Sean “Diddy” Combs has received a new set of lawsuits from alleged victims of rape and sexual assault, including from one woman who claims he and an unnamed celebrity raped her at 13 years old.
Content warning: This article contains details of sexual assault.
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with another wave of lawsuits.
While behind bars on charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and prostitution—to which he’s plead not guilty and is set to begin trial in May—the music mogul has had a slew of accusations made against him, including multiple allegations of rape and sexual assault.
And on Oct. 20, a new series of five civil lawsuits were filed against Combs on behalf of two men and three women. Among the allegations detailed, which include claims that Combs sexually assaulted or raped the plaintiffs in individual incidents between 2000 and 2022, was one claim from an anonymous female plaintiff that she was raped at the age of 13 by Combs and an unnamed male celebrity.
According to the filing, obtained by E! News, in Sept. 2000 when the plaintiff was 13 years old, she had a friend drop her off at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall so she could try and sneak into the MTV Video Music Awards.
While unable to enter the venue without a ticket, the plaintiff approached several limousine drivers outside the venue, one of whom claimed worked for Combs. According to the suit, the driver “told her that Combs liked younger girls and said she ‘is what Diddy was looking for,’” and to come back later that evening for an after party.
When she returned later that evening, she claims the driver drover her alone to a house where she was asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement, of which she never received a copy. The plaintiff claims she was given a beverage which made her “feel woozy and lightheaded,” and that she went into an empty bedroom to lie down.
It was there, she claims, that Combs entered with two celebrities, one male and one female. According to the plaintiff, Combs and the male celebrity stripped her of her clothes, and then the male celebrity held her down as he raped her while Combs and the female celebrity watched.
The male celebrity and Combs then allegedly switched, with Combs raping her as the two celebrities watched. The plaintiff claims Combs then attempted to force her to give him oral sex, but that she hit him in the neck and fled the room.
After fleeing the party, the plaintiff allegedly reached a gas station where she was able to call her father for help.
In response to the new filings, Combs’ lawyers referred E! News to a previous statement, claiming the “barrage of filings” were attempts to “garner publicity."
“Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts, their legal defenses, and the integrity of the judicial process,” his lawyers told E! News. “In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone—adult or minor, man or woman.”
Combs’ legal team also filed a motion on Oct. 20, shared with E! News, “to request an order prohibiting further extrajudicial statements from prospective witnesses and their lawyers that substantially interfere with Mr. Combs’s right to a fair trial.”
Attorney Tony Buzbee, who has already filed a number of civil suits against Combs on behalf of alleged victims, shared a statement with NBC News in regards to the new filings.
“We will let the allegations in the filed complaints speak for themselves, and will work to see that justice is done,” he said, per the outlet. “We expect to be filing cases weekly naming Mr. Combs and others as defendants as we continue to gather evidence and prepare the filings.”
For more on the case against Combs, keep reading.
After fleeing the party, the plaintiff allegedly reached a gas station where she was able to call her father for help.
In response to the new filings, Combs’ lawyers referred E! News to a previous statement, claiming the “barrage of filings” were attempts to “garner publicity”.
“Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts, their legal defenses, and the integrity of the judicial process,” his lawyers told E! News. “In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone—adult or minor, man or woman.”
Combs’ legal team also filed a motion on Oct. 20, shared with E! News, “to request an order prohibiting further extrajudicial statements from prospective witnesses and their lawyers that substantially interfere with Mr. Combs’s right to a fair trial.”
Attorney Tony Buzbee, who has already filed a number of civil suits against Combs on behalf of alleged victims, shared a statement with NBC News in regards to the new filings.
“We will let the allegations in the filed complaints speak for themselves, and will work to see that justice is done,” he said, per the outlet. “We expect to be filing cases weekly naming Mr. Combs and others as defendants as we continue to gather evidence and prepare the filings.”
For more on the case against Combs, keep reading.
Sean "Diddy" Combs Remanded
After Sean "Diddy" Combs pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges on Sept. 17, his legal team proposed a $50 million bond package that included equity in his Miami home and his mother's house, as well as limited his travel to within certain parts of Florida, New York and New Jersey.
The defense also offered, per a letter obtained by E! News, to "walk the Court through a series of actions taken by Mr. Combs over the past six months that prove that he is not a risk of flight or a danger to anyone in the community."
U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky rejected the package and ordered that Combs be remanded without bail. He remains in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
Combs' Lawyer Says Rapper Is Getting Treatment and Therapy
"He is not a perfect person," Combs' attorney Marc Agnifilo told the court, per NBC New York. "There has been drug use. He has been in toxic relationships."
Therefore, he added, his client was getting "treatment and therapy for things that he needs treatment and therapy for."
Overall, though, Combs' "spirits are good," the lawyer told reporters after court Sept. 17. "He's confident."
Combs Creates a Slippery Situation
More than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and personal lubricant were seized during the March 2024 raids on Combs' L.A. and Miami homes, according to the 14-page indictment unsealed Sept. 17.
Per the indictment, the oil and lube were stockpiled for use in so-called "freak-offs," the term Combs used for gatherings in which he allegedly orchestrated sexual encounters between women he coerced and threatened into doing his bidding and male sex workers.
"I don't know where the number 1,000 came," his attorney Agnifilo said in the TMZ documentary The Downfall of Diddy: The Indictment, which premiered Sept. 27. Pondering out loud why anyone would need so much, the lawyer added, "He has a big house, he buys in bulk. I think they have Costcos in every place where he has a home."
Costco, meanwhile, wanted no part of it, telling TMZ in a statement that "none" of its U.S. stores carry baby oil.
Alleged Combs Texts Read in Court
In May 2024, CNN published a clip of hotel surveillance video from 2016 that appeared to show Combs attacking his then-girlfriend Cassie, born Cassandra Ventura. (The assault matched up with an alleged incident detailed in the lawsuit she filed against Combs on Nov. 16, 2023; both parties announced a settlement the next day.)
"I was f–ked up. I hit rock bottom," Combs said in a video posted to Instagram in response to the footage. "But I make no excuses. My behavior on that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video." He had gone to therapy and rehab since, he added, and was "committed to be a better man each and every day."
During a Sept. 18 hearing on Combs' second request for bail, Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson said, per NBC News, that Combs allegedly sent a text in the days following the assault that read, "Call me, the cops are here." Another read, "I have six kids. Call, I’m surrounded."
Johnson did not say Cassie's name in court. She said that Combs' victim replied via text, "Sick you think it’s OK to do what you've done."
Bail was once again denied, this time by U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr.
The Combs Case Is Set for Trial
On Oct. 3, the Combs case was reassigned to Judge Arun Subramanian because Carter was unable to accommodate a trial date.
During an Oct. 10 status hearing, Subramanian set a trial date of May 5, 2025.
Prosecutor Johnson told the judge she expected the trial to last roughly three weeks, but said there was still the possibility that a superseding indictment could lead to more charges against Combs.
Agnifilo said in court they'd need about a week to put on their case.
Meanwhile, the attorney said in the TMZ doc that Combs was looking forward to testifying in his own defense.
“I don’t know that I could keep him off the stand," Agnifilo said. "I think he is very eager to tell his story."
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