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5 new lawsuits in opposition to Sean “Diddy” Combs have been filed by each female and male accusers who allege they had been drugged and sexually assaulted by the embattled music mogul, who now faces greater than 30 civil complaints.
The claims span from 2001 to 2022 in incidents allegedly going down in New York Metropolis, the Hamptons and Miami. Nearly all of the brand new lawsuits allege that plaintiffs had been sexually assaulted at events hosted by Combs, with one incident allegedly going down on the producer’s White Party in 2004. One accuser claims in his lawsuit that he was assaulted by Combs and his associates at a casting name for a music video.
All accusers filed anonymously as both a “Jane Doe” or a “John Doe.” The 2 ladies declare they had been 17 and 18 years previous, respectively, on the time they had been allegedly drugged and assaulted by Combs. All three male accusers declare they had been drugged and sodomized by Combs.
Attorneys for Combs denied the claims, however didn’t reply to particular allegations within the lawsuits.
“As his authorized crew has stated earlier than, Mr. Combs has full confidence within the information and the integrity of the judicial course of,” his attorneys stated to CNN. “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 brand new lawsuits come from legal professional Tony Buzbee, who’s representing the 5 new accusers together with co-counsel Andrew Van Arsdale. Final month, the attorneys stated at a press convention that they had been representing greater than 100 plaintiffs with allegations in opposition to Combs. They’ve filed 20 lawsuits in opposition to Combs thus far.
In an announcement on Instagram, Buzbee wrote that he expects to file new instances in opposition to Combs on a weekly foundation.
In an announcement to CNN, Combs’ attorneys took purpose at Buzbee, claiming that his “barrage of lawsuits” are “shameless publicity stunts designed to extract funds from celebrities who worry having lies unfold about them, simply as lies have been unfold about Mr. Combs.”
This week, Buzbee was sued for extortion by an nameless movie star who claims the legal professional falsely and maliciously roped him into the allegations in opposition to Combs. Buzbee denied the allegations in that criticism.
The newest lawsuits in opposition to Combs lay out comparable patterns of allegations, together with attending or being recruited by Combs’ associates to attend a celebration or an audition, and being handed a drink that in the end induced the plaintiff to really feel dizzy or lose consciousness earlier than they had been assaulted.
One Jane Doe was 17 on the time she alleges she was assaulted by Combs at his July 4th White Occasion in 2004. She stated in her lawsuit that she noticed many recognizable celebrities on the occasion, although none are named or accused of wrongdoing.
She claims she was “required” by Combs’ workers to “hand over her purse and cellphone previous to getting into” the occasion. After she was allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted, Jane Doe claims she was threatened by Combs and his bodyguards who stated “she could be in peril if she spoke about what had occurred, stating that he ‘ran New York and would break her.’”
One other accuser, who describes himself as an actor within the late ’90s and early aughts on the time he claims he was sodomized by Combs, stated in his lawsuit that he was recruited by one among Combs’ casting administrators to audition for a music video in New York Metropolis in 2001.
In line with the criticism, Combs advised the John Doe to “take his shirt off” on the audition and requested if he was “snug with probably doing nude scenes.” John Doe states he was provided an alcohol drink by the feminine casting director, however declined the drink and was handed a Eating regimen Coke in a glass. He believes the soda was spiked with medicine as a result of he “cross[ed] out” after which awoke “semi-conscious and disoriented,” realizing that his pants had been “pulled all the way down to his ankles and his shirt was pulled over his head.”
The John Doe particulars how he was sexually assaulted by each Combs and his bodyguard and sought medical care as a consequence of accidents he sustained in the course of the alleged incident.
Combs is presently incarcerated on the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn, New York, awaiting trial set for spring of 2025 on counts of racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. He has pleaded not responsible.
Prosecutors have stated they’re persevering with their investigation with the grand jury, and will probably supersede the indictment with extra fees or extra defendants. On Friday, Combs’ attorneys will make a 3rd try at bail after two earlier petitions had been denied.