Here are all the main charges against him

Topline

Seven more civil lawsuits filed Monday by unnamed plaintiffs accuse music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs of various sexual abuses over more than 20 years. A businessman sits in jail awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.

Sean Combs arrives at the 2018 Met Gala.

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Chronology

October 29Texas lawyer Tony Buzbee, who has vowed to file civil lawsuits on behalf of more than 100 victims of sexual abuse by Combs, has filed two more lawsuits in New York Supreme Court.

October 20Buzbee has filed seven lawsuits against Combs on behalf of unnamed plaintiffs.

October 15A woman named Ashley Parham filed a lawsuit against Combs in California federal court, alleging that she was “brutally” raped by Combs and her associates in 2018 after she claimed during a FaceTime call with the Bad Boy Records founder that he was involved in a 1996 crime. the murder of Tupac Shakur, which “set her up” for retribution.

October 14Buzbee filed his first six lawsuits against Combs on behalf of unnamed plaintiffs.

October 1Buzbee said he is representing 120 accusers who plan to file civil lawsuits in several states accusing them of crimes including sexual assault, rape and sexual abuse of minors, in suits that will include “a lot of powerful people” and “a lot of dirty secrets.”

September 27Combs was repeatedly accused of drugging and raping the woman, with the woman, identified in the suit as Jane Doe, further claiming that she became pregnant after one of the encounters; she is seeking undisclosed damages, the Associated Press reported.

September 24Talia Graves filed a federal lawsuit in New York, alleging that Combs and Sherman offered her a glass of wine in 2001, when she was 25, which made her “dizzy, dizzy and physically weak” before than she lost consciousness and was raped by these two people. the man with her while her hands were tied behind her back.

September 17The brief, filed before New York Judge Robin F. Tarnowski, accuses Combs and his accomplices of setting an unnamed person’s car on fire using a Moltov cocktail. The allegation is consistent with one made by Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who said in a lawsuit filed last year that Combs bombed a car owned by rapper Kid Cudi.

May 24Plaintiff April Lampros accused Combs in a lawsuit filed in New York of sexual assault for four “horrifying sexual encounters” between 1995 and 2001, including three counts of rape and one instance in which Combs forced her to take ecstasy.

May 22Former model Crystal McKinney is suing in Manhattan federal court, accusing the rapper of drugging and sexually assaulting her at his New York recording studio in 2003.

February 26Producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones sued the rapper in New York in February and alleges that he was “subjected to unwanted advances by Diddy’s associates at his direction,” was forced into relationships with sex workers he hired and that Combs regularly hosted “sex trafficking parties” with underage women and illegal drugs.

December 6, 2023Combs was hit with another sexual assault lawsuit in December, accused of using drugs and participating in the gang rape of an unnamed woman in 2003, when the accuser was 17 years old.

November 23, 2023A woman named Joey Dickerson-Neal allegedly drugged her, sexually assaulted her and secretly recorded the attack while she was a college student in 1991, Combs’ lawsuit alleges.

November 23, 2023An anonymous plaintiff accused Combs and singer-songwriter Aaron Hall of raping her and her friend in 1990 or 1991 after meeting at an MCA Records event in New York – a lawsuit that, like Dickerson-Neal’s complaint, was filed shortly before the deadline actions of the claim. New York law temporarily allows lawsuits on older assault charges that would normally be subject to the statute of limitations.

November 16, 2023Cassie Ventura filed a $30 million lawsuit against Combs, alleging he raped her in 2018 and subjected her to years of abusive relationships that included physical abuse and his claims of “total control” over her personal and professional life (the case was settled in the next day for an undisclosed sum, and Combs’ lawyer continued to deny the claims until May 2024, when CNN published 2016 surveillance video of Combs attacking her in a hotel hallway).

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Important Quote

“Mr. Combs and his legal team have complete confidence in the facts, their legal defense and the integrity of the trial,” Combs’ lawyers said in October, their latest consistent denial of any wrongdoing. “The truth will prevail in court: Mr. Combs never sexually abused anyone, adult or minor, male or female.”

Key background

The allegations contained in the lawsuits against Combs date back to the 1990s and have so far included victims who say they were only 13 years old at the time of the abuse. In addition to individual assault claims – most of which also include allegations that Combs drugged alleged victims – the lawsuit filed by Jones made allegations of a widespread Hollywood conspiracy that allowed Combs’ behavior to go unchecked for decades. In his statement, Jones detailed the sex and drug parties Combs allegedly hosted and accused him of running a “sex trafficking enterprise” that was largely ignored by others in the music industry. The complaint alleges that Combs hosted parties at which he, his son and his employees recruited women and underage girls to perform sexual acts for money “through force, threats of force, fraud, abuse of process and coercion.” The suit says people associated with the parties were rewarded with business referrals and connections to Combs’ vast network of artists, athletes, political figures and international dignitaries. Sean Holley, Combs’ lawyer at the time, told the Los Angeles Times that the lawsuit involves “the reckless disclosure of events that are pure fiction and simply did not happen.”

What to pay attention to

Upcoming documentary series. Producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson said Netflix won a “bidding war” for the docuseries about the string of recent allegations of abuse, rape and sex trafficking brought against Combs. Jackson confirmed on Twitter that the streamer had bought G-Unit Film & Television’s Combs series, which it first teased in December, adding that “if victims keep showing up, I’ll need more episodes.” Proceeds from the film will go to victims of sexual assault, Jackson announced in November.

Forbes rating

Sean Combs was once on his way to becoming a billionaire thanks to his extensive music career, business ventures including Sean John fashion and fragrance lines, and founding the Reult TV network, as well as unfulfilled plans to become a cannabis mogul. Forbes estimated Combs’ personal wealth at $740 million in 2019 (he and his team later claimed he was a billionaire but provided no supporting evidence). Today, Forbes conservatively estimates his net worth at $400 million.