More than a hundred people accuse Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of sexual abuse and exploitation

More than 100 victims — including one who was 9 years old at the time — are expected to file a lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs alleging sexual abuse and exploitation in cases that will expose “many powerful people,” attorneys announced Tuesday.

“I want to focus on the ages of these victims. When we talk about the ages of these victims when the behavior occurred, it is shocking,” Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee said during a press conference on Tuesday, Page Six reported.

The new wave of complaints from 120 plaintiffs was about evenly split by gender, spanned more than 30 years and included 25 minors, with one child reportedly as young as 9 when they were victimized, Buzbee said Tuesday in Houston, Texas.

More than a hundred people have accused Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of sexual abuse. Getty Images

The children the rapper allegedly abused were “looking for a TV or music career with the promise (from Combs) of ‘I’ll make you a star,'” Buzbee alleged.

Buzbee said his team has collected evidence, including photos, videos and text messages, that will help prove the alleged attacks and will implicate “a lot of powerful people” and reveal “a lot of dirty secrets.”

Buzbee said the notable names expected to appear “will shock you.”

“We will expose the factors that enabled this behavior behind closed doors. We will pursue this case regardless of who the evidence relates to,” the lawyer promised.

The new allegations are the latest in a series of claims against the 54-year-old founder of Bad Boy Records, who was arrested in New York two weeks ago on sex trafficking charges.

Here’s what we know about the allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs

Most of the new cases are expected to be filed in New York and Los Angeles and will be filed within the next month, Buzbee said.

Dozens of charges allege “forcible sexual assault or rape, facilitated sex with a controlled substance, distribution of video recordings (and) sexual abuse of minors,” the attorney added.

Attorney Tony Buzbee said at a news conference that one of the victims is a 9-year-old child. FOX 26 Houston

“This is an important case that we want to aggressively pursue,” Buzbee said.

“We will leave no stone unturned to find all potentially liable parties, including any person or entity that participated in or benefited from this egregious conduct.”

The federal indictment unsealed last month included disturbing allegations that Combs, 54, manipulated women and plied them with drugs to participate in his “Freak Offs,” or violent sex sessions that were sometimes recorded against their will.

Buzbee claimed the lawsuits will expose “the enablers” behind Combs. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg

Combs’ staff took part in organizing the violent sexcapades — and helped keep them secret, the indictment alleged.

Combs pleaded not guilty and is currently being held without bail in federal custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

Before Combs’ high-profile arrest at a Manhattan hotel, 12 people — including his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura — accused the hip-hop mogul of sexual assault in civil court.

Combs is currently being held without bail. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg

In May, unearthed surveillance footage from 2016 showed Combs viciously attacking Cassie in a hotel hallway.

“The heartbreaking video only further cemented Mr. Combs’ disturbing and predatory behavior,” Douglas H. Wigdor, an attorney for Ventura, said at the time.

“Words cannot express the courage and determination Ms. Ventura has shown in coming forward to expose this,” Wigdor added.

Attorney Ariel Mitchell-Kidd alleged that a shocking pornographic video of Combs and a “more high-profile” celebrity was being “shopped around” in Hollywood.

“I can see that the video was pornographic. This was at his home in Atlanta, and it appears the person is not watching the video. To me, it doesn’t appear that that person knows he or she is being videotaped,” Mitchell-Kidd told NewsNation.

Attorney Ariel Mitchell-Kidd claimed there was a pornographic video of Combs and a “more high-profile” celebrity “shopping around.” NewsNation

Mitchell-Kidd said she also planned to file a new lawsuit against Combs on behalf of a client who alleged she was raped by the music star in 2018.

“Combs sexually assaulted her with an inanimate object. …And then instructed another gentleman to sexually assault her while he watched and pleasured himself,” the attorney alleged.

It was not immediately clear whether the claims from Mitchell-Kidd’s clients were among those announced Tuesday.

Combs’ lawyers again maintained on Tuesday that their client is innocent.

“As Mr. Combs’ legal team has emphasized, he cannot address every baseless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus,” Combs’ attorney said in a statement.

“That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors, as false and defamatory. He looks forward to proving his innocence and defending himself in court as claims are filed and served, where the truth will be determined based on evidence, not speculation.”

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