denied the allegations in six lawsuits filed last week.
“Mr Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts, their legal defenses, and the integrity of the judicial process,” Combs’s attorneys said in the statement to CNN.
“In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone – adult or minor, man or woman.”
CNN also reported that two more lawsuits against Combs had been filed on Monday in New York superior court.
Combs is being held at the Metropolitan detention center in Brooklyn as he awaits trial. He was denied bail as he faces federal charges of racketeering and sex trafficking. His trial is set to begin in May.
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