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Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with a brand new lawsuit by a girl who alleges he drugged and sexually assaulted her whereas she was a university pupil in 1991.
The grievance, filed on Thursday on the New York Supreme Courtroom, claims that the lady was a sufferer of “revenge porn” after the rap mogul recorded her throughout the alleged incident.
It comes one week after Mr Combs was accused of rape and repeated bodily abuse by his ex-partner, R&B singer Cassie.
Each instances have been filed beneath New York’s Grownup Survivors Act (ASA), which supplies survivors a one-year window to pursue civil litigation no matter when the abuse occurred. The act is because of expire on Friday.
The newest swimsuit filed in opposition to Mr Combs centres on an alleged interplay between him and Joi Dickerson-Neal on January 3 1991, when she was a pupil at Syracuse College. Ms Dickerson-Neal’s identification was confirmed to US shops by her representatives.
In response to the submitting, obtained by a number of US shops, Ms Dickerson-Neal mentioned she went to dinner “reluctantly” with Mr Combs at a restaurant in Harlem in New York Metropolis and that he later “deliberately drugged” her, leaving her unable to face or stroll.
They then drove to a music studio. When Ms Dickerson-Neal couldn’t exit the automotive, Mr Combs allegedly took her to a spot he was staying to sexually assault her, the swimsuit said.
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Ms Dickerson-Neal recalled feeling “humiliated and harm, but she couldn’t escape the assault,” and since she had been allegedly drugged, she mentioned she “lacked the bodily potential or psychological capability to fend Combs off,” the paperwork said.
In response to US shops, the grievance additionally alleges Ms Dickerson-Neal was the sufferer of “revenge porn,” accusing Mr Combs of recording the alleged sexual assault.
It added that the alleged incident had led to Ms Dickerson-Neal being hospitalised for extreme despair and suicidal ideation, and later dropping out of school.
“As Combs’ success and wealth rose rapidly, she tried to dam his existence out,” the grievance learn, per US shops. “Looking for accountability from Combs beneath the regulation is yet one more step in that journey.”
Dangerous Boy Information and Combs Enterprises are additionally reportedly listed as defendants within the swimsuit.
In a press release which referred to the ASA, shared withThe Impartial, a spokesperson for Mr Combs mentioned: “This last-minute lawsuit is an instance of how a well-intentioned regulation could be turned on its head.
“Ms Dickerson’s 32-year-old story is made up and never credible. Mr Combs by no means assaulted her, and she or he implicates firms that didn’t exist. That is purely a cash seize and nothing extra.”
Final week, the music mogul’s former associate Cassie, actual identify Cassandra Ventura, filed a separate swimsuit alleging that Mr Combs launched her “to a way of life of extreme alcohol and substance abuse” and compelled her to have intercourse with quite a few male prostitutes whereas he filmed the encounters.
The pair reportedly ended their relationship in 2018 after 10 years collectively.
The brand new lawsuit comes one week after Mr Combs was accused of rape and repeated bodily abuse by his ex-partner, R&B singer Cassie
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In a press release shared with The Impartial, Ms Ventura mentioned: “After years in silence and darkness, I’m lastly prepared to inform my story, and to talk up on behalf of myself and for the advantage of different ladies who face violence and abuse of their relationships.
“With the expiration of New York’s Grownup Survivors Act quick approaching, it turned clear that this was a possibility to talk up concerning the trauma I’ve skilled and that I can be recovering from for the remainder of my life.”
In response to Ms Ventura’s claims, a lawyer for Mr Combs, Ben Brafman, instructed The Impartial: “Mr Combs vehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations.
“For the previous six months, Mr Combs has been subjected to Ms Ventura’s persistent demand of $30m, beneath the specter of writing a harmful e book about their relationship, which was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail.
“Regardless of withdrawing her preliminary menace, Ms Ventura has now resorted to submitting a lawsuit riddled with baseless and outrageous lies, aiming to tarnish Mr Combs’s popularity and in search of a payday.”
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