Six new lawsuits were filed against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs by Houston-based lawyer Tony Buzbee in New York federal court Monday alleging various sexual abuses by Combs against unnamed plaintiffs—including one man who says he was 16 at the time of the incident—marking the latest allegations against him since his high-profile indictment last month (Combs has not specifically responded to the allegations filed Monday but has denied other claims against him).
Houston-based lawyer Tony Buzbee filed a suit against Combs in which an unnamed North Carolina man alleged that he was 16 years old and trying to break into the music business when he was fondled by Combs at one of the rapper’s “white parties” in the Hamptons in 1998, an incident his lawsuit says “continues to humiliate and cause shame.”
A New Jersey man claimed in a separate complaint he was working security at a white party in 2006 when he was given two alcoholic drinks by Combs he believes were spiked with ecstasy and other drugs before he was allegedly “forcibly pushed into an open van” and sexually assaulted by Combs.
The only female plaintiff to file in the rash of new suits Monday, an unnamed New York woman, said Combs asked to speak with her privately at a Biggie Smalls promotional party in 1995 before allegedly slamming her head into a wall and raping her, allegedly saying, “You better not tell anyone about this, or you will disappear” before leaving.
An Ohio man who worked in fashion at the time of Combs’ Sean John clothing line alleges he was in a stockroom at Macy’s flagship store at Herald Square in Manhattan in 2008 when Combs and two large body guards approached him, hit him in the base of the neck “possibly with a pistol” and allegedly forced him to perform oral sex on Combs while making threats like “I’ll kill you.”
A Georgia man working for a management company in New York alleges he was given a drugged drink at a party hosted by Diddy in 2021 that left him “paralyzed” and “feeling like he was trapped in his own body” before at least three men, including Combs, sexually assaulted him.
Buzbee filed suit on behalf an unnamed woman who alleges Diddy invited her and her friend to a hotel room, where he threatened to “have them both killed” before making them drink and do drugs and “fondled, molested, and ultimately raped” her in 2004; she was a 19-year-old student in Brooklyn at the time and had been invited to a party of Diddy’s near her campus, according to the lawsuit.
A U.S. Appeals court referred Combs’ latest request for bail to a panel of three judges, but ruled he will remain behind bars until a decision is made.
Combs appeared in court for the first time since his arrest, where a trial date of May 5 was set for him to face federal charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Combs’ team filed a memo alleging that the Department of Homeland Security leaked a surveillance video that showed him abusing his ex-girlfriend, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, though prosecutors have denied the allegations and said they did not obtain that video until it was made public by CNN.
Combs’ lawyers requested a trial on April or May 2025 for his sex trafficking charges, though prosecutors did not disclose their own trial date preference, the Associated Press reported.
Lawyers for Combs filed paperwork asking he be allowed to await trial outside of the Metropolitan Detention Center where he resides, claiming the initial decision to deny him bail was unfairly “distorted” by the attention on the case (the initial judge, who has since been replaced, ruled Combs should stay in jail so he can’t use his money and influence to interfere in the government’s case against him).
Janice Small Combs, Sean Combs’ mother, said in a statement through her family’s attorney she is “devastated and profoundly saddened” by the allegations against her son, adding those accusing him of misconduct are “seeking a financial gain” and likened Combs to “many individuals” who have been “wrongfully convicted due to their past actions or mistakes”—though she also said Combs has “made mistakes” and “may have been not entirely truthful” when denying assault allegations raised by his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
Buzbee said he is representing 120 accusers who plan to file civil lawsuits across multiple states alleging crimes like sexual assault, rape and sexual abuse of minors in claims that will include “many powerful people” and “many dirty secrets.”
Lawyers for Combs filed a notice asking the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in the Southern District of New York to overturn the decision to hold him in prison while he awaits trial, a choice Judge Andrew Carter made citing concerns Combs had allegedly tampered with witnesses who had been contacted as part of the investigation against him.
Combs was accused of drugging and raping a woman on multiple occasions, with the woman, identified as Jane Doe in the lawsuit, further alleging she became pregnant after one of the encounters; she is seeking undisclosed damages, the Associated Press reported.
A documentary was released for streaming on Tubi and featured an interview with Combs lawyer Marc Agnifilo—who addressed the leaked surveillance video of Combs shoving and kicking ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura—in which he called the indictment a takedown of a “successful Black man” and said he doesn’t expect Combs to accept a plea bargain.
Thalia Graves filed a federal lawsuit in New York claiming she was offered a glass of wine by Combs and Sherman in 2001, when she was 25, that made her “lightheaded, dizzy and physically weak” before she lost consciousness and was raped by the two men her while her hands were tied behind her back.
Combs’ lawyers cited “horrific” conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York in a request for bail—which included a $50 million bond offer, GPS monitoring and strict limitations on visitors—that was denied by U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter, who said the conditions weren’t enough to ensure the safety of the community.
A memo filed with New York judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky accuses Combs and co-conspirators of setting fire to an unnamed person’s car using a Moltov cocktail in an accusation that matches one brought by Combs’ ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, who said in a lawsuit filed last year that Combs blew up a car owned by rapper Kid Cudi.
A federal court in Manhattan unseals charges against Combs for racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, alleging he “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.”
Combs is arrested in Manhattan after being indicted by a grand jury.
Federal investigators may bring Combs’ accusers to testify before a grand jury soon and most plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits against the rapper have already been interviewed by investigators, sources told CNN—a move that could indicate prosecutors are looking to charge somebody, though no charges have been filed yet.
Plaintiff April Lampros accuses Combs in a lawsuit filed in New York of sexual assault over four “terrifying sexual encounters” between 1995 and 2001, including three incidents of rape and one instance of Combs forcing her to take ecstasy.
Former model Crystal McKinney files a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court accusing the rapper of drugging and sexually assaulting her at his New York recording studio in 2003.
Cassie Ventura, Combs’ ex-girlfriend, speaks out after CNN obtained a 2016 video of Combs attacking her in a hotel hallway, stating on Instagram that domestic violence “broke” her and she will “always be recovering” from her past—Combs later apologized for the video.
In February, producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones sues the rapper in New York in February and alleges he was “subjected to unwanted advances by associates of Diddy at his direction” and was forced to engage in relations with sex workers he hired. In a set of widely covered allegations, Jones says in the lawsuit that Combs regularly hosted “sex-trafficking parties” with underage women and illegal drugs, and implies record label executives who looked the other way financially benefited from access to celebrities and dignitaries like the British royal Prince Harry, who is not accused of any wrongdoing or of attending parties himself (Combs’ attorney tells the Los Angeles Times the suit includes “reckless name-dropping about events that are pure fiction”).
Combs is hit with another sexual assault suit in December, accusing the rapper of drugging and participating in a gang rape of the unnamed woman in 2003, when the accuser was 17 years old.
A woman named Joie Dickerson-Neal alleges in a lawsuit Combs drugged her, sexually assaulted her and secretly recorded the assault while she was a college student in 1991.
An anonymous plaintiff accuses Combs and singer-songwriter Aaron Hall of raping her and a friend in 1990 or 1991 after meeting at an MCA Records event in New York—a suit that, like the Dickerson-Neal complaint, was filed shortly before the expiration of a New York law temporarily allowing lawsuits for older assault allegations that would ordinarily be past the statute of limitations.
Ventura’s $30 million suit is settled the day after it was filed for an undisclosed amount, with Ventura telling CNN she chose to “resolve this matter amicably,” while Combs’ attorney says the settlement was “in no way an admission of wrongdoing” and didn’t change his denial of the allegations.
Cassie Ventura files the suit against Combs, alleging he raped her in 2018 and subjected her to a years-long abusive relationship that included physical abuse and his assertion of “complete control” over her personal and professional life.
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Combs has denied all of the allegations against him, with his attorneys characterizing some of the lawsuits and their accusations to Forbes as money grabs, “baseless” or “sickening.”
An upcoming docuseries. Producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson said Netflix has won a “bidding war” for a docuseries about the string of recent abuse, rape and sex trafficking allegations against Combs. Jackson confirmed in a tweet that the streamer bought the G-Unit Film & Television series about Combs he first started teasing in December, adding that, “if more victims keep coming out, I’m gonna need more episodes.” Proceeds from the film go to victims of sexual assault, Jackson said in November.
Combs posted to Instagram in May to apologize for his “disgusting” behavior in the surveillance video that showed him grabbing, dragging and kicking Cassie in 2016. The video seemed to back up much of the claims Ventura made in her November lawsuit, which an attorney for Combs called “offensive and outrageous” at the time. Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office called the video “extremely disturbing” and “difficult to watch” but said no charges would be filed because the apparent assault took place beyond the statue of limitation in California. In his apology video, Combs said the events occurred in “one of the darkest times” of his life and said he was “truly sorry” for his behavior. Meredith Firetog, one of Ventura’s lawyers, later slammed the apology as disingenuous in a statement and said it was “more about himself than the many people he has hurt.” In Ventura’s November lawsuit, she accused Combs of paying the hotel in which the surveillance video was captured $50,000 for the footage.
Combs’ former personal chef, Cindy Rueda, accused Combs in a since-settled 2017 sexual harassment lawsuit of having her prepare and serve food to the rapper and his guests while they were engaged in sexual activity or right after they had done so.
The allegations contained in lawsuits against Combs date as far back as the 1990s, when he founded his own record label, Bad Boy Records, which Rolling Stone has called “one of the most influential hip-hop labels of all time.” The label has signed major artists like The Notorious B.I.G., Janelle Monáe and Cassie, and has put out several of Combs’ own albums, including “Press Play” and “Last Train To Paris.” Combs sold a 50% stake in Bad Boy to Warner Music Group in a reported $30 million deal in 2005. Combs has built a fortune through Bad Boy Records, several liquor brands, a fashion label and other ventures. He sold his share in the DeLeón tequila brand for $200 million earlier this year. He was ranked No. 14 on Forbes’ list of the highest-paid entertainers in 2022, making an estimated $90 million that year. One of the rapper’s raided homes is located in Holmby Hills, an affluent neighborhood where Combs purchased a home for $40 million ten years ago.