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Christian Combs, son of rapper, producer and businessman Sean “Diddy” Combs, is accused of sexual assault in a brand new lawsuit that names each males.
The 31-page lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court docket on Thursday, in line with an legal professional for the plaintiff, Grace O’Marcaigh.
O’Marcaigh labored as a crew member and bartender on a yacht leased by Sean Combs and his household in December 2022, in line with the lawsuit.
The expertise was “offered as a healthful household tour” however changed into a “hedonistic surroundings,” the lawsuit says, and suspected intercourse employees and different celebrities have been usually introduced aboard.
Within the early morning of December 28, Christian Combs pressured O’Marcaigh to drink a shot of tequila and shortly thereafter he assaulted her, the lawsuit says. O’Marcaigh believes the tequila, which she says Christian Combs introduced aboard, might have been laced with medicine, in line with the lawsuit.
Sean Combs shouldn’t be accused of sexual assault within the lawsuit however is included on allegations of legal responsibility and aiding and abetting.
Aaron Dyer, an legal professional for Sean and Christian Combs, stated in a press release to CNN that they consider the lawsuit incorporates “manufactured lies and irrelevant details,” and says he’ll looking for to “dismiss this outrageous declare.”
This lawsuit is the latest in a series filed towards Sean Combs and follows searches by federal investigators at his houses in Los Angeles and the Miami space final week. The earlier lawsuits accuse him of a variety of sexual misconduct and different unlawful actions. The recording business mogul had denied all the allegations.
The lawsuit cites an audio recording from a makeshift recording studio on the yacht, which O’Marcaigh stated is the place the alleged assault started. In accordance with a partial transcript included within the lawsuit, O’Marcaigh was being pressured to take a shot and requested Christian Combs, “Are you drugging me?” with Combs answering, “Take the shot.”
CNN has listened to the audio recordings and might independently confirm the transcript detailed within the lawsuit.
Along with the tense dialog purportedly between Combs and O’Marcaigh, Cassie’s 2006 pop hit “Me & U,” which options Sean “Diddy” Combs, might be heard enjoying within the background. Cassie, whose actual identify is Casandra Ventura, is Diddy’s former girlfriend who alleges she was raped and subjected to years of repeated bodily and different abuses by the music mogul. In November 2023, Ventura and Diddy reached a settlement someday after the singer filed her complaint, which was the primary lawsuit in a sequence of sexual abuse allegations towards Diddy, although an legal professional for the rapper denied Ventura’s allegations and stated the settlement was “under no circumstances an admission of wrongdoing.”
On the yacht, Christian Combs “cornered” O’Marcaigh in a room and “turned bodily and intensely aggressive,” the lawsuit states.
Combs grabbed O’Marcaigh by the arm and tried drive himself on her, the submitting continues, and stopped solely when one other yacht worker entered the room.
Pictures included within the courtroom submitting seem to point out bruises on the plaintiff’s forearm.
Following the alleged assault, O’Marcaigh’s psychological and bodily well being deteriorated, in line with the lawsuit. She started affected by nervousness and panic assaults, amongst different points, the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit is looking for unspecified damages.