Wednesday, October 02, 2024 - Music mogul, Sean “Diddy” Combs is now facing even more allegations of s3xual misconduct.
On Tuesday, Tony Buzbee, a Texas-based attorney, revealed at
a press conference that he is representing 120 accusers who allege misconduct
against Combs over the course of two decades.
“We will expose the enablers who enabled this conduct behind
closed doors. We will pursue this matter no matter who the evidence
implicates,” Buzbee said in the press conference.
“The biggest secret in the entertainment industry, that
really wasn’t a secret at all, has finally been revealed to the world. The wall
of silence has now been broken.”
Andrew Van Arsdale, one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys,
told the Washington Post that the forthcoming filings
were “unprecedented in scope” and included allegations from both men and women,
who ranged in age from nine to 38 at the time of the alleged attacks.
Van Arsdale added that there will be 120 individual lawsuits
filed in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami in the coming weeks.
In his preview of lawsuits to come, Buzbee said “many
powerful people ... many dirty secrets”. He added that his team has “collected
pictures, video, texts”.
The lawyer said he’s had more than 3,000 individuals come
forward to his office with accusations against Combs and that he plans to begin
filing lawsuits in various states.
Buzbee said that the new civil claims against Combs will
include “violent sexual assault or rape, facilitated sex with a controlled
substance, dissemination of video recordings, sexual abuse of minors”.
He added: “It’s a long list already, but because of the
nature of this case, we are going to make sure damn sure we are right before we
do that. These names will shock you.”
The lawyer broke down the new claimants as 62% African
American, from more than 25 states. He also said that 25 of the accusers were
minors at the time of the incidents occurring as early as 1991, with one as
young as nine at the time.
Separately, the New York Post reported Tuesday
that a sexually explicit video of Combs and another A-list celebrity was
allegedly being “shopped around”.
Combs, 54, has been locked up at the Metropolitan Detention
Center in Brooklyn since pleading not guilty on Sept. 17 to federal charges
that he used his "power and prestige" to induce female victims into
drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances with male sex workers in
events dubbed "Freak Offs."
Combs has pleaded not guilty to federal racketeering
conspiracy and sex trafficking. His attorney said he is innocent and will fight
to clear his name. Combs is being held in the federal detention center in
Brooklyn until his trial.
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