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Sean “Diddy” Combs has once more been hit with a slew of recent lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault, together with one declare alleging the hip-hop mogul molested a 16-year-old boy.
Combs, who has already been named in additional than a dozen sexual assault lawsuits, was sued by six extra individuals in Manhattan on Monday. The new filings declare Combs was abusive to the victims, who haven’t been named publicly, at numerous events and business occasions from 1995 to 2021.
Two of the six lawsuits centre round numerous “white parties” thrown by Combs, the place visitors wearing all white clothes to have a good time the Fourth of July or Labour Day weekend at his residence within the Hamptons.
One accuser mentioned he was 16 on the time of a 1998 get together, the place Combs allegedly requested him to take away his pants and proceeded to the touch the sufferer sexually, the Washington Post reported.
Combs instructed {the teenager} such conduct was a ceremony of passage for anybody trying to interrupt into the music business, the submitting states. The man, recognized solely as John Doe, mentioned he complied out of worry and a hope Combs would assist him safe a profitable future.
The second White Party allegation comes from a person who mentioned he was employed as safety for the occasion in 2006. The nameless accuser alleged he was served a drink laced with narcotics. While he was “extremely ill,” the person mentioned Combs raped him in an open van.
In an announcement, Combs’ legal professionals denied any wrongdoing and mentioned the entire lawsuits are “clear attempts to garner publicity.”
“In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone—adult or minor, man or woman,” his legal professionals wrote.
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The I’ll Be Missing You rapper is anticipated to be named in additional than 100 extra lawsuits, in keeping with legal professionals who mentioned their purchasers’ allegations vary from sexual assault and rape to intercourse trafficking and violent behaviour. The newest lawsuits come from this similar pool of filings, led by Texas-based lawyer Tony Buzbee.
Combs, his numerous enterprise enterprises, the division retailer Macy’s and the resort chain Marriott have been named as co-defendants within the six new lawsuits.
One accuser mentioned she was raped by Combs in 2004 after whereas filming the truth TV present Making the Band. She mentioned Combs invited her and a pal to an “exclusive” after-party at a Marriott resort. Upon their arrival, the lawsuit claims one among Combs’ staffers instructed the 2 ladies, “You know what you are here for.”
The unnamed lady mentioned she was 19 when Combs “fondled, molested and ultimately raped” her within the resort room.
Another accuser mentioned Combs sexually assaulted him at Manhattan’s Macy’s flagship retailer in 2008. According to the lawsuit, Combs was there to advertise his clothes line, Sean John, when he cornered the John Doe within the stockroom with three of his bodyguards in tow. The man, who labored for a rival style model, mentioned Combs pressured him to carry out oral intercourse as his staffers watched.
Combs allegedly threatened the person’s life if he have been to inform anybody concerning the assault, the submitting states. Other accusers mentioned the identical, claiming Combs threatened them.
The fifth lawsuit sees a girl accuse Combs of changing into bodily violent and raping her at a celebration celebrating the discharge of Notorious B.I.G.’s One More Chance music video at Elks Plaza in New York City in 1995.
Most not too long ago, one accuser mentioned he believed he was served a laced drink at a celebration thrown by Combs in 2021. The man, who mentioned he’s a guide working within the music business, alleged Combs introduced him to a backroom and raped him whereas he was impaired.
Combs has additionally denied the racketeering, intercourse trafficking and prostitution costs towards him in an ongoing federal investigation.
Last week, the rapper and his legal professionals accused federal authorities of leaking the video of Combs’ bodily assault towards his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura, amongst different data, to the press in an alleged try and deprive Combs of a good jury trial.
Combs remains to be in custody and has repeatedly been denied bail. He was arrested final month.
Two judges have concluded that Combs could be a hazard to the neighborhood if he’s launched. On Friday, an appeals court docket decide denied Combs’ speedy launch from jail whereas a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals weighs his bail request. One decide deemed Combs a “serious flight risk.”
He is scheduled to face trial on the federal costs on May 5.
— With recordsdata from The Associated Press
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