New lawsuits are coming against Sean “Diddy” Combs. According to the influential lawyer Tony Buzbee, who took it upon himself to represent the group of 120 plaintiffs who a few weeks ago had accused the record company and producer of multiple episodes of abuse and violence (among them, 25 were minors at the time of the events) , a “second wave” of possible victims is on the horizon. Buzbee said that charges will be filed this week against at least seven other people, who should remain anonymous and use the aliases of Joe and Jane Doe (the equivalent of Mario and Maria Rossi). Meanwhile, yesterday six alleged victims have already come forward, accusing Diddy of harassment and abuse that allegedly occurred between 2020 and 2022.
For example, how he writes Rolling Stonea personal trainer claims he was drugged the night the Bad Boy Entertainment founder was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards in June 2022. At the subsequent party, the man claims Combs asked him to sign a non-disclosure agreement and that, once done, he was handed a cocktail that would drug him. Then, his unconscious body was passed around «as a toy for the sexual pleasure of guests [Combs]».
The man claims he was taken to a small room where nearly a dozen people were engaged in group sex activity. After entering the room, the man reportedly began to feel “disoriented, dizzy and weak.” As the man “became aware of his significant deterioration,” Combs allegedly approached him and “removed his pants and began performing non-consensual oral sex on him,” the complaint states.
Diddy then allegedly ordered the man to perform oral sex on an unnamed celebrity, and due to a “drug haze,” the man “could not resist Combs' coercion and command,” the lawsuit states. The man claims he lost consciousness and woke up outside his apartment with no shirt, no phone and no idea how he got home.
Other allegations come from a woman, who says she was 13 years old when she was allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted by Combs, and an unidentified celebrity after the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000. (Buzbee said the unidentified VIPs mentioned in the unidentified documents were formally added to the defendants at this time).
Another plaintiff, a 29-year-old singer, claims she met Combs at a party in New York in December 2022. During the star-studded party, the woman claims she noticed widespread use of drugs, which were allegedly administered by hidden from guests by people who worked for Combs.
Combs was the host of the evening and would have approached the singer, chatting about her career and offering to collaborate on a song. At one point, Combs reportedly suggested going to his office to further discuss his music in private.
The singer claims that although she had only had one glass of wine, she began to feel disoriented at that point. Once alone in the office and “due to the effects of the drugged drink, Combs raped and sexually assaulted the plaintiff,” the lawsuit alleges. “The plaintiff was unable to prevent him, as if she were trapped in her body without participating and without resisting.”
The woman claims she woke up the next morning disoriented, with blood on her legs, bruises on her lips and footprints on her arms and wrists, leading her to believe she had been tied up with ropes. “As a result of this incident, Plaintiff suffered significant emotional distress and trauma,” the lawsuit alleges. “He continues to have to deal with the psychological and emotional consequences of the attack.”
A second man claims Combs sexually assaulted him during a promotional event for Cîroc, the French vodka brand taken over by Diddy, in 2022. The Los Angeles entrepreneur claims he met Combs while renting the mogul's luxury cars and jewelry. During an event, which he had decided to attend for networking purposes, Combs allegedly took the man into his private office for what he believed was a business conversation. “Intoxicated and acting strangely,” Combs allegedly exposed himself before groping the man's genitals, according to the complaint. “The situation escalated until another individual, professional athlete A., entered the office and intervened, which ended Combs’ assault,” the lawsuit states.
A fourth woman claims she met Combs in Las Vegas over Memorial Day weekend in 2014, including photos of Combs at an afterparty as part of her complaint. After taking a few sips of her drink provided by Combs, the woman says she began to feel nauseated and dizzy.
“Plaintiff recalls waking up the following morning feeling very groggy and in pain,” the lawsuit states. “Her whole body ached and she had difficulty moving. As soon as she woke up, she saw Combs in the corner of the room, shirtless, shouting loudly and animatedly to someone on the phone.” The woman says she was “horrified to realize she had been raped by Combs.”
As the number and weight of the charges against Diddy grew, his legal team (led by Mark Agnifilo) filed a motion with U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian on Sunday evening, asking for a gag order that would prohibit “further out-of-court statements by potential witnesses and their attorneys substantially interfering with Mr. Combs' right to due process.”
The latest developments in the Bad Boy founder's affair concerned an accusation by a woman who said she had been sexually assaulted for saying that, in her opinion, Diddy was implicated in the murder of Tupac Shakur; charges from six other people, filed just a week ago; and the request by Combs' lawyers to reveal the names of the alleged victims so as to prevent “further leaks.” The date of the first procedural hearing has been set for May 5, 2025.