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A workforce of legal professionals introduced that it plans to file greater than 100 sexual assault lawsuits in opposition to Sean Combs, higher often called Diddy.
The announcement marks yet one more authorized battle for the embattled music mogul. He had been going through collection of civil lawsuits plagued him for months, accusing him of intercourse trafficking, sexual abuse and rape. His authorized woes got here to a crescendo when federal brokers arrested Diddy in September on intercourse trafficking and racketeering expenses. He has denied all of the allegations in opposition to him.
“The largest secret within the leisure business, that basically wasn’t a secret in any respect, has lastly been revealed to the world,” Tony Buzbee, one of many lead attorneys, stated at a Tuesday press convention. “The wall of silence has now been damaged and victims are coming ahead.”
He stated his agency represents 120 people who’re accusing Diddy and his associates. Twenty 5 of the victims had been minors when the alleged acts within the complaints occurred, the lawyer stated. The youngest was 9 years previous.
Many of the complaints shall be filed in New York, Los Angeles, or in Miami. The laundry record of accusations in opposition to the music mogul embody “violent sexual assault or rape, sexual abuse, facilitated intercourse with a managed substance, false imprisonment, compelling prostitution, sexual misconduct, dissemination of video recordings… and sexual abuse of minors,” Buzbee stated.
Most of the complaints stemmed from situations that occurred at events, specifically after events, in addition to motels, well-known music venues, and even at auditions, the place folks had been “coerced into this kind of conduct” whereas attempting to interrupt into the music business, the lawyer stated. The conduct spans from 1991 via 2024.
He expects to start out submitting the circumstances inside the subsequent 30 days.
Buzbee urged different victims to return ahead: “If you’re a sufferer, you aren’t alone.”
Federal brokers arrested the music mogul in mid-September on racketeering and intercourse trafficking expenses. A decide denied his bail, ordering the rapper to stay in federal custody on the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn whereas awaiting trial.
“We’ll expose the enablers who enabled this conduct behind closed doorways. We’ll pursue this matter irrespective of who the proof implicates,” Buzbee stated.
One other lawyer, Andrew Van Arsdale, commented on the sheer quantity of claims that they had acquired: “By no means ever in a 10-day interval have we seen over 3,000 folks come ahead.” They’ve chosen to signify 120 of them and greater than 100 extra to vet.
The Impartial has reached out to Diddy’s lawyer for touch upon the announcement.
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