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Diddy lawsuits: More and more people, including minors, are coming forward and accusing hip-hop mogul of sexual assault

Another six people have come forward Sean “Diddy” Combs by assault, adding to the already long list of lawsuits filed against the hip-hop mogul.

At least six additional lawsuits were filed against Combs, 54, on Monday in a federal court in Manhattan, New York. All were submitted anonymously by two women and four men, all identified only as Jane Does and John Does.

Combs remained incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after pleading not guilty to federal charges on September 17.

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Sean “Diddy” Combs attends Day 1 of Invest Fest 2023 at the Georgia World Congress Center on August 26, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

What did the new lawsuits say?

One of the John Does, a North Carolina man, accused Combs of fondling his genitals when he was just 16 at one of the rapper’s famous white parties in the Hamptons on Long Island in 1998.

In another lawsuit filed by one of the Jane Does, Combs is alleged to have raped the woman in a locked hotel room in 2004 after inviting her and a friend there to a party. They were given drinks and instructed to snort cocaine.

The woman, who was a freshman at the time, alleged that Combs then forced her and her boyfriend to perform oral sex on him and that he threatened to kill them both if they did not comply.

The other Jane Doe alleges that Combs violently assaulted and raped her in a bathroom at a party for the late rapper Biggie Smalls’ music video, “One More Chance,” in 2005.

According to the woman, Combs took her to the bathroom to talk privately and then unexpectedly started kissing her. When she tried to pull away, she claims, he slammed her head into the wall, causing her to fall to the floor. The woman said she tried to escape, but Combs hit her again and raped her.

Afterwards, according to the woman, Combs casually adjusted his clothes and told her, “You better not tell anyone about this or you’ll disappear.”

In another John Doe lawsuit, a man who worked as a security guard at Combs’ Hamptons white party in 2006 claims the star gave him an alcoholic drink that he believed was laced with a drug that made him feel extremely ill felt. The man claims Combs then pushed him into a van, held him down and sexually assaulted him.

In the other lawsuits filed Monday, Combs is accused of forcing a man to perform oral sex on him in the storage room of Macy’s flagship store in Manhattan’s Herald Square in 2008, and of sexually assaulting a man at a party in October 2021. a drugged drink left him unable to fight back, remembers several men attacking him and clearly remembers seeing Combs standing naked above him at some point during the attack, his lawsuit said.

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Latest information on other lawsuits

The alleged victims in the six additional lawsuits filed Monday are part of a group of more than 100 other alleged victims pursuing legal action against Combs following his arrest for sex trafficking last month.

Houston attorney Tony Buzbee said he expects lawsuits to be filed within the next month, with most expected to be filed in New York and Los Angeles.

Buzbee described the victims as 60 men and 60 women, and that 25 were minors at the time of the alleged misconduct. One person claimed he was 9 years old when he was abused, Buzbee said. The allegations cover a period from 1991 to this year.

“This type of sexual assault, sexual abuse and exploitation should never happen in the United States or anywhere else. This should never have gone on for so long. This behavior has created a mass of individuals who are wounded, scared and scarred,” Buzbee said at a news conference.

Diddy denies the accusations

Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering and sex trafficking, alleging that he coerced and abused women for years with the help of a network of associates and employees, while silencing victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical abuse.

Combs’ lawyers have tried unsuccessfully to get the Bad Boy Records founder released on bail. He has been held in a federal prison in Brooklyn since his arrest on September 16.

Two judges have concluded that Combs would be a danger to the community if released from the Metropolitan Detention Center, a facility that has been plagued by violence and dysfunction for years. At a bail hearing three weeks ago, a judge rejected a proposed $50 million bail package that included home detention and electronic monitoring after concluding that Combs could tamper with witnesses and hinder an ongoing investigation.

On Friday, an appeals court judge denied Combs’ immediate release from jail while a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals weighs his bail request.

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