Superstar rapper and music trade mogul Sean Combs has been sued by a former grownup movie star for sexual assault and intercourse trafficking, court docket filings confirmed.
Combs is the goal of a number of civil lawsuits that characterize him as a violent sexual predator who used alcohol and medicines to subdue his victims, and his houses had been raided this yr by federal brokers.
The hip-hop artist, often called each Puff Daddy or Diddy, used actress Adria English as a “sexual pawn for the pleasure and financial benefit of others” throughout his lavish “White Parties” within the Hamptons and Florida between 2004 and 2009, the grievance alleges.
The newest lawsuit, filed in Manhattan on Wednesday, brings to 9 the variety of claims in opposition to Combs since November 2023.
“Given all the brave individuals who have come forward against Defendant Combs, (English) is doing the same,” the grievance stated.
English is in search of a jury trial and undisclosed damages, in accordance with her grievance.
“Due to these numerous lawsuits filed against Defendant Combs alleging the same or similar acts, there is now a growing awareness that Defendant Combs was engaging in far more sinister acts than previously known including physical abuse and sex trafficking,” the grievance says.
In March armed brokers entered Combs’ sprawling luxurious properties in Miami and Los Angeles, a closely publicized bicoastal operation that steered an investigation into the rapper is underway.
Disturbing surveillance video emerged in May exhibiting Combs bodily assaulting his then-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, corroborating allegations she made in a now-settled lawsuit late final yr.
Ventura sued Combs in federal court docket final fall, a bombshell go well with that was settled out of court docket however succeeded by a string of equally lurid sexual assault claims in opposition to the hip-hop star.
Combs has vehemently denied all accusations in opposition to him. His lawyer didn’t instantly reply to an AFP request for touch upon the most recent lawsuit.
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