Diddy sued for sexual misconduct by 120 new accusers, including 25 minors – News

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Sean Combs, aka Diddy, is facing a wave of sexual misconduct lawsuits from 120 new accusers, an attorney said.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Oct. 1, Texas attorney Tony Buzbee said he represents more than 100 accusers who have alleged sexual misconduct against Combs.

Of the 120 accusers, 25 were said to have been minors at the time of the alleged crimes. Buzbee explained: “This type of sexual assault, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation should never happen in the United States or anywhere else.”

Last month, Combs was arrested in New York City after being indicted by a federal grand jury. He was charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and transportation to engage in prostitution. The rapper is currently awaiting trial.

Now Combs faces a new batch of lawsuits from 60 men and 60 women who were between 9 and 38 years old at the time of alleged crimes, which allegedly occurred over a 33-year period from 1991 to 2024.

“We will expose the creators who enabled this behavior behind closed doors,” Buzbee said (via The Guardian). “We will pursue this case regardless of who the evidence relates to.”

“The biggest secret in the entertainment industry, which wasn’t actually a secret at all, has finally been revealed to the world. The wall of silence has now been broken.”

Combs has maintained his innocence throughout. His lawyer, Erica Wolff, said in response to the new claims (via Rolling stone) that Combs cannot address “every baseless accusation in what has become a reckless media circus.”

She added: “That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors, as false and defamatory.”

Buzbee said most of the cases will be filed in New York and Los Angeles, and claimed that more than 3,000 people have made allegations against Combs so far.

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(Via The Guardian)

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