Sean Combs Files Suit Alleging Sexual Assault Against 10-Year-Old Child in New Round of Lawsuits

Sean “Diddy” Combs He faced another round of troubling lawsuits on Monday Sitting in a federal prison in Brooklyn He is awaiting trial on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. One of the new plaintiffs said she was an aspiring rapper at age 10 when Combs allegedly drugged and raped her at a New York City hotel during an audition in 2005.

The new complaints were filed by prominent Houston attorney Tony Buzbee and his California counterpart Andrew Van Arsdale, the latest in a purported class action lawsuit. 120+ reviewed customers. Lawyers had previously filed 13 lawsuits against Combs. 14 October And 20 OctoberMany of the anonymous plaintiffs alleged that they were secretly drugged, forced to have sex without their consent, and threatened with silence.

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In the first new lawsuit filed Monday in New York state court, the John Doe plaintiff said he was 10 when his parents accompanied him to Manhattan to meet with music industry executives, including Combs, to further his “burgeoning” music career. He says a counselor hired by his family delivered him to a hotel room and then drove him to Combs. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff was given a soda that he believed contained drugs.

“After plaintiff consumed his soda and began feeling the effects, Combs told plaintiff to approach him, which plaintiff did. Combs then suddenly pushed the plaintiff down and said things like, “Sometimes you have to do some things you don’t want to do.” “When the plaintiff pushed the plaintiff down, Combs pulled his penis out of his pants and told the ten-year-old plaintiff to ‘kiss him.’ When the plaintiff resisted, Combs still forced his penis into the plaintiff’s mouth and continued to thrust it in and out repeatedly.” The plaintiff alleges that he “froze with terror,” lost consciousness, and later woke up with his pants undone and pain in his anus and buttocks.

The new plaintiff claims his parents later realized something was wrong. She said she told them what was alleged and they “were afraid of the possible consequences of reporting the abuse.” She claimed she suffered from severe depression and anxiety and had to be homeschooled after the alleged incident.

“The attorney behind this case is more interested in media attention than facts, as evidenced by his constant press coverage and 1-800 number,” Combs’ media team wrote. Rolling stone On Monday. “As we have said before, Mr. Combs cannot respond to every new publicity attempt, even those that are seemingly ridiculous or provably false. Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts and integrity of the judicial process. “The truth will prevail in court: Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone, male or female, adult or minor.”

In a second lawsuit, also filed Monday in state court in Manhattan, one of the John Doe plaintiffs claims she was 17 when she attended three days of tryouts in 2008. The Making of the Band. She alleges that on the first day, Combs began fondling and fondling her during a private meeting while asking her how she would handle “sexual coercion” situations in the music industry. She says that during another private conversation a day later, Combs claimed that he forced her to perform oral sex and sodomized her.

Plaintiff John Doe alleges that Combs and a bodyguard attacked him together on the third day; Combs frames the attack as a test of his “willingness to do whatever it takes to succeed in the music industry,” the lawsuit says. He claims that his obvious discomfort with the incident led to his elimination from the competition.

Combs’ current legal troubles date back to when his ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura sued him last November. Bombshell rape and sex trafficking case against him. Combs settled in Ventura within 24 hours. In the disturbing complaint, Ventura accused Combs of repeatedly using physical violence and forcing her to participate in highly choreographed, drug-fueled sexual encounters that were dubbed “freaks.”

A week after Ventura’s case made headlines around the world, two more women came forward with rape allegations. Numerous individuals filed similar lawsuits in the following months, sparked by a parallel criminal investigation. Combs’ indictment by grand jury last month. Embattled music mogul, 54, He did not admit his guilt. His trial will begin next May.

On Friday, the judge presiding over Combs’ criminal case issued an order saying he expects all parties to abide by the rules of evidence and to keep sensitive, nonpublic information about Combs’ criminal case confidential until trial. U.S. District Court Judge Arun Subramanian in the Southern District of New York issued his order after Combs’ lawyers accused federal officials of leaking information to the media.

“To be clear, this decision is not based on a finding of any impropriety to date, as the court has not made any findings at this point regarding the defendant’s allegations that information about the case was leaked,” the judge said. wrote. “The purpose of this order is to ensure that nothing happens that would hinder a fair trial from now on.”

If convicted, Combs faces a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison.

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