Sean “Diddy” Combs was formally served with an amended civil lawsuit, as clothier Bryana Bongolan pushes ahead with claims he assaulted her throughout a 2016 incident involving a Seventeenth-floor balcony and alleged bodily violence.
The revised grievance, filed October 14, was hand-delivered to the Metropolitan Detention Middle, the place the 55-year-old Hip-Hop mogul was being held on federal expenses.
Bongolan’s lawyer, James Nikraftar, confirmed the supply throughout a Los Angeles court docket listening to on Thursday (October 30).
“The method server has given [the documents] to the jail. We simply must get affirmation that he’s gotten it, however we expect he has them,” Nikraftar instructed Choose Mark H. Epstein.
The lawsuit facilities on disturbing allegations that Diddy groped Bongolan after which dangled her over the balcony of Cassie Ventura’s high-rise condominium in September 2016.
Bongolan, a longtime buddy of Ventura, claims the incident ended along with her being thrown into patio furnishings, leaving her with bodily accidents and lasting psychological trauma.
“I’ve night time terrors and paranoia and scream in my sleep,” Bongolan testified throughout Diddy’s felony trial earlier this 12 months.
The up to date submitting now consists of textual content messages between Ventura and Diddy’s former chief of workers, Kristina Khorram, dated September 30, 2016. Within the messages, Ventura described the alleged assault: “He got here into my home whereas my associates have been right here, and we have been all sleeping. They woke me up. He was ringing the bell loopy at 3 a m. And when he got here in, I went to my room, and he went to Bana and choked her, then dangled her ft off of the balcony.”
Diddy’s protection crew had earlier challenged the timeline, presenting resort receipts and efficiency information displaying he was in New York and New Jersey from September 24 to 29, together with a live performance in Newark.
In response, Bongolan’s authorized crew adjusted the date of the alleged assault to “in or about September 2016” reasonably than a particular day.
The lawsuit additionally names a number of company entities related to Diddy, together with Unhealthy Boy Data.
Choose Epstein scheduled a follow-up listening to for January 22 and emphasised the significance of guaranteeing all events are appropriately served. “Let’s see if we are able to guarantee that everyone seems to be served and responded by that point so we are able to begin setting dates,” he mentioned. “My suspicion is that by the point of trial, Mr. Combs will now not be in jail. It’s simply taking that lengthy.”
Diddy was sentenced on October 3 to 4 years and two months in jail after being convicted on two felony counts associated to prostitution. He was lately transferred from the Brooklyn facility to FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey. His authorized crew is now working to fast-track his attraction, arguing that he could full his sentence earlier than the attraction is even heard.
Combs’ attorneys haven’t responded to the most recent submitting. Nonetheless, in November 2023, his representatives issued an announcement denying Bongolan’s accusations: “Anybody has the correct to file a lawsuit, whatever the proof they could or could not have. Mr. Combs firmly denies these severe allegations and stays assured they may finally be confirmed baseless.”
The case is one in every of a number of authorized battles Diddy is presently going through. Many have been paused throughout his felony trial however at the moment are transferring ahead following his conviction and incarceration.
