Three more men have accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape and sexual assault in a batch of new lawsuits alleging the rapper drugged and assaulted them.
The complaints, filed separately in New York Supreme Court on Thursday, involve incidents that allegedly occurred between 2019-22.
Two of the plaintiffs allege they went to parties with Mr Combs, where he “personally offered” them alcoholic drinks which made them unconscious before they say he raped them.
The rapper’s lawyers dismissed the lawsuits calling them “full of lies”. He remains in custody at a Brooklyn jail.
“We will prove them false and seek sanctions against every unethical lawyer who filed fictional claims against him,” the rapper’s legal team told the BBC in a statement.
The three lawsuits add to over 30 civil cases filed against Mr Combs, many of which involve similar accusations of sexual assaults dating back to the 1990s.
The rapper has been denied bail three times and is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
Thomas Giuffra, the attorney who filed the three lawsuits on behalf of his clients, told the BBC in an interview that more than 60 people have reached out to his office with claims against Mr Combs.
He said his office had investigated each of the claims and decided to move forward with these three cases.
He said the men decided to file the lawsuits anonymously because they’re afraid of Mr Combs and his reach and influence.
In one of the new lawsuits, an anonymous plaintiff listed as John Doe accuses Mr Combs of assault following an encounter at the Marquee nightclub in New York in 2019.
According to his complaint, he joined Mr Combs and 10 other individuals for a private afterparty when the hip-hop mogul “personally offered” him a cocktail, after which he felt disoriented.
Source: BBC
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