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For the first time in all the accusations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, the incarcerated onetime music mogul is now facing claims of sexually assaulting a male minor.
In total, today saw Texas lawyer Tony Buzbee start make good on his pledge of last week to file cases for around 120 alleged victims of the ‘Last Night’ performer with six new actions for four John Does and two Jane Does. Of the half a dozen plaintiffs for Combs’ accused actions between 1995 and 2021 filed in federal court in New York under the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, one of them was a 19-year old female and one was a 16-year old boy.
In an M.O. that has occurred in previous suits against Combs, the action from the now 42-year old North Carolina resident says that the rapper demanded the plaintiff “drop his pants” at a 1998 White Party in the Hamptons. Combs then supposedly grabbed John Doe’s penis and genitals with his hand” and commenced “squeezing and feeling” the teen’s privates.
Afterwards, again as has appeared over and over as a response by Combs in alleged sexual assaults, there were promises to assist the victim with a career in the music industry if they stayed quiet.
“We will let the allegations in the filed complaints speak for themselves, and will work to see that justice is done,” Buzbee told Deadline today of the six new lawsuit and the vivid claims in them. “We expect to be filing many more cases over the next several weeks naming Mr. Combs and others as defendants as we continue to gather evidence and prepare the filings.”
In terms familiar to past Combs’ accusations, the opening of one of the suits filed Monday in the Southern District of New York is pretty clear on what this is all about.
“Defendant Sean Combs routinely recruited individuals to parties, drugged them, and then sexually exploited them,” one of the new filings today begins. “The conduct described herein is shockingly typical of Defendant Sean Combs,” the 20-page document adds. “He was aided in this abhorrent conduct by numerous individuals and entities. Sean Combs conducted himself for many years as if he was above the law. He is not. This case seeks both compensatory and punitive damages for sexual assault and rape.”
Deadline has reached out to Combs’ representatives for comment on the six new lawsuits and will update this post if we hear back from them.
Facing life in prison if found guilty of the sex trafficking and others charges he was arrested for on September 16, Combs is currently fighting nearly 20 civil cases as well.
While there have been rumors around Combs’ heavy-handedness, violence and more for decades, this all really started when the Bad Boy Records founder was sued by his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura for assault and abuse last November. Combs denied everything, but quickly settled the matter for $30 million less than 24 hours later.
Those denials hit thin ice when a 2016 hotel surveillance video of an almost naked Combs beating Ventura in LA was made public. At the time, Combs offered an apology about his actions depicted in the video.
More recently, the video has become part of Combs latest attempt at gaining pre-trial freedom in his criminal case, with defense lawyer throwing shade on the Department of Homeland Security for allegedly leaking the tape – something the US Attorney’s office denies, noting DHS never had the video and the SDNY DOJ never knew about it until it appeared in the media.
As it stands right now, with a motion for appeal on bail put in the docket last week after two previous failed attempts to spring Combs from Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn with a $50 million bond and home detention, the rapper is set to begin trial on May 5, 2025.
