Diddy Points Assertion After 120 New Allegations of Abuse Come Ahead
Sean “Diddy” Combs has extra bother coming his method it appears.
The rap mogul is concerned in a protracted court docket dispute as a consequence of quite a few new accusations of sexual abuse. Tony Buzbee, a widely known lawyer in Texas, revealed that he’s defending 120 folks, together with 25 minors, who’ve come ahead with startling allegations of abuse that span greater than 25 years.
At a press convention that was streamed on-line, Buzbee shared harrowing particulars of the alleged abuse, a few of which concerned kids as younger as 9 years outdated. In line with him, the claims have undergone rigorous vetting and corroboration.
Amongst Buzbee’s clientele are victims who had been minors through the stated incidents, numbering 60 males and 60 girls. In a single occasion, a 9-year-old youngster claimed to have been sexually assaulted by Combs and different folks in his Manhattan Unhealthy Boy studios whereas he was pursuing a file deal. Combs allegedly threatened to make one other younger boy interact in sexual exercise away from his mother and father.
The claims additionally embrace a 15-year-old lady who was allegedly drugged and raped at a celebration in New York Metropolis. In line with Buzbee, such occasions — together with album launch events, New 12 months’s Eve celebrations, and Combs’ notorious ‘White Events’ — had been typically the settings the place these alleged assaults occurred. “All had been in search of both TV or some type of music profession with guarantees of, , ‘We’re going to make you a star,” Buzbee stated. “As an alternative, principally, [Combs] did issues to them so that they don’t wish to have something to do with the leisure trade ever once more,” he stated.
“I anticipate that by this course of, many highly effective folks will likely be uncovered,” Buzbee stated, declining to call any names. “A few of this behaviour occurred at personal residences of people who everyone knows. … The names that we’re going to call, assuming that our investigators affirm and corroborate what we’ve been instructed, are names that can shock you,” Buzbee stated.
Diddy’s Assertion:
In an announcement to Rolling Stone, Combs’ lawyer, Erica Wolff, stated the music mogul denies the allegations. “As Mr. Combs’ authorized workforce has emphasised, he can’t tackle each meritless allegation in what has change into a reckless media circus. That stated, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any declare that he sexually abused anybody, together with minors. He appears to be like ahead to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court docket if and when claims are filed and served, the place the reality will likely be established primarily based on proof, not hypothesis,” Wolff stated.
Diddy is at present behind bars on costs of racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking by power, fraud, or coercion, and transportation to interact in prostitution.
