Woman Claims Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Raped Her with Remote Control After She Suggested He Had Role in Tupac’s Murder: Complaint

Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused of sexual assault in another lawsuit, with a woman alleging the music mogul raped her after she made a comment suggesting he was involved in the murder of Tupac Shakur.

The woman, Ashley Parham, alleges that Combs raped her in March 2018 in an apartment in Orinda, Calif., according to a copy of the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Northern California, obtained by PEOPLE.

Parham alleges that she was with a man, also named as a defendant in the suit, in February 2018 who was FaceTiming Combs. Parham said she was not “impressed” with Combs because she believed he has “something to do with the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur,” according to the complaint.

Combs allegedly told Parham she would “pay” for her comment.

The following month, Parham alleges she was at the other defendant’s apartment, having been asked to help with his cancer medication, when Combs showed up with several people, including his chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, who was named a defendant in the suit and has been named in a previous suit accusing Combs of misconduct.

Parham claims that Combs held a knife to her face and allegedly threatened to cut her face, according to the complaint, which also accuses Khorram of threatening Parham by telling her she could be shipped anywhere in the world and would never see her family again.

PEOPLE was not able to immediately reach Khorram or an attorney for her for comment.

After Khorram and another unidentified defendant left the apartment, Parham alleges in the complaint that Combs violently raped her with a remote control and told her that her life was in his hands.

The complaint alleges that Parham later went to the Contra Costa Sheriff to report the alleged rape and mentioned Combs’ name “to no avail,” which led her to assume she would not believed if she used Combs’ name.

PEOPLE reached out to the sheriff’s office for comment but did not receive an immediate response on Wednesday, Oct. 16.

Combs’ reps declined to comment on this new lawsuit, but in a motion in federal court asking to name the mogul’s accusers, Combs’ legal team claimed that that recent suits have been filed “on the heels of more than a dozen lawsuits previously filed and currently pending, several of which have already been discredited but only after irreparably damaging Mr. Combs’ character and reputation.”

“These swirling allegations have created a hysterical media circus that, if left unchecked, will irreparably deprive Mr. Combs of a fair trial, if they haven’t already,” Combs’ attorneys wrote.

In a statement to PEOPLE, Ariel Mitchell-Kidd, the attorney representing the plaintiff, said, “I was horrified by the allegations my client told me and will work vigorously to see she has justice.”

Its the latest chapter in a lengthening legal saga for Combs, who in September was indicted on federal sex crime charges.

Combs was charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution on Sept. 17 and pleaded not guilty. He remains behind bars in Brooklyn after being denied bail by two different judges.

Combs’ legal battles became public last November, when his ex, singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, sued the Bad Boy Records founder, accusing him of sexual abuse. The suit was settled the next day but was followed by slew of others accusing him of misconduct.

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Combs appeared in court on Oct. 10 for a hearing in his criminal case, at which his trial was scheduled for May 5, 2025.

The mogul is accused in the indictment of organizing alleged “freak offs,” which prosecutors say were highly orchestrated sex performances. Prosecutors claim that Combs forced or coerced women into participating in the “freak offs” with male sex workers.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.