Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused of molesting a 10-year-old boy in a New York City hotel room in 2005 in two lawsuits filed on Monday (October 28). Drugged and sexually assaulted.
A second lawsuit accuses the jailed hip-hop mogul of similarly assaulting a 17-year-old potential contestant on the reality TV show Form a band 2008.
The lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court is the latest in a wave of lawsuits by plaintiffs who claim they were sexually assaulted by Combs at parties and conferences over the past two decades.
Combs’ attorneys on Monday denied the two new allegations and accused plaintiffs’ attorney Anthony Buzbee, who also represented the plaintiffs in earlier lawsuits, of seeking publicity.
“Mr. Combs and his legal team remain confident in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process,” an emailed statement said. “In court, the truth will prevail: Mr. Coombs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone — man or woman, adult or minor.”
Combs, 54, was unsealed the day after his Sept. 16 arrest and was being held in a New York City jail after pleading not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges. The charges include accusations that he coerced and abused women and silenced his victims through blackmail and violence.
The 10-year-old boy, who is not named in the lawsuit, is an aspiring actor and rapper who traveled with his parents from California to meet with music industry representatives. The lawsuit alleges that during Combs’ audition, he was given a drug-laced soda by a co-worker and sexually assaulted by the Bad Boy Records founder.
The boy eventually lost consciousness. When Combs woke up, he threatened to seriously harm the child’s parents if he told anyone what happened, documents state.
In the second lawsuit, an unidentified 17-year-old male said Combs forced him to work with Combs and a bodyguard during a three-day audition period for Combs-produced TV show “Making the Band.” Have sex.
When the aspiring contestant expressed reservations, he was eliminated from the competition and barred from returning to music for seven years, documents say.
Both lawsuits were filed under New York City’s Gender Motivated Violence Victims Protection Act, which allows survivors to file lawsuits even after the statute of limitations has expired.