10 lawsuits anticipated in opposition to rapper in coming days, accusers’ lawyer says

Imprisoned rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs is predicted to face greater than 10 new civil lawsuits within the coming days, based on a lawyer who represents dozens of accusers.

The announcement from Tony Buzbee got here as he filed one other authorized case in New York on behalf of an unnamed male, who claims he was assaulted by the music mogul in 2015.

The lawsuit states the accuser, a 23-year-old man, was acting at an occasion that Combs attended, after which was drugged at an afterparty and assaulted.

Attorneys for the Combs denied the allegations in opposition to him – which has included drugging, assaulting and raping folks. He is additionally going through federal costs of racketeering and intercourse trafficking, to which he has pleaded not responsible.

“Mr. Combs and his authorized staff have full confidence within the details and the integrity of the judicial course of,” the attorneys mentioned in a press release to the BBC about this case. “In courtroom, the reality will prevail: that Mr. Combs by no means sexually assaulted or trafficked anybody—man or lady, grownup or minor.”

Mr Buzbee, who is predicated out of Texas, has performed a key function in quite a few circumstances in opposition to Combs over the previous yr, together with one which additionally named Jay-Z as a defendant (Jay Z has denied these allegations and requested the courtroom to dismiss the case).

Mr Buzbee mentioned he plans to file greater than 10 lawsuits within the subsequent seven to 10 days, as a deadline approaches on 1 March in New York – the final day of a regulation that enables victims of previous sexual assault to file civil lawsuits, regardless of an expired statute of limitations.

The brand new lawsuit stems again to 2015 when the plaintiff secured a possibility to carry out at a nightclub within the Los Angeles space, the place Combs was in attendance.

Combs’ affiliate knowledgeable the accuser that the rapper had heard of his expertise and can be watching, the lawsuit states. He was instructed that if he carried out properly, Combs is likely to be all in favour of discussing a take care of Dangerous Boy Data – a profitable file label the rapper based in 1993.

After what the plaintiff believed to be an “wonderful efficiency”, he was invited to attend an afterparty, the place the VIP part contained “numerous bottles of Combs’ vodka, Ciroc,” in addition to “substances akin to marijuana, cocaine, and ecstasy”, the lawsuit states.

An affiliate of the music mogul handed the accuser a drink, saying it was from Combs. After consuming it, the plaintiff “rapidly felt lightheaded” and realised he had been “drugged”, the lawsuit states. He then misplaced consciousness.

The lawsuit states that whereas he drifted out and in, he noticed Combs and his entourage allegedly partaking in “group sexual exercise” with attendees who appeared “both drugged, unconscious, or as in the event that they had been paid escorts.”

He mentioned he woke as much as being assaulted by Combs, the lawsuit states. When he tried to depart, Combs’ safety intervened and the rapper threatened to derail his profession possibilities, the lawsuit alleges.

Combs is at present going through greater than 30 civil lawsuits alleging sexual assault and misconduct. He is at present in a New York jail awaiting a federal prison trial on intercourse trafficking and racketeering.