As media mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs fights federal sex trafficking charges, his legal troubles continue to mount, with more than a dozen new civil lawsuits accusing him of bad behavior. The lawsuit includes a lawsuit filed Monday by a woman who said she was 13 at the time. The Boy founder and two other celebrities attacked her in her bedroom at an awards show afterparty.
The victim filed charges in one of five new lawsuits filed Sunday against Combs, several of his companies and unnamed associates. According to the complaint, she felt “dizzy and lightheaded” at a party after the 2000 Video Music Awards and went to find an empty bedroom.
She claims Combs then came “looking crazy” and raped her along with an unnamed male celebrity while an unnamed female star looked on. In a separate new lawsuit, Combs and an unnamed celebrity are accused of drugging and then sexually assaulting a male fitness instructor at another party in 2022.
In the weeks following his arrest, as new accusers came forward, the billionaire's lawyers responded by asking a federal judge for a gag order to limit his extrajudicial speech.
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Russell Simmons (left), Steve Stout, Jay-Z, Sean “Diddy” Combs and Andre Harrell in 2003. (Dimitrios Cambris/WireImage for Bad Boy Entertainment)
Federal agents arrested Combs last month on charges including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, coercion and transportation for prostitution. If convicted, he could face a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and up to life in prison.
The trafficking charges, which revolve around what court documents describe as “freak-off” parties, were so risqué that investigators arrested 1,000 bottles of baby oil and personal lubricants at one of Combs' residences. It is said that the victims and participants received intravenous treatment after the drug gathering. According to federal prosecutors, he allegedly made incriminating recordings of those present and the victim to ensure silence.
According to court filings on behalf of Combs' accusers, they have the right to add more names to the lawsuit, including “currently unknown celebrities and persons of interest” who aided or colluded with him. I have reservations.
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The image has repeatedly appeared as part of the lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs, showing “real-life exemplary images” allegedly used by Combs and co-conspirators to “put GHB in alcoholic beverages.” It is said to be a container. (Southern District of New York)
Below is a list of prominent media moguls in Combs' orbit and their current positions. No one has been indicted or involved in a civil lawsuit against him in connection with his sex trafficking allegations, but some have their own legal problems.
Antonio “LA” Reed
The Grammy Award-winning music executive resigned as CEO of Epic Records in 2017 after being accused of sexual harassment.
Last year, a lawsuit filed by former Arista Records executive Drew Dixon accused him of derailing her career after she tried to reject his advances, alleging sexual assault.
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Ms. Reed's efforts to dismiss the case failed over the summer, and both parties are scheduled to hold a discovery conference this week in federal court in Manhattan.
Andre Harrell, then CEO of Motown Records, left, and then CEO of Epic Records at the closing ceremony of the Revolt Music Conference held at Fontainebleau Miami Beach in Miami Beach on October 16, 2015. LA Reid and Sean “Diddy” Combs appear on stage in Florida. (John Parra/Getty Images for REVOLT Music Conference)
Reed and Combs share a close relationship with Usher, whose career began in the 1990s when he attended Industry Insider Bootcamp with Combs.
Jay-Z
The rise of Jay-Z, another 1990s hip-hop mogul who reached billionaire status, occurred around the same time as Combs' rise in the 1990s.
Since then, he has reportedly surpassed his local rivals to become the world's richest hip-hop star with an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion. to forbesThat's more than double Combs' net worth of just over $1 billion.
Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) and Combs have been photographed together at numerous events over the years, including A-list parties and award shows.
Sean “Diddy” Combs (left) and his wife attend the Pre-Grammy Gala Honoring Sean “Diddy” Combs and Grammy Salute to an Industry Icon on January 25, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. Jay-Z. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for the Recording Academy)
His public silence about the Diddy incident prompted another rapper-turned-entrepreneur, 50 Cent, to repeatedly try to lift him up on Instagram.
He has not been accused of wrongdoing.
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kevin lyles
According to obtained internal memos, Mr. Lyles, a longtime music executive with ties to Mariah Carey, Megan Thee Stallion and Young Thug, is expected to move on from Warner Music's 300 Electra Entertainment by the end of the year. is reported to be stepping down as chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of by billboard.
He co-founded the company in 2012.
He has not been accused of wrongdoing.
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Marion “Suge” Knight
The Death Row Records founder was part of a high-profile, deadly hip-hop beef with Combs' Bad Boy Records in the 1990s, a dispute that left him beating businessman Terry Carter to death. He was convicted of manslaughter in 2018 and is in prison. He was struck by a car during an argument with longtime rival Cle “Bone” Sloan in Los Angeles.
Suge Knight founded Death Row Records and is currently serving a 28-year sentence after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter. (David McNew)
Knight was riding in a car with Combs' rival Tupac Shakur during the September 7, 1996 drive-by shooting.
Shakur died and his case was frozen for decades until last year, when Las Vegas prosecutors announced charges against gang member Duane “Kef D” Davis.
Knight hosts a podcast from behind bars and has been vocal about the Combs case since federal agents raided his home in March.
In an interview with NewsNation in septemberhe said Combs was “taught by those before him” and then turned around and “taught it to the younger guys after him.”
The late Tupac Shakur (left) and Marion “Suge” Knight (photographed in 1996). Knight appealed the voluntary manslaughter charge in 2018 and is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence. (Jeff Kravitz)
Knight said “previous people” included record executives Clive Davis, Russell Simmons and the late Andrew Harrell.
A spokesperson for Mr. Davis previously denounced the proposal as a “totally fabricated thread being trafficked by incarcerated felons.”
Simmons has been accused of misconduct by women's groups, but is not connected to the Combs case. His team did not respond to requests for comment.
Knight is currently an inmate at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Los Angeles. He will be eligible for parole in October 2034.
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Clive Davis
According to his website, he is a legendary record executive who has signed top artists over the decades, from Pink Floyd to Whitney Houston, and in 1994 signed Bad Boy Records. Co-founder with Combs.
Singer Faith Evans, music producer Clive Davis, and rapper and actor Sean Combs performed at the Tribeca Film Festival at the Beacon Theater in January 2018 at the DeLeon Tequila-sponsored Can't Stop, I attended the world premiere of “Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story''. April 27, 2017, New York City.
A spokesperson for Mr. Davis told the New York Post that he vehemently denied Mr. Knight's accusations. Page 6 In September, he claimed they were “100% false.”
“Clive was a mentor to artists and, in keeping with that, would never tolerate such inappropriate behavior,” the rep said.
Davis began his music career in 1966 as general counsel for Columbia Records and later became the company's president. He then founded Arista Records in the 1970s. Ten years later, he partnered with LA Reid and Babyface to form LaFace Records.
Russell Simmons
Def Jam co-founder Simmons himself has faced a series of sexual assault allegations, and is said to have failed to pay three of his accusers $3 million in out-of-court settlements. Variety reported last month.
Russell Simmons (left) and then-P. Diddy attends the “Best of Both Worlds” press conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on January 24, 2002. (Theo Wargo/Wire Image)
Simmons has faced numerous allegations over the years, including a new lawsuit filed in February alleging that another Def Jam executive forcibly raped him and ended his career. .
Simmons also faced accusations from former Arista Records executive Drew Dixon, who sued L.A. Reid.
In court documents, Dixon accused her of raping her in his New York City apartment in 1995, a year after he started his “dream job” with Def Jam.
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Simmons reportedly moved to Bali in 2018, a year after the accusers came forward. He resigned from his role as chairman of Def Jam, but denied all allegations of wrongdoing, telling an interviewer that he had passed a “nine lie detector test.”
“Nine are separate and seven are from the president of the Polygraph Association,” he told interviewer Graham Bensinger last year. “One for each…serious accusations.”
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andre harrell
The founder of Uptown Records passed away in 2020.
Clive Davis (left), Sean “Diddy” Combs and Andre Harrell pictured at the “Vote or Die” political art exhibition in September 2004. (Johnny Nunez/Wire Image)
He recruited Combs into the group Uptown in the early 1990s, and helped launch Combs' career until they disbanded and Combs founded Bad Boy.
While uptown, Combs met Kim Porter.
The on-again, off-again couple had three children, and Combs adopted their eldest son from a previous relationship before his sudden death in 2018.
Diddy and Kim Porter were together for nearly 13 years. The late supermodel passed away in 2018 at the age of 47. (Christopher Polk)
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Combs has pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges and vehemently denied the allegations leveled against him in civil court.
FOX News' Ashley Papa contributed to this report.
