Combs has been accused of sexual assault in at least four lawsuits over the past month.
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Hip-hop mogul Sean Combs, the artist and entrepreneur also known as Diddy, was accused of rape, sexual assault and trafficking in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, the fourth sexual assault suit against Combs in less than a month as the singer’s legal troubles mount—though Combs has denied the allegations.Key Facts
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York by an anonymous plaintiff, lists Combs, his music company Bad Boy Entertainment, an unnamed assailant and Harve Pierre, the former president of Combs’ record label, Bad Boy Records, as defendants.
The plaintiff, listed as Jane Doe, alleges in the suit she was “gang raped” by Combs, Pierre and the unnamed assailant, as a 17 year old in 2003, alleging defendants violated New York’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law.
The plaintiff alleges she met Pierre and the unnamed defendant at a lounge in Detroit, where Pierre convinced her to board a private jet to New York City, and proceeded to sexually assault her in a bathroom lounge.
