Sean “Diddy” Combs.
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A new lawsuit alleges Sean “Diddy” Combs participated in the “gang rape” of a high school student.He denies the allegations.It’s the fourth lawsuit accusing him of sexual misconduct in less than a month.
Sean “Diddy” Combs now faces his fourth sexual misconduct lawsuit in three weeks — this time from a woman who says she was raped as a teenager.
A woman alleges Combs, his longtime producing partner Harve Pierre, and an unnamed third man raped her in 2003 when she was a 17-year-old high school junior.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday under a “Jane Doe” pseudonym, alleges the three “sex trafficked and gang raped” her after meeting her in Detroit, where she lived, and flying her to their studio in New York City on a private jet.
“While at the studio, Mr. Combs and his associates, including Mr. Pierre, plied Ms. Doe with drugs and alcohol. As the night wore on, the 17-year-old Ms. Doe became more and more inebriated, eventually to the point that she could not possibly have consented to having sex with anyone, much less someone twice her age,” the lawsuit says. “While at the studio, Ms. Doe was gang raped by Mr. Combs, the Third Assailant and Mr. Pierre, in that order.”
Over the past month, Combs has been accused of sexual misconduct in three other lawsuits, and a co-defendant in another suit brought against Pierre.
The first of those lawsuits was brought by Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, an R&B singer who alleged Combs sexually abused her during a years long relationship. The two settled the lawsuit a day after it was filed.
Wednesday’s lawsuit is brought by Wigdor LLP, the same law firm that represented Ventura in her case.
In a statement provided to media outlets, Combs denied the allegations against him, declaring, “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH” and that he “will fight for my name, my family and for the truth.”
“For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy,” he said. “Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday.”
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