Sean 'Diddy' Combs' faces six new sexual abuse lawsuits

The Star

Sean "Diddy" Combs was confronted with six new sexual abuse lawsuits on Monday (Oct 14), including one accusing the rap mogul of assaulting a minor.   The civil lawsuits were filed a month after Combs was criminally charged for what prosecutors describe as a long-running scheme of sex trafficking and racketeering.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news  SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar  LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

Transcript

00:00Rap mogul Sean Diddy Combs faced fresh allegations of sexual abuse on Monday.

00:08Six new civil lawsuits were filed by anonymous plaintiffs in New York federal court, including

00:14one man who accuses Combs of assaulting him when he was a minor.

00:18The man says he was 16 years old when Combs sexually assaulted him at a party at the Hamptons

00:22mansion back in 1998.

00:25Another's lawsuits accuse Combs of decades of abuse, alleging he, quote, molested, raped,

00:31assaulted, threatened and coerced women, men and minors for sexual gratification to assert

00:37dominance and to conceal his abhorrent conduct.

00:41The Monday filings were from a Houston-based lawyer named Tony Busby, who has said he is

00:46representing 120 people who accuse Combs of abuse.

00:50His law firm said in a statement that it plans to file additional lawsuits against Combs

00:55in the coming weeks.

00:57Monday's civil suits were filed a month after Combs was criminally charged with sex trafficking

01:02and racketeering, with his trial set for May 5 next year, and with a judge denying him

01:07bail last week.

01:09Combs' lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.

01:14The rapper has denied wrongdoing in other civil cases against him and pleaded not guilty

01:19in his criminal case.

01:25For more information visit www.FEMA.gov

Category

Transcript

Recommended