Sean “Diddy” Combs faces one of two lawsuits filed Monday alleging he drugged and sexually assaulted a 10-year-old boy in a New York City hotel room in 2005. has been charged with the matter.
In a second lawsuit, the jailed hip-hop mogul is accused of similarly assaulting a 17-year-old potential contestant on the reality show Making the Band in 2008.
The lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court is the latest in a series of lawsuits in which accusers allege Combs sexually assaulted them at parties and gatherings over the past 20 years.
Combs’ lawyers on Monday denied the two new allegations and accused plaintiff’s attorney Anthony Buzbee, who also represented the accuser in an earlier lawsuit, of seeking publicity.
“Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process,” the emailed statement said. “The truth will prevail in court: Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone, male or female, adult or minor.”
Combs, 54, is in a New York City jail after pleading not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges contained in an indictment that was unsealed the day after his arrest on September 16th. The charges include coercing and abusing the women and silencing them through threats and violence.
The 10-year-old, whose identity is not disclosed in the lawsuit, is an aspiring actor and rapper who had traveled from California with his parents for a meeting with music industry representatives. According to the complaint, during what was supposed to be Combs’ audition, Combs’ associates gave her a drug-laced soda and she was sexually assaulted by the Bad Boy Records founder.
The boy eventually lost consciousness. When Combs woke up, he threatened to severely harm the child’s parents if they told anyone what had happened, the filing said.
In the second lawsuit, an unidentified 17-year-old male claims that Combs forced him to engage in sexual acts with Combs and his bodyguard during a three-day audition for the television show “Making the Band,” which Combs produced. did.
According to the application, when he expressed reluctance as a would-be contestant, he was removed from the contest and was unable to return to the music industry for seven years.
Both lawsuits were filed under New York City’s Gender-Based Violence Victim Protection Act, which allows survivors to sue even if the statute of limitations has passed.
