Lawsuits mount against Sean 'Diddy' Combs, including allegation he molested boy, 16, at Hamptons party

Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News on Oct 15, 2024

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NEW YORK — Disturbing allegations continue to mount against accused serial predator Sean “Diddy” Combs — including in new lawsuits claiming he molested a 16-year-old boy at one of his infamous Hamptons parties and pistol-whipped and sexually assaulted a male worker in a Macy’s stockroom — amid the possibility of more charges against the hip-hop mogul.

In court filings Tuesday, attorneys for Combs asked the judge presiding over his criminal case to force federal prosecutors to reveal the identities of his alleged victims, arguing he has “no way” to determine who they are to prepare a defense.

“Absent a bill of particulars, the government is forcing him, unfairly, to play a guessing game,” attorneys Anthony Ricco and Marc Agnifilo wrote.

“(O)ne made all the more challenging by the onslaught of baseless allegations that desperate plaintiffs are lodging at him (for the most part anonymously) in civil suits designed to exact a payoff from Mr. Combs.”

Federal prosecutors have declined to reveal the identities of Combs’ alleged victims during the case’s early stages, citing their safety, and have argued he should remain in custody based on allegations he intimidated potential witnesses. At a hearing last week, they said more charges may be filed against him before his trial, tentatively set for May 5.

Combs, 54, was arrested Sept. 16 on accusations he carried out a decadeslong conspiracy that included trafficking women and men around the world to participate in highly orchestrated, dayslong sexual performances and beat, blackmailed and ordered his staff to violently retaliate against those who did not comply.

Three efforts by Combs to get out of jail have fallen flat, with a federal appeals court last week denying his bid for emergency release while it considers his bail appeal. The music producer, who remains behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, has pleaded not guilty and has offered to put up a $50 million bond to fight his case under house arrest.

His Tuesday request to Manhattan federal court Judge Arun Subramanian came the day after bombshell allegations surfaced in six new lawsuits, filed under the pseudonyms John and Jane Doe, including claims that Combs molested a 16-year-old boy at a 1996 Hamptons “White Party” he hosted. He denies all allegations.

Mirroring the behavior he’s accused of in his criminal case, Combs allegedly cornered the boy while purporting to be interested in his career prospects, then fondled him against his will.

“Despite the pleasant conversation, which occurred, things took an unexpected turn for the worst. Combs abruptly told John Doe that he needed to drop his pants,” the suit reads.

Combs allegedly told the teen he needed to “inspect it, explaining it was a rite of passage and the route to becoming a star, and also as a way to prove himself. ‘Don’t you want to break into the business?’”

In another one of the latest lawsuits, the music producer was accused of hitting a Macy’s worker “hard around the base of the neck, possibly with a pistol,” and forcing him to perform oral sex in the stockroom of the Midtown department store in 2008.

The alleged victim, who knew Combs from marketing events when the mogul sold his Sean John clothing line at Macy’s, was in the stockroom when Combs and his team gathered merchandise to give to fans during a promotion.

“As Plaintiff looked up, he saw that each of the bodyguards had guns in their waistbands. Plaintiff heard multiple voices call out things like ‘I’ll kill you,’” the suit alleges.

“While orally raping plaintiff, Combs grabbed plaintiff’s hair and made derogatory comments like ‘You like that, white boy?’”

Monday’s suits — which add to several pending civil cases against Combs — were filed under New York City’s gender-motivated Violence Protection Act and their plaintiffs are represented by Tony Buzbee, a Texas attorney who on Oct. 1 said he had 120 civil cases pending against the disgraced mogul.

In his Tuesday legal arguments, Combs’ attorneys accused Buzbee of a “publicity stunt” and argued the “swirling allegations have created a hysterical media circus” that could deprive him of a fair criminal trial.

Combs was accused in another lawsuit of brutally raping a young woman at a June 1995 promotional party for a video released by the late rap icon Biggie Smalls.

The Bad Boy Records founder is described as “slamming her head against the wall and causing her to fall to the floor,” before violently raping her “while she lay helpless on the floor.”

Another suit accused Combs of temporarily paralyzing a man with a drug-laced drink and subjecting him to gang rape at his Manhattan home as recently as 2021.

“Multiple men began to sexually assault him through sodomy and other forced acts. He distinctly recalls seeing Combs above him, naked, at one point during the assault,” that lawsuit alleges.

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