New Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex abuse lawsuits claim unnamed celebrities were involved in assaults
Sean Combs now faces dozens of civil lawsuits, as well as a criminal trial set down for next year.
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Seven new sexual abuse lawsuits have been launched against Sean "Diddy" Combs, taking the number of accusers to at least two dozen.
The Bad Boy record label founder has also pleaded not guilty in a criminal case, and is appealing his detention in a Brooklyn jail.
Mr Combs's lawyers have requested a gag order to block potential government witnesses from making statements that interfere with his right to a fair trial.
Warning: This story contains details of alleged sexual assault that some readers will find distressing.
Sean "Diddy" Combs has been hit with seven new sexual abuse lawsuits.
The civil lawsuits were made public on Sunday and Monday by four men and three women over alleged misconduct in New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas dating to 2000 but mainly in 2022, lawyer for the accused Tony Buzbee said on Facebook.
Some lawsuits said unidentified celebrities also assaulted Mr Combs's accusers.
Mr Combs, 54, faces at least two dozen civil lawsuits accusing him of sexual misconduct, including 13 from Mr Buzbee's firm.
He has denied wrongdoing.
The Bad Boy record label founder has also pleaded not guilty in a criminal case and is appealing his now five-week detention in a Brooklyn jail known for poor living conditions after being denied bail twice.
The music mogul's lawyers asked the judge overseeing Mr Combs's criminal sex trafficking case for a gag order against Mr Combs's accusers and their lawyers.
The new lawsuits compound the legal problems for Mr Combs, who according to prosecutors coerced victims into participating in sex acts against their will, bribing and intimidating them into keeping quiet, and employing his staff to hide it all.
Allegations involve unnamed celebrities
In one new lawsuit, the plaintiff Jane Doe said she was 13 when Mr Combs drugged and assaulted her at an afterparty for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in New York.
She said Mr Combs and an unnamed male celebrity vaginally raped her while an unnamed female celebrity looked on, after Mr Combs proclaimed "You are ready to party!"
Another accuser, John Doe, said he was a 17-year-old aspiring artist making small talk with Mr Combs at a 2022 party in a Manhattan hotel penthouse, with Mr Combs assuring him that "he could make him a star".
Mr Doe said Mr Combs drugged him with a drink and later assaulted him, including by grabbing his genitals, in a room where others engaged in group sex.
In response to the lawsuits, Mr Combs's lawyers referred to a statement addressing Mr Buzbee's earlier lawsuits.
"Mr Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts, their legal defences, and the integrity of the judicial process," the lawyers said.
"In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone — adult or minor, man or woman."
Mr Buzbee's firm said it was representing more than 150 of Mr Combs's accusers.
Diddy's lawyers request gag order
Mr Combs faces a May 5, 2025 criminal trial on three felony counts of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.
The gag order request from Marc Agnifilo, Mr Combs's primary lawyer, seeks to block potential government witnesses and their lawyers from making statements that substantially interfere with Mr Combs's right to a fair trial.
Mr Agnifilo objected to numerous statements "aimed at assassinating Mr Combs's character in the press".
He asked the judge to order prosecutors to reveal whether they authorised such statements, and to order the witnesses and lawyers to take down online statements under their control.
US District Judge Arun Subramanian, who oversees the criminal case, ordered prosecutors to respond by October 30.
A spokesperson for US Attorney Damian Williams in Manhattan, whose office is prosecuting Combs, declined to comment.
Five of the new lawsuits were filed in federal court, and two were filed in a New York state court, all in Manhattan.
Reuters
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