A professional athlete allegedly stopped a drunk Sean “Diddy” Combs from sexually assaulting a luxury car businessman at one of his celeb-...
A professional athlete allegedly stopped a drunk Sean “Diddy” Combs from sexually assaulting a luxury car businessman at one of his celeb-filled parties, a new lawsuit claims.
The alleged victim, only identified as “John Doe,” claims the attack unfolded during a launch party for Combs’ Ciroc vodka brand around 2022, the court papers state.
The man, who runs a Los Angeles-based business renting luxury cars and jewelry, alleges Combs stripped off his pants and exposed himself after inviting the guest into his private office during the event.
“Combs continued to move closer and then grabbed Plaintiff’s genitals through his pants, squeezing them in a rough and sexual manner,” the suit alleges.
“Plaintiff, shocked and disoriented, frozen momentarily and did not know how to respond to the weirdly inappropriate sexual advance made by Combs.”
The alleged attack only stopped when the unnamed sports star — only identified in the suit as “Professional Athlete A” — came into the office and intervened, the filing charges.
The businessman allegedly fled the room and immediately left the party, according to court papers.
He claims he only decided to attend the event after Combs, who for years had been one of his customers, told him that other “high-profile guests in the music and entertainment business” would be there.
At one point during the party, the alleged victim said, he snapped a photo of Combs sitting on a couch with “other high profile individuals.”
A copy of the photo was included in court papers but the faces of the other apparent celebs were blurred.
The allegations were laid bare in the latest flurry of civil lawsuits slapped against the fallen music mogul in the Southern District of New York late Sunday.
One of the other recent suits included disturbing allegations that the Bad Boy Records founder raped a 13-year-old as two celebrities joined in at a VMAs afterparty in New York in September 2000.
The slew of suits were filed less than a week after Combs’ lawyers begged a Manhattan federal judge to force prosecutors to reveal the names of the ever-increasing number of accusers who have been coming forward with years-old allegations of late.
“This case is unique, in part because of the number of individuals levying allegations against Mr. Combs due to his celebrity status, wealth and the publicity of his previously settled lawsuit,” the lawyers argued in the letter.
“This has had a pervasive ripple effect, resulting in a torrent of allegations by unidentified complainants, spanning from the false to outright absurd.”
Combs’ lawyers have repeatedly derided the lawsuits as “clear attempts to garner publicity.”
“Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts, their legal defenses, and the integrity of the judicial process,” his attorneys said in a recent statement.
“In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone — adult or minor, man or woman.”
Combs is being held without bail in federal custody in Brooklyn.
He pleaded not guilty last month to federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.
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