Sean “Diddy” Combs has extra bother coming his approach it appears.
The rap mogul is concerned in a protracted court docket dispute because of a lot of new accusations of sexual abuse. Tony Buzbee, a widely known lawyer in Texas, revealed that he’s defending 120 individuals, together with 25 minors, who’ve come ahead with startling allegations of abuse that span greater than 25 years.
At a press convention that was streamed on-line, Buzbee shared harrowing particulars of the alleged abuse, a few of which concerned kids as younger as 9 years previous. In keeping with him, the claims have undergone rigorous vetting and corroboration.
Amongst Buzbee’s clientele are victims who have been minors through the stated incidents, numbering 60 males and 60 girls. In a single occasion, a 9-year-old baby claimed to have been sexually assaulted by Combs and different individuals in his Manhattan Dangerous Boy studios whereas he was pursuing a file deal. Combs allegedly threatened to make one other younger boy interact in sexual exercise away from his dad and mom.
The claims additionally embody a 15-year-old woman who was allegedly drugged and raped at a celebration in New York Metropolis. In keeping with Buzbee, such occasions — together with album launch events, New 12 months’s Eve celebrations, and Combs’ notorious ‘White Events’ — have been usually the settings the place these alleged assaults occurred. “All have been looking for both TV or some form of music profession with guarantees of, you realize, ‘We’re going to make you a star,” Buzbee stated. “As an alternative, mainly, [Combs] did issues to them so that they don’t wish to have something to do with the leisure business ever once more,” he stated.
“I count on that by this course of, many highly effective individuals will likely be uncovered,” Buzbee stated, declining to call any names. “A few of this behaviour occurred at non-public residences of those that everyone knows. … The names that we’re going to call, assuming that our investigators verify and corroborate what we’ve been instructed, are names that can shock you,” Buzbee stated.
Diddy’s Assertion:
In a press release to Rolling Stone, Combs’ lawyer, Erica Wolff, stated the music mogul denies the allegations. “As Mr. Combs’ authorized staff has emphasised, he can not deal with each meritless allegation in what has develop into a reckless media circus. That stated, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any declare that he sexually abused anybody, together with minors. He appears to be like ahead to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court docket if and when claims are filed and served, the place the reality will likely be established based mostly on proof, not hypothesis,” Wolff stated.
Diddy is at the moment behind bars on prices of racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking by pressure, fraud, or coercion, and transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
