Sean Combs, the rapper and mogul referred to as Diddy, was sued Monday by a music producer who accused the hip-hop mogul of sexually assaulting him and forcing him to have intercourse with prostitutes.
The go well with, filed in federal courtroom in New York, accuses Combs of repeated cases of unsolicited groping and sexual touching. It additionally says the person needed to work in a rest room whereas Combs showered and walked round bare.
A lawyer for Combs known as the occasions described within the lawsuit “pure fiction”.
“We’ve got overwhelming, indeniable proof that his claims are full lies,” mentioned Combs’s legal professional Shawn Holley. “We’ll deal with these outlandish allegations in courtroom and take all applicable motion towards those that make them,” he added.
A lawyer, Tyrone Blackburn, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the producer, didn’t instantly return an e-mail searching for remark.
Within the lawsuit, the producer claims Combs made him solicit prostitutes and pressured him to have intercourse with them. It additionally described a time when the producer awakened in mattress with two intercourse employees, suspecting he had been drugged.
The authorized declare is one in all a number of sexual assault lawsuits filed towards Combs in current months, together with a lawsuit from the R&B singer Cassie that was settled final yr. One other of Combs’s accusers was a lady who alleged the rap producer raped her 20 years in the past when she was 17. She additionally accused Harve Pierre, president of Combs’s label Dangerous Boy Information, and an unidentified man.
Combs has denied these allegations in December, saying: “Let me be completely clear: I didn’t do any of the terrible issues being alleged. I’ll battle for my identify, my household and for the reality.”
