Famous person rapper and music business mogul Sean Combs has been sued by a former grownup movie star for sexual assault and intercourse trafficking, court docket filings confirmed.
Combs is the goal of a number of civil lawsuits that characterize him as a violent sexual predator who used alcohol and medicines to subdue his victims, and his properties have been raided this 12 months by federal brokers.
The hip-hop artist, referred to as each Puff Daddy or Diddy, used actress Adria English as a “sexual pawn for the pleasure and monetary advantage of others” throughout his lavish “White Events” within the Hamptons and Florida between 2004 and 2009, the criticism alleges.
The newest lawsuit, filed in Manhattan on Wednesday (Jul 3), brings to 9 the variety of claims in opposition to Combs since November 2023.
“Given all of the courageous people who’ve come ahead in opposition to Defendant Combs, (English) is doing the identical,” the criticism mentioned.
English is searching for a jury trial and undisclosed damages, in response to her criticism.
“Resulting from these quite a few lawsuits filed in opposition to Defendant Combs alleging the identical or comparable acts, there’s now a rising consciousness that Defendant Combs was participating in much more sinister acts than beforehand recognized together with bodily abuse and intercourse trafficking,” the criticism says.
In March armed brokers entered Combs’ sprawling luxurious properties in Miami and Los Angeles, a closely publicised bicoastal operation that instructed an investigation into the rapper is underway.
Disturbing surveillance video emerged in Could displaying Combs bodily assaulting his then-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, corroborating allegations she made in a now-settled lawsuit late final 12 months.
Ventura sued Combs in federal court docket final fall, a bombshell swimsuit that was settled out of court docket however succeeded by a string of equally lurid sexual assault claims in opposition to the hip-hop star.
Combs has vehemently denied all accusations in opposition to him. His lawyer didn’t instantly reply to an AFP request for touch upon the newest lawsuit.