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Sean “Diddy” Combs has once more been hit with a slew of latest 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 folks in Manhattan on Monday. The brand new filings declare Combs was abusive to the victims, who haven’t been named publicly, at varied events and business occasions from 1995 to 2021.
Two of the six lawsuits centre round varied “white events” thrown by Combs, the place company wearing all white clothes to have fun the Fourth of July or Labour Day weekend at his dwelling within the Hamptons.
One accuser stated 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 Submit reported.
Combs advised {the teenager} such conduct was a ceremony of passage for anybody making an attempt to interrupt into the music business, the submitting states. The person, recognized solely as John Doe, stated he complied out of concern and a hope Combs would assist him safe a profitable future.
The second White Celebration allegation comes from a person who stated he was employed as safety for the occasion in 2006. The nameless accuser alleged he was served a drink laced with narcotics. Whereas he was “extraordinarily ailing,” the person stated Combs raped him in an open van.
In an announcement, Combs’ attorneys denied any wrongdoing and stated all the lawsuits are “clear makes an attempt to garner publicity.”
“In court docket, the reality will prevail: that Mr. Combs has by no means sexually assaulted anybody—grownup or minor, man or lady,” his attorneys wrote.
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The I’ll Be Lacking You rapper is anticipated to be named in additional than 100 further lawsuits, in keeping with attorneys who stated their shoppers’ 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 varied enterprise enterprises, the division retailer Macy’s and the lodge chain Marriott had been named as co-defendants within the six new lawsuits.
One accuser stated she was raped by Combs in 2004 after whereas filming the truth TV present Making the Band. She stated Combs invited her and a pal to an “unique” after-party at a Marriott lodge. Upon their arrival, the lawsuit claims one among Combs’ staffers advised the 2 girls, “You recognize what you’re right here for.”
The unnamed lady stated she was 19 when Combs “fondled, molested and finally raped” her within the lodge room.
One other accuser stated Combs sexually assaulted him at Manhattan’s Macy’s flagship retailer in 2008. Based on 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 person, who labored for a rival style model, stated Combs pressured him to carry out oral intercourse as his staffers watched.
Combs allegedly threatened the person’s life if he had been to inform anybody concerning the assault, the submitting states. Different accusers stated 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 Infamous B.I.G.’s One Extra Probability music video at Elks Plaza in New York Metropolis in 1995.
Most just lately, one accuser stated he believed he was served a laced drink at a celebration thrown by Combs in 2021. The person, who stated 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 expenses in opposition to him in an ongoing federal investigation.
Final week, the rapper and his attorneys accused federal authorities of leaking the video of Combs’ bodily assault in opposition to his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura, amongst different data, to the press in an alleged try to 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 can be a hazard to the neighborhood if he’s launched. On Friday, an appeals court docket choose denied Combs’ quick launch from jail whereas a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Courtroom of Appeals weighs his bail request. One choose deemed Combs a “critical flight danger.”
He’s scheduled to face trial on the federal expenses on Might 5.
— With recordsdata from The Related Press
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