A lawsuit filed November 23 by Joi Dickerson-Neal alleged she had been “drugged, sexually assaulted and abused” in 1992 by the rapper, also known as “Puff Daddy,” and that he had filmed and distributed the acts as “revenge porn.”
The suits have been submitted under the New York Adult Survivors Act, a law that opened a one-year window for sexual assault claims to be filed that otherwise happened too far in the past to litigate. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)
More than 100 alleged victims are to sue rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs and others for rape, sexual assault and sexual exploitation, a US lawyer announced Tuesday.
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“This is an important matter that we intend to aggressively pursue,” Texas-based Tony Buzbee said. “We will leave no stone unturned to find all potentially liable parties, to include any individual or entity who participated in or benefitted from this egregious behaviour.”
The legal action is the latest against Combs, who was indicted last month on three criminal counts that allege he sexually abused women and coerced them into drug-fueled sex parties using threats and violence.
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Allegations have been building against Combs since last year, when singer Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Ventura, alleged Combs subjected her to more than a decade of coercion by physical force and drugs as well as a 2018 rape.
A spate of similarly lurid lawsuits since describe Combs as a violent man who used his celebrity to prey on women.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges. He has been jailed awaiting trial.
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