More than 100 people are suing the rapper – 2024-10-02 07:43:51

Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested in late September. He is accused of sex trafficking, extortion and prostitution MPNC, AOP

More than a hundred people are suing Sean “Diddy” Combs for sexual assault, rape and sexual assault, a Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee told a press conference on Tuesday.

Buzbee says that some of the alleged victims of sexual crimes are children as young as nine years old.

– This is an important issue that we intend to push forward aggressively, Buzbee told reporters.

The legal actions published by Buzbee are the latest against Combs. According to Buzbee, the total number of alleged victims he represents is 120, half of whom are men and half are women. The alleged victims are from 25 states across the United States.

The accusations span from 1991 until this year. According to Buzbee, most of the cases happened after 2015.

Buzbee says most of the plaintiffs allege they were raped at a party hosted by Combs. The party was supposed to be, among other things, an album release party, a New Year’s Eve celebration or an Independence Day celebration. Some of the plaintiffs claim to have been in auditions.

– Especially young people aspiring to the industry were forced to do such things in exchange for promises that they would be made into stars or that Combs would listen to their tapes, says Buzbee.

Buzbee clarifies that it is not a class action, but the cases of all the alleged victims are handled individually.

The attorney representing Combs Erica Wolff tells the BBC that the rapper denies all the allegations, calling them “false and defamatory”.

Combs was arrested in late September and booked into jail to await trial. He was charged with sex trafficking, extortion and prostitution. The artist has been facing accusations since 2009.

According to the prosecutor, Combs, among other things, lured and forced women to have sex with sex workers. Combs wanted to watch and record the act himself, sometimes without the knowledge of the parties.