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Two new civil lawsuits have been filed in opposition to Sean “Diddy” Combs by nameless male accusers who declare they have been minors once they have been sexually assaulted by the music mogul throughout auditions – one who claims he was 10 years previous on the time.
Combs stated he denies the newest claims in opposition to him in a press release to CNN.
The embattled musician and businessman, who’s being held in custody in New York as he awaits his legal trial, is now dealing with not less than 27 civil instances.
One John Doe states in his lawsuit that he auditioned for Combs in 2005 at a lodge in New York at age 10. He was given soda by Combs that he alleges was laced with medication. In line with the lawsuit, Combs then compelled Doe to carry out oral intercourse after he resisted. Doe misplaced consciousness and later awoke in tears along with his pants undone and ache in his anus and buttocks, the lawsuit states.
The opposite John Doe, in a separate lawsuit, states he was 17 in or round 2008 when he attended a three-day audition for the MTV competitors sequence, “Making the Band.” Doe claims that on the primary day of the audition, throughout a one-on-one interview, “Combs requested Plaintiff hypothetical questions on dealing with conditions involving sexual stress.”
“As Combs described these eventualities, he started to sexually assault Plaintiff by touching Plaintiff each over and below his clothes, together with groping and fondling his penis and instructing Plaintiff to undress,” in keeping with the lawsuit.
The lawsuit states that Combs emphasised his energy to regulate Doe’s future within the music business, stating that he had the power to “make or break” his profession.
On the second day of auditions, Combs allegedly advised the 17-year-old Doe that he wanted to undress “to exhibit the power to embody a ‘intercourse idol’ persona.” “This encounter ultimately escalated into Combs forcing the Plaintiff to carry out oral intercourse on him, and Combs sodomizing the Plaintiff,” the lawsuit states.
The next day, the criticism states, Combs and his bodyguard sexually assaulted Doe. He was then eradicated from the competitors “as Combs claimed that Plaintiff was untrustworthy as a consequence of his reservations about performing oral intercourse on his bodyguard,” the lawsuit states.
When reached by CNN for remark, Combs’ attorneys didn’t reply to the particular allegations within the two new lawsuits, however denied that Combs has ever sexually assaulted or trafficked anybody.
“As we’ve stated earlier than, Mr. Combs can’t reply to each new publicity stunt, even in response to claims which are facially ridiculous or demonstrably false,” Combs’ attorneys stated in a press release, partially. “Mr. Combs and his authorized staff have full confidence within the info and the integrity of the judicial course of. In court docket, the reality will prevail: that Mr. Combs by no means sexually assaulted or trafficked anybody—man or girl, grownup or minor.”
The 2 new lawsuits have been filed Monday in New York state court docket. Each accusers are represented by attorneys Tony Buzbee and co-counsel Andrew Van Arsdale, who stated earlier this month that they’re representing over 120 alleged victims who plan to go public with their claims in opposition to Combs.
Since November 2023, greater than two dozen civil lawsuits have been filed in opposition to Combs with allegations of sexual assault or misconduct. The preliminary lawsuit, filed by his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura, was settled the following day. The opposite instances stay lively. Combs has denied the civil allegations.
Federal prosecutors have accused Combs of orchestrating a “legal enterprise” via his enterprise empire that engaged in intercourse trafficking, compelled labor, kidnapping and many years of bodily abuse in opposition to ladies, amongst different allegations. He has pleaded not responsible to federal expenses of intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
Combs’ legal trial is tentatively set to start in Might 2025.
Prosecutors have stated their legal investigation is ongoing and extra expenses or defendants could possibly be added in a doable superseding indictment.
CNN’s Sarah Moon contributed to this story.