Photo Credit: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs by Richard Burdett
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces dozens of new sexual assault allegations in a series of lawsuits soon to be filed.
When it rains, it pours, and rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs doesn’t have an umbrella since his arrest last month. With charges of sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution, Combs is currently detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.
But now, Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee revealed at a news conference on Tuesday (October 1) that he is representing over 120 accusers with allegations against Combs that occurred over 20-plus years ago.
“We will expose the enablers who enabled this conduct behind closed doors. We will pursue this matter no matter who the evidence implicates,” said Buzbee. “Many powerful people, […] many dirty secrets,” he added, noting that his team has collected “pictures, video, texts,” that cover allegations including “violent sexual assault or rape, facilitated sex with a controlled substance, dissemination of video recordings, [and] sexual abuse of minors.”
“It’s a long list already, but because of the nature of this case, we are going to make sure — damn sure — we are right before we [file suit],” Buzbee continued. “These names will shock you.”
Buzbee said he’s had over 3,000 individuals come to him with accusations against Combs, and that he plans to begin filing lawsuits in various states within 30 days. The other defendants will be named at a later date.
Further, the attorney said the new group of accusers hail from over 25 different states, with the majority from New York, California, Georgia, and Florida. Buzbee also said 25 of the accusers were minors at the time of the alleged incidents, with some having occurred as early as 1991. One of the accusers, Buzbee claimed, was as young as nine years old at the time of the alleged incident.
Combs and his legal team continue to deny any and all allegations against him — except those he fessed up to involving his ex-girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura, after video proof of the abuse he levied at her surfaced earlier this year and made his earlier denial moot.
“[Combs] cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus,” his lawyer, Erica Wolff, said in a statement. “Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim that he sexual abused anyone, including minors,” Wolff continued. “He looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court if and when claims are filed and served.”
Notably, many of the lawsuits against Combs have been filed in New York City, where the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law allows people to file lawsuits alleging sexual abuse even when the statute of limitations has passed.
