Superstar rapper and music industry mogul Sean Combs has been sued by a former adult film star for sexual assault and sex trafficking, court filings showed.
Combs is the target of several civil lawsuits that characterize him as a violent sexual predator who used alcohol and drugs to subdue his victims, and his homes were raided this year by federal agents.
The hip-hop artist, known as both Puff Daddy or Diddy, used actress Adria English as a "sexual pawn for the pleasure and financial benefit of others" during his lavish "White Parties" in the Hamptons and Florida between 2004 and 2009, the complaint alleges.
The latest lawsuit, filed in Manhattan on Wednesday, brings to nine the number of claims against Combs since November 2023.
"Given all the brave individuals who have come forward against Defendant Combs, (English) is doing the same," the complaint said.
English is seeking a jury trial and undisclosed damages, according to her complaint.
"Due to these numerous lawsuits filed against Defendant Combs alleging the same or similar acts, there is now a growing awareness that Defendant Combs was engaging in far more sinister acts than previously known including physical abuse and sex trafficking," the complaint says.
In March armed agents entered Combs' sprawling luxury properties in Miami and Los Angeles, a heavily publicized bicoastal operation that suggested an investigation into the rapper is underway.
Disturbing surveillance video emerged in May showing Combs physically assaulting his then-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, corroborating allegations she made in a now-settled lawsuit late last year.
Ventura sued Combs in federal court last fall, a bombshell suit that was settled out of court but succeeded by a string of similarly lurid sexual assault claims against the hip-hop star.
Combs has vehemently denied all accusations against him. His lawyer did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment on the latest lawsuit.
© 2024 AFP
13 Comments
oyatoi
Yet another poor ‘adult film star’, innocence lost after entering the lion’s den.
Christopher
I have always believed he had a hand in Biggie Smalls murder.
Wait till the Federal trial hits and the juicy details come out.
He can share a cell with R-Kelly. Why? because he is a sexual predator on pink.
The Feds-Never run out of money. They are like a machine.
Angelo do you know the Feds. They have parabolic microphone that can hear a snake hiss and fart in Egypt.
-John Gotti. 1982
When will these moguls learn?
WoodyLee
It come with the job, the risk is always there, you play with fire at some point you will get burned.
Fighto!
Nothing but a little coward woman-basher.
Lock the thug gangster up and throw away the key. Won't be so "tough" without his color gang by his side.
Slayer
Let's see how much of a "bad boy" he is in Prison.
shogun36
C'mon Diddy. Which is it?
TokyoLiving
Again, not a surprise...
Not a surprise with that kind of people..
Never a surprise..
stormcrow
Totally Gangsta!
Lock him up!
GuruMick
His money will buy him protection in jail.
People with zero experience in these matters should'nt comment.
Fighto!
Sure, only ex-cons and prison officers in the US prison system should be commenting here.
Riiiight.
Speed
Ah, come on. She was a porn star who made her living to have sex with people. They should throw this case out. This is nonsense.
bass4funk
The clock is ticking on this guy. Never liked him, never, always felt that this guy is just not on the honesty level of any sort.
GuruMick
Well "fighto " {nice handle lol } dont write about stuff you dont know...like prison or fighting.