Six new lawsuits accuse Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexual assault

Six additional sexual assault lawsuits were filed against music impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs Monday afternoon, alleging assaults at photo shoots, industry parties and Combs’ famous “white parties.” The attacks are said to have taken place between 1995 and 2021.

The new filings bring the total number of sexual assault claims Combs faces to 18.

All six lawsuits were filed anonymously in the Southern District of New York by six men and women and involve an individual who was a minor at the time of the alleged assault.

In addition to Combs, Macy’s department store and the Marriott hotel chain were named as co-defendants. Macy’s and Marriott did not immediately respond to The Washington Post’s request for comment.

Representatives for Combs did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The lawsuits are part of a flurry of complaints announced by a team of attorneys including Tony Buzbee of Buzbee Law Firm, Andrew Van Arsdale of AVA Law Group and Antigone Curis of Curis Law. Buzbee did not respond to a request for comment.

Attorneys announced earlier this month that they would file more than 100 lawsuits against Combs. At a press conference on October 1, they said that 120 lawsuits would be filed by male and female accusers in New York, California and Florida starting this month.

Attorneys said the accusers’ ages ranged from 9 to 38 at the time of the alleged attacks. These are said to have taken place in the 2000s and 2010s, when Combs’ celebrity profile was at its peak.

Erica Wolff, an attorney for Combs, denied the allegations after the news conference, saying the music mogul “cannot address every unfounded accusation in what has become a ruthless media circus.” … He looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court, where the truth will be determined based on evidence and not speculation.”

Buzbee and Van Arsdale have represented victims of sexual assault in other high-profile cases. Van Arsdale represented hundreds of victims in a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America. Buzbee represented more than a dozen women who accused quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault (many of those cases were settled).

As allegations mount against Combs, who has generally denied any wrongdoing, the mogul remains in federal custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since his arrest last month on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. He is accused of running a criminal enterprise aimed, among other things, at the sexual abuse and exploitation of women. Combs pleaded not guilty and requested bail multiple times. A Manhattan judge set the case’s trial date for May 5.