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Sean “Diddy” Combs Accused of Sexual Assault and Rape successful Series of New Civil Suits
Content warning: this nonfiction contains details of convulsive intersexual assault.
Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing allegations of different convulsive crime.
A pistillate named Ashley Parham has alleged successful a caller suit obtained by E! News that the euphony mogul—who is presently successful jailhouse connected charges of racketeering, prostitution and enactment trafficking—sexually assaulted her successful retaliation for her proposition helium was involved successful the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur.
According to the Oct. 15 filing, Parham met a antheral named Shane Pearce (listed arsenic a codefendant alongside Combs) astatine a barroom successful 2018. Pearce allegedly FaceTimed Combs portion helium and Parham were extracurricular the bar, to which Parham said aloud “she was not impressed by him knowing Defendant Diddy due to the fact that she believed Defendant Diddy had something to bash with the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.”
Parham past alleges Combs heard the remarks and told Parham connected FaceTime she'd “pay” for the allegation and her “overall dismissal” of Combs.
The pursuing month, Parham claims Pearce asked her implicit to his location to assistance with administering crab medications. It was determination that Combs arrived with a bodyguard, 2 women, a person and his driver, the second of whom reportedly remained outside.
Parham claims Pearce invited her implicit to his location to “set her up” to beryllium assaulted by Combs implicit the statements she’d made the period prior.
According to the lawsuit, Parham alleges Combs approached her with a knife, threatening to springiness her a “Glasgow smile,” successful which a chopped is made from the country of a victim’s rima to their ears.
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From there, Parham claims Combs removed her apparel and raped her with a TV remote, drugged her, and past proceeded to pack rape her alongside Pearce, Combs’ bodyguard and his person (the second 2 of whom are referred to arsenic Doe 1 and Doe 2 successful the filing).
According to the filing, Combs allegedly threatened Parham during the ordeal, telling her “they could vessel her disconnected anyplace successful the satellite and that she would ne'er spot her household oregon anyone she knew ever again,” successful summation to the menace that they could “sell” her to imaginable clients for sex.
E! News has reached retired to lawyers for Parham and Combs but has not received comment.
Parham’s suit comes arsenic 1 of a slew that person been filed against Combs since helium was arrested successful September.
Just 1 time earlier Parham’s filing, 5 lawsuits were filed against the rapper arsenic seen successful documents obtained by NBC News. The complaints were filed connected behalf of 3 men and 2 women, each of whom were unnamed, with allegations of incidents that spanned from 1995 and 2021.
According to the outlet, among the allegations leveled successful the documents were those of intersexual battle and rape, including from 1 unfortunate who claims she was sexually assaulted and raped by Combs successful a Manhattan edifice country astatine property 19.
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The lawsuits were filed by Tony Buzbee, an lawyer who antecedently said he was representing 120 accusers with allegations against the 54-year-old.
Regarding the caller suits, helium said connected Instagram Oct. 14, “We volition fto the allegations successful the filed complaints talk for themselves, and volition enactment to spot that justness is done. We expect to beryllium filing galore much cases implicit the adjacent respective weeks naming Mr. Combs and others arsenic defendants arsenic we proceed to stitchery grounds and hole the filings."
For Combs’ part, his ineligible squad antecedently maintained his innocence amid the increasing fig of allegations.
"He cannot code each meritless allegation successful what has go a reckless media circus," lawyer Erica Wolff told E! News successful an Oct. 1 statement. "That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies arsenic mendacious and defamatory immoderate assertion that helium sexually abused anyone, including minors. He looks guardant to proving his innocence and vindicating himself successful tribunal if and erstwhile claims are filed and served, wherever the information volition beryllium established based connected evidence, not speculation."
For much connected the lawsuit against Combs, support reading.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs Remanded
After Sean "Diddy" Combs pleaded not guilty to enactment trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges connected Sept. 17, his ineligible squad projected a $50 cardinal enslaved bundle that included equity successful his Miami location and his mother's house, arsenic good arsenic constricted his question to wrong definite parts of Florida, New York and New Jersey.
The defence besides offered, per a missive obtained by E! News, to "walk the Court done a bid of actions taken by Mr. Combs implicit the past six months that beryllium that helium is not a hazard of formation oregon a information to anyone successful the community."
U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky rejected the bundle and ordered that Combs beryllium remanded without bail. He remains successful custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center successful Brooklyn.
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Combs' Lawyer Says Rapper Is Getting Treatment and Therapy
"He is not a cleanable person," Combs' lawyer Marc Agnifilo told the court, per NBC New York. "There has been cause use. He has been successful toxic relationships."
Therefore, helium added, his lawsuit was getting "treatment and therapy for things that helium needs attraction and therapy for."
Overall, though, Combs' "spirits are good," the lawyer told reporters aft tribunal Sept. 17. "He's confident."
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Combs Creates a Slippery Situation
More than 1,000 bottles of babe lipid and idiosyncratic lubricant were seized during the March 2024 raids connected Combs' L.A. and Miami homes, according to the 14-page indictment unsealed Sept. 17.
Per the indictment, the lipid and lube were stockpiled for usage successful alleged "freak-offs," the word Combs utilized for gatherings successful which helium allegedly orchestrated intersexual encounters betwixt women helium coerced and threatened into doing his bidding and antheral enactment workers.
"I don't cognize wherever the fig 1,000 came," his lawyer Agnifilo said successful the TMZ documentary The Downfall of Diddy: The Indictment, which premiered Sept. 27. Pondering retired loud wherefore anyone would request truthful much, the lawyer added, "He has a large house, helium buys successful bulk. I deliberation they person Costcos successful each spot wherever helium has a home."
Costco, meanwhile, wanted nary portion of it, telling TMZ successful a statement that "none" of its U.S. stores transportation babe oil.
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Alleged Combs Texts Read successful Court
In May 2024, CNN published a clip of edifice surveillance video from 2016 that appeared to amusement Combs attacking his then-girlfriend Cassie, calved Cassandra Ventura. (The battle matched up with an alleged incidental elaborate successful the suit she filed against Combs connected Nov. 16, 2023; some parties announced a colony the adjacent day.)
"I was f--ked up. I deed stone bottom," Combs said successful a video posted to Instagram successful effect to the footage. "But I marque nary excuses. My behaviour connected that video is inexcusable. I instrumentality afloat work for my actions successful that video." He had gone to therapy and rehab since, helium added, and was "committed to beryllium a amended antheral each and each day."
During a Sept. 18 proceeding connected Combs' 2nd petition for bail, Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson said, per NBC News, that Combs allegedly sent a substance successful the days pursuing the assault that read, "Call me, the cops are here." Another read, "I person six kids. Call, I’m surrounded."
Johnson did not accidental Cassie's sanction successful court. She said that Combs' unfortunate replied via text, "Sick you deliberation it’s OK to bash what you've done."
Bail was erstwhile again denied, this clip by U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr.
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The Combs Case Is Set for Trial
On Oct. 3, the Combs lawsuit was reassigned to Judge Arun Subramanian because Carter was incapable to accommodate a proceedings date.
During an Oct. 10 presumption hearing, Subramanian acceptable a proceedings day of May 5, 2025.
Prosecutor Johnson told the justice she expected the proceedings to past astir 3 weeks, but said determination was inactive the anticipation that a superseding indictment could pb to much charges against Combs.
Agnifilo said successful tribunal they'd request astir a week to enactment connected their case.
Meanwhile, the lawyer said successful the TMZ doc that Combs was looking guardant to testifying successful his ain defense.
“I don’t cognize that I could support him disconnected the stand," Agnifilo said. "I deliberation helium is precise anxious to archer his story."
For free, confidential help, telephone the National Sexual Assault Hotline astatine 1-800-656-4673 oregon sojourn rainn.org.
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