Famous friends of Sean “Diddy” Combs have settled with victims out of court to prevent them from being named in impending lawsuits, according to a Texas-based attorney who represents more than 100 accusers. It is said that
Tony Buzbee has claimed that plans are afoot to sue several celebrities for helping the musician cover up sexual abuse that occurred at one of his parties.
“If you were at one of these parties and you had been there before or you knew what was going to happen, I mean, there were certain drugs in the drinks and people were forced or You knew you were causing coercion.'' You were taken advantage of – and you were there, you participated, you saw it happening and you didn't say anything, or you covered it up. Did you cooperate with that? In my opinion, you have a problem,” Buzbee said during the appearance. above TMZ Live.
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Lawyer Tony Buzbee said some of Diddy's celebrity friends had secretly settled with the victims to avoid being named in a public lawsuit. (Getty Images)
Buzbee plans to take legal action against several A-list celebrities on behalf of his client, but the lawyer won't say who. He claimed that some celebrities have already reconciled.
“In every case, especially in a case like this one, we collect data, we collect evidence, we do due diligence, we spend time with the victim, and we do it because it's in the victim's best interest. We're going to try to resolve the issue by filing a public lawsuit, which we've already done,'' Buzbee explained.
“We have done this with a small number of individuals, many of whom we have heard of before, and we will continue to do so.”
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Sean “Diddy” Combs will stand before Federal Judge Robin Tarnofsky after prosecutors filed three criminal charges against him in federal court in Manhattan. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)
The same attorney announced the filing of a class action lawsuit against Combs on October 1st. The lawyer represents 120 victims, some of whom were minors at the time of the sexual abuse allegations. The youngest accuser is said to be 9 years old, and the other is 15 years old.
Mr Buzbee claimed the alleged abuse began in 1991 with incidents reported as far back as 2024. Victims from across the country, including California, Florida, Georgia and New York, came forward after Combs was indicted by federal prosecutors.
“It's shocking when you talk about the age of the victim when this incident occurred,” Buzbee said at a news conference. “The youngest victim at the time of the incident was 9 years old. We have victims who are 14 years old. We have victims who are 15 years old. Of the 120 plaintiffs in these cases, 25 were I was a minor” regarding the acts he was accused of. ”
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“In every case, we try to resolve these issues without public litigation, and we have already done that. We have done it with a small number of individuals, but many is something we have heard before and we will continue to do so.”
Combs' attorney said in a statement that the rapper “categorically denies any allegation that he sexually abused anyone, including minors, as false and defamatory.” (Prince Williams)
Combs' legal team denied the allegations in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.
“As Mr. Combs' attorneys have emphasized, Mr. Combs cannot address all the unwarranted allegations that have become a reckless media circus,” said Combs' attorney Erica Wolfe. “That being said, Mr. Combs categorically denies as false and defamatory any and all allegations that he sexually abused anyone, including minors. He has proven his innocence in court and will defend his I look forward to being vindicated, where the truth will be proven based on evidence.”
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Sean Combs' attorney, Mark Agnifilo, argued for bail for Diddy, who was arrested on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. (Elizabeth Williams, via AP)
Mr. Combs was arrested on September 16 and subsequently charged with sex trafficking crimes. He remains locked up in jail after both bail attempts were denied.
Authorities say Combs is the suspect. He operated criminal enterprises through businesses such as Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises, and Combs Global, among others. He used “firearms, threats of violence, coercion, and verbal, mental, physical, and sexual abuse” to satisfy his sexual desires, according to an unsealed indictment obtained by Fox News Digital. .
Combs and its employees “blackmailed, intimidated, and lured female victims into Combs' orbit, often under the guise of romantic relationships. Combs then used force, threats of force, and coercion to coerce the victims for extended periods of time. male commercial sex workers whom Combs specifically referred to as “freak-offs”. ”
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