Music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, presently awaiting trial on federal intercourse trafficking and racketeering costs, was slapped with a brand new lawsuit on Tuesday, accusing him of ‘drugging and raping’ a lady in 2001.
The lawsuit, filed in a New York federal court docket by Thalia Graves, alleges that Combs, alongside along with his bodyguard, Joseph Sherman, sexually assaulted her on the Dangerous Boy Information studio in Manhattan after drugging her.Graves claims she was given a drink that prompted her to lose consciousness, after which she awoke “sure and restrained” as Combs and Sherman “proceeded to brutally sexually abuse and violate her.”
In response to the grievance, Graves was lured to the studio by Combs below the pretence of discussing her boyfriend’s job efficiency on the label. Sherman, Combs’ bodyguard on the time, picked her up and introduced her to the studio, the place she was given a drink that left her feeling “lightheaded, dizzy, and bodily weak,” as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.Graves alleges that when she regained consciousness, she was bare, together with her fingers tied behind her again. Her lawyer, Gloria Allred, claims that the incident was recorded and offered as pornography. The lawsuit additionally alleges that Combs had a sample of non-consensually recording ladies whereas engaged in sexual acts and later promoting the movies.
In a textual content message referenced within the lawsuit, a Dangerous Boy artist corroborated the allegations, stating that Sherman was identified to promote pornography that includes himself and the ladies he assaulted.
That is the most recent in a collection of authorized battles for Combs, who’s already dealing with a number of lawsuits, together with one from singer Cassie Ventura, which led to a federal investigation into allegations of intercourse trafficking and racketeering. Most of the complaints in opposition to Combs recommend that staff and administrators of his companies had been conscious of and facilitated the alleged crimes.
Combs stays in jail the place he awaits trial.
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