Sean “Diddy” Combs was accused by three more men of rape and sexual assault in lawsuits filed in Manhattan on Thursday, adding to dozens of disturbing allegations against the jailed hip-hop mogul.
The suits accuse Combs, who just turned 55, of drugging and sexually assaulting men as recently as 2022.
A man who says he met Combs through an associate alleges he fell victim “to one or more criminal sex acts” by Combs and his entourage between 2020 and 2022. He alleges that at a summer party at Combs’ East Hampton mansion in 2020, a few drinks rendered him unconscious, and he spent the night fading “in and out of consciousness” as Combs and his associates took turns anally raping him.
Sean “Diddy” Combs (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Another one of the men, who says he first met Combs in 2006 when he was hired to run errands for him, alleges he was drugged and raped by Combs in February 2020 after an assistant for the larger-than-life recording executive set up a meeting at the InterContinental hotel in Times Square to discuss money he was owed for jobs.
When the man arrived at Combs’ suite, nobody was there but Combs, who urged him to drink with him, the suit alleges. Combs’ former errands assistant alleges he became excessively tired and fell asleep on the couch, later waking up to find himself on his stomach and bent over while Combs sodomized him.
When he tried to resist, the man claims Combs told him to “stop” and said he was “almost done.” The victim threatened to call the police, and Combs told him he’d “look like an idiot” if he did so, the suit alleges.
A third man says he met Combs in 2019 at Marquee nightclub on 10th Ave. near W. 27th St. through a club promoter friend, Andrew. The man alleges Combs’ security guards invited him to Combs’ afterparty at the Park Hyatt hotel on W. 57th St. near 7th Ave.
Park Hyatt New York (Google Maps)
After arriving and drinking half a cocktail Combs prepared Combs allegedly ushered him and others into the bedroom, when the victim’s suit says the room “started spinning.”
The suit alleges the victim told Combs he felt unwell, and Combs told him to sit down before telling others present that he was “ready to party.” He similarly describes falling in and out of consciousness and waking to Combs raping him.
“During [a] brief moment of consciousness, plaintiff noticed that while he was being sexually assaulted by [Combs] on the sectional sofa, there was a man and a woman sitting on the bed recording the rape on a camera,” the suit reads.
When the victim awoke the following day, Combs was gone, and people who had been recording the assault handed him $2,500 in cash, the suit claims.
The suits, all filed by anonymous John Does in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, seek unspecified damages and name Combs, Bad Boy Entertainment, Sony and various business entities associated with the mogul as defendants. The cases were filed under New York City’s Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, and they list multiple claims, including sexual assault, sexual battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Defense attorney Thomas Giuffra represents the three men. He could not be reached for comment.
Musician Jay-Z stands on the field before an NFL football game between the Washington Commanders and Dallas Cowboys, on Nov. 24, 2024, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
The suits add to nearly 40 brought against the prolific hip-hop producer by men and women alleging sexual assault and drugging incidents dating back decades. One outstanding civil case recently accused rapper Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter of raping a 13-year-old girl with Combs in 2000, which Carter has vehemently denied.
They come as Combs awaits trial on sex trafficking charges carrying a potential decades-long sentence at Brooklyn’s federal jail after repeated failed attempts to be released on a $50 million bond.
In his criminal case, Combs is accused of using his vast business empire to facilitate the sexual abuse and coercion of women he drugged and forced to participate in violent sexual performances dubbed “freak offs.”
Sean Combs and Cassie Ventura arrive for the Met Gala on May 7, 2018, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
The Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office alleges Combs recorded the depraved abuse sessions for blackmail purposes and that he and associates engaged in forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice. He has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and interstate transportation to engage in prostitution.
Disturbing allegations against Combs first exploded into public view in November 2023, when his ex-partner, R&B singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, accused him in a lawsuit demanding $30 million of “savage” beatings, drugging her, and forcing her to sleep with other men. Combs settled the suit the next day. The following May, CNN published footage of Combs violently assaulting Ventura at a Manhattan hotel in 2016, prompting him to apologize publicly.
Reached for comment Thursday, a representative for Combs said, “These complaints are full of lies. We will prove them false and seek sanctions against every unethical lawyer who filed fictional claims against him.”
