NEW YORK – Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused of raping women, sexually assaulting men and abusing a 16-year-old boy in a new wave of lawsuits filed in New York.
At least six lawsuits were filed against the hip-hop mogul in federal court in Manhattan on Monday. They were submitted anonymously, two identified by women as Jane Does and four identified by men as John Does.
The prosecutors are part of what their lawyers say a group of more than 100 alleged victims who are taking legal action against Combs in the aftermath of the trial his arrest for sex trafficking last month.
Man claims Diddy molested him when he was 16
One of the John Does, a man living in North Carolina, claims that Combs fondled his genitals when he was 16 at one of the rapper’s famous white parties in the Hamptons on Long Island in 1998.
The man claims that during a conversation about possibly breaking into the music industry, Combs abruptly ordered the then-teenager to drop his pants.
According to the man’s lawsuit, Combs explained to him that becoming a music star was a rite of passage, at one point asking the then-teenager, “Don’t you want to break into the business?”
The man said he complied out of fear, anxiety and a power imbalance he felt with Combs, but later realized what had happened was sexual abuse.
Until Monday’s trial, Combs was charged only in civil cases and his criminal charge of sexual activity with adults.
Combs’ attorneys released a statement Monday evening calling the recent filings “clear attempts to garner publicity.”
“Mr. Combs and his legal team have complete confidence in the facts, their legal defense and the integrity of the legal process. In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone – adult or minor, male or female,” the statement said.
Combs has pleaded not guilty
Combs, 54, has pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering and sex trafficking, alleging that he coerced and abused women for years with the help of a network of associates and associates while silencing victims through blackmail and violence , including kidnapping, arson and physical abuse.
Combs’ lawyers have been unsuccessfully trying to get the Bad Boy Records founder released on bail. He has been held in a federal prison in Brooklyn since his arrest on September 16.
Two judges have concluded that Combs would be a danger to the community when he is released from the Metropolitan Detention Centera facility that has been plagued by violence and dysfunction for years. At a bail hearing three weeks ago, a judge rejected a $50 million bail package that included home detention and electronic monitoring after concluding that Combs posed a threat to tamper with witnesses and obstruct an ongoing investigation.
On Friday, an appeals court judge denied Combs’ immediate release from jail while a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals weighs his bail request.
‘You better not tell anyone about this’
The other lawsuits filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan include allegations of rape, forced oral sex and drugging to incapacitate victims.
One of the Jane Does suing Combs claims he raped her in a locked hotel room in 2004 after inviting her and a friend there to a party, giving them drinks and telling them to snort cocaine.
The woman, a college freshman at the time, claims Combs also forced her boyfriend to perform oral sex on him and said he would have them both killed if they didn’t comply with his demands.
The other Jane Doe alleges that Combs violently assaulted and raped her in a bathroom at a party for the late rapper Biggie Smalls’ music video, “One More Chance,” in 2005.
According to the woman, Combs took her to the bathroom to talk privately and then unexpectedly started kissing her. When she tried to pull away, she claims, he slammed her head into the wall, causing her to fall to the floor. The woman said she tried to escape, but Combs hit her again and raped her.
Afterwards, according to the woman, Combs casually adjusted his clothes and told her, “You better not tell anyone about this or you’ll disappear.”
In another John Doe lawsuit, a man who worked as a security guard at Combs’ Hamptons white party in 2006 claims the star gave him an alcoholic drink that he believed was laced with a drug that made him feel extremely ill felt. The man claims Combs then pushed him into a van, held him down and sexually assaulted him.
In the other lawsuits filed Monday, Combs is accused of forcing a man to perform oral sex on him in the storage room of Macy’s flagship store in Manhattan’s Herald Square in 2008, and of sexually assaulting a man at a party in October 2021. a drugged drink left him unable to fight back, remembers several men attacking him and clearly remembers seeing Combs standing naked above him at some point during the attack, his lawsuit said.
“The press conference and the 1-800 call that preceded today’s barrage of reports were clear attempts to garner publicity. Mr. Combs and his legal team have complete confidence in the facts, their legal defense and the integrity of the judicial process. the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone – adult or minor, male or female,” Combs’ attorneys said in a statement.
