Sean Combs, also called P Diddy, has been named in a lawsuit that alleges his son sexually assaulted a girl engaged on a yacht chartered by his father.
The swimsuit alleges Combs created the circumstances that led to the assault and paid to cowl it up afterwards.
It’s the newest in a string of significant allegations in opposition to the rapper in current months, all of which he denies.
Grace O’Marcaigh, who labored as a crew member and a bartender on the boat, alleged Combs’ son Christian “King” Combs pressured her to drink tequila she believed was spiked with different medicine.
He groped her breasts and genitals and tried to drive her to carry out oral intercourse, in accordance with the lawsuit.
Individuals who allege sexual abuse usually are not usually named, nonetheless, Ms O’Marcaigh got here ahead publicly and consented to being named by her legal professionals.
Aaron Dyer, a lawyer for Sean and Christian Combs, known as the lawsuit “lewd and meritless.”
“We will likely be submitting a movement to dismiss this outrageous declare,” he stated in a press release.
The alleged incident began within the ship’s music studio, which had microphones operating that captured an trade between the 2.
Ms O’Marcaigh, who was 25 on the time, stated Christian Combs, then 24, had come again drunk and was insistent she took pictures of tequila, which she drank out of obligation.
The swimsuit alleged he turned more and more aggressive, violently grabbing her arm as she tried to get out of the state of affairs then groping her. The lawsuit features a transcript the place she calls for he stops touching her.
The lawsuit stated Ms O’Marcaigh suspected the alcohol was spiked as every little thing rapidly turned blurry.
It alleged the assault continued within the yacht’s cinema, which was getting used as a spare sleeping area and the place Ms O’Marcaigh was looking for someplace to sleep, earlier than one other crew member appeared and he stopped.
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Sean Combs, who chartered the yacht throughout the Christmas interval in 2022, “had full management of the employees and premises” and created circumstances the place Ms O’Marcaigh’s assault was not solely tolerated however inspired, the lawsuit stated.
Ms O’Marcaigh stated she instructed the yacht’s captain in regards to the assault within the morning, however she alleged after Sean Combs gave him a considerable amount of money, the captain did not meaningfully examine or take any motion.
The swimsuit stated she was finally fired in retaliation and has since been unable to seek out work within the music business the place she had deliberate to construct a profession, and has suffered extreme emotional trauma.
