Three men filed separate lawsuits accusing Sean Diddy Combs of rape and sexual assault on Thursday, claiming the rap mogul assaulted them while they were unconscious after giving them tampered beverages.
The civil cases, which were anonymously filed in the Supreme Court of New York State by attorney Thomas Giuffra, concern events that took place between 2019 and 2022. They all claim that Combs sexually abused and raped them.
According to one man, Combs colleagues intimidated him into remaining silent. Another said that after the attack, he was handed money and that his assault was captured on camera. The third man said that Combs and his Bad Boy Records colleagues alternated sexually abusing him.
Giuffra told NBC News that Combs’ approach to pursuing these men was shockingly, precisely, and consistently consistent. He would knock them out by hitting them with the beverages.
The lawyer added that he would be raping them when they woke up.
The new complaints are the most recent in a string of lawsuits against Combs in recent months, all of which were brought by anonymous complainants who accused Combs of rape and abuse in similar situations dating back to the 1990s. Since his arrest by federal investigators in September, Combs has been incarcerated on charges of participating in a multi-year plot to sexually assault and exploit women.
Among other things, Combs reportedly exploited his commercial empire to force victims into complex, drug-fueled freak offs with male sex workers that he planned, oversaw, and documented, according to the prosecution.
Combs, 55, has entered a not guilty plea to counts of sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution. He is presently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
He is innocent of all charges, according to his attorneys. Before his criminal trial, which is set to begin in May, he has been denied bail three times.
Giuffra’s three clients are requesting a jury trial and unspecified damages from Combs and his businesses. Additionally, they are not revealing their true names.
According to Giuffra, they fear that one night, someone they know or have hired would kill them.
Daddy’s House Recordings, Inc., Sony Music Holdings Inc., Bad Boy Entertainment Holdings Inc., Bad Boy Entertainment LLC., and Bad Boy Productions Holdings, Inc. are listed as defendants in the three lawsuits in addition to Combs.
There are many lies in these complaints. Combs’ legal team stated in a statement Thursday that they will “prove them wrong and seek sanctions against every unethical lawyer who filed fictitious claims against him.”
The new lawsuits identify all of the complainants as John Doe, and they all claim that the abuse occurred under similar circumstances. Combs allegedly preyed on the men by luring them to his private residence or hotel rooms with the assistance of his associates, offering them drugged drinks, and then raping and sexually assaulting them.
One Combs had a longterm employee named John Doe. According to his claim, he was hired in 2006 to do errands for Combs, who was then the CEO of Bad Boy Records. He said that in February 2020, one of Combs assistants arranged a private meeting with Combs at a Manhattan hotel to discuss missing job payments and when he arrived Combs served him an alcoholic drink that made him excessively tired.
Combs suggested he lay down on the couch and take a nap, the man said, according to the lawsuit. The man awoke to find Combs raping him on the couch, the court papers state.
Afterward, the man said in the lawsuit that Combs and his associates threatened him to keep quiet.
Another complainant said he met Combs at a Manhattan nightclub in 2019 and was recruited by the Combs security guards to join him and the rest of his entourage at the Park Hyatt hotel for an exclusive afterparty.
There, he said in the lawsuit that Combs offered him a cocktail that he had personally made and then invited him and the other guests into a bedroom.
Once Plaintiff entered the bedroom, the room started spinning and his mouth became very dry, the man said according to the court papers.
Combs eventually led him to a sofa where he lost consciousness and later awoke to Combs raping him, according to the lawsuit.
The man said in the lawsuit he tried to resist and, before he blacked out again, he remembered seeing a man and a woman sitting on the bed recording the rape on a camera.
The next morning he was given $2,500 by the man who filmed the alleged rape and said it was from Combs, according to the lawsuit.
In the third lawsuit, a man alleged that he fell victim to one or more criminal sex acts at the hands of Combs and his associates between 2020 and 2022.
He said in the summer of 2020 he was invited by one of Comb s associates at Bad Boy Records to a party at Comb s mansion in East Hampton, New York.
At the party he said in the lawsuit that he began feeling ill and subsequently lost consciousness after having a drink. Throughout the rest of the night, Plaintiff faded in-and-out of consciousness, the lawsuit said.
The man said in the lawsuit, Combs and his associates from Bad Boy Records took turns sexually assaulting and raping him.
Combs legal issues have been mounting since last year when ex-girlfriend,Casandra Cassie Ventura, filed an explosive civil suitaccusing him of assault and sex trafficking over the course of their relationship.
Combs denied the accusations but settled with Ventura for an undisclosed amount. Then, several months later,CNN obtained surveillance videofrom a hotel that showed Combs brutally beating Ventura in 2016. Combs later apologized for his actions.
Multiple other lawsuits have been filed against Combs since then, including one fromDawn Richard, a former member of the girl group Danity Kane. She alleged that Combs groped, assaulted and imprisoned her and threatened her life.
Combs has denied all the claims against him, calling them sickening allegations from people looking for a quick payday.
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