Trigger warning: Article mentions rape and abuse.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been named a defendant in another sexual assault lawsuit filed against him in New York by an unidentified Jane Doe. In the complaint obtained by People, the plaintiff claims that the music mogul raped her in 2000 when she was a 16-year-old high school student.
The accuser said she lived with her parents in Lower Manhattan at the time and worked as a babysitter in an apartment building where Combs’ unnamed romantic partner also lived. She says she encountered Diddy and two other men who apparently worked for her in the same structure.
According to People, Combs repeatedly asked the plaintiff if she wanted to go home, before finally getting into his car after she refused multiple times.
The plaintiff says that she first became concerned when she was not dropped at her given address but was taken to a different location. She claims she was offered a drink to “calm down”, which left her feeling “depressed” and “unstable”. The plaintiff alleges that Combs raped her.
Combs has now been named a defendant in more than 30 lawsuits accusing him of sexual misconduct.
Combs’ attorneys denied the allegations in a statement to People.
His legal team said, “No matter how many lawsuits are filed, it will not change the fact that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone – male or female, adult or minor.” “We live in a world where anyone can file a lawsuit for any reason. Fortunately, a fair and impartial judicial process exists to determine the truth, and Mr. Combs is confident he will prevail in court.
Combs is currently incarcerated in the Brooklyn Detention Center as he awaits trial on federal sex crime charges, scheduled for May. He has declared himself innocent of all the charges against him.
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