4 men file sexual assault lawsuits against Sean “Diddy” Combs

Rapper and record producer Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with six new lawsuits against him in federal court, including four in which the plaintiffs are men who allege the music mogul sexually abused them.

The attacks are said to have occurred between 1995 and 2021 at industry events, “exclusive” afterparties and Combs’ famous “white parties” in the Hamptons. The latest lawsuits bring the total number of sexual assault allegations against Combs to 18, reports The New York Times.

Two of the men have accused Combs of attacking them in his star-studded White Party. One victim, who was 16 at the time of the alleged assault in 1998, claims Combs told him to drop his pants and then fondled his genitals. Combs allegedly told the boy, who was trying to break into the music industry, that the attack was a “rite of passage.”

The White Party’s second victim, who worked last-minute security at a 2006 event, said he felt “extremely ill” after drinking a drink laced with narcotics. He claims Combs pushed him into a van and raped him, the lawsuit says.

A third male victim says he was attacked in 2008 at the Macy’s flagship store in Manhattan, where Combs was promoting his Sean John clothing line.

The man, an employee of Ecko, a rival clothing brand, claims Combs confronted him in a storage room and forced him to perform oral sex while three armed bodyguards watched. That lawsuit also names Macy’s as a defendant, as the man claims he reported the sexual assault to security, only to be fired three weeks later.

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The fourth male victim, a music consultant, claims he was attacked at another Combs party in 2021. He said he felt disoriented after consuming a drink that was given to him. He claims that although he was incapacitated, he was taken to a back room and raped by several men, including Combs.

The remaining two lawsuits were filed by women who claim they were raped by Combs at parties in New York City, including a woman who says she was raped and physically assaulted in the toilet at a promotional party for a music video by rapper Notorious BIG to be

All victims submitted their claims anonymously, presumably to protect their identities.

The latest lawsuits were filed by a Houston-based personal injury attorney, Tony Buzbee, who used Instagram and a widely viewed press conference to woo clients, where he spoke against a backdrop that featured a large red hotline number was who could name people provided with allegations of impropriety by Combs.

Buzbee claims that after the press conference, the hotline was flooded with “thousands” of calls within 24 hours.

Combs’ lawyers have pointed to Buzbee’s alleged boasting, social media canvassing and hotline number to cast doubt on the veracity of recent allegations against their client. Buzbee told this Just However, it said in an email that the allegations are being carefully examined and that the legal team has appointed more than 100 investigators and 30 lawyers.

In addition to Buzbee, the legal team representing the latest victims includes Andrew van Arsdale, who is known for arguing on behalf of hundreds of victims in a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America. Buzbee and van Arsdale previously claimed they would file more than 100 lawsuits against Combs in New York, California and Florida. They say the alleged victims were between 9 and 38 years old at the time of the attacks.

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In addition, Combs has been hit by sexual assault lawsuits from other people, many of which were filed after Combs settled a lawsuit from singer Cassie, his former girlfriend, who claimed he subjected her to years of physical and sexual abuse. Combs has repeatedly denied the allegations against him in the remaining lawsuits.

The flood of sexual assault lawsuits only exacerbates Combs’ legal problems. The music mogul is currently incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, awaiting trial on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges. In this case, he is accused of abusing, threatening and forcing multiple women into day-long sexual liaisons with male commercial sex workers, some of whom were transported across state lines.

The events, known as “freak offs,” were elaborate sex performances that Combs allegedly arranged, staged and electronically recorded — and later used those videos to blackmail individuals, prosecutors said. To ensure compliance, Combs allegedly administered narcotics to participants, threatened to cut off financial support, threatened to ruin their reputations or careers, and physically abused them, according to an indictment filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

Combs pleaded not guilty to racketeering and sex trafficking charges against him. In response to the last six lawsuits, his lawyers said: “Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone – adult or minor, male or female.”