Sean Combs sued for allegedly sexually assaulting 10-year-old boy in new round of lawsuits

Sean “DD” Combs He was hit with another round of disturbing lawsuits Monday as he awaits trial on racketeering and sex-trafficking charges in a federal prison in Brooklyn. One of the new plaintiffs says she was a 10-year-old aspiring rapper when Combs allegedly drugged and raped her during an audition at a New York City hotel in 2005.

The new charges, filed by prominent Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee and his California counterpart, Andrew Van Arsdale, are the latest in a barrage of lawsuits from an alleged pool of more than 120 verified clients. Lawyers previously filed 13 lawsuits against Combs on Oct. 14 and Oct. 20, with many anonymous plaintiffs alleging they were secretly drugged, forced into sex without consent and threatened into silence.

In the first new lawsuit filed Monday in New York state court, the John Doe plaintiff says he was 10 years old when his parents took him to Manhattan to meet with music industry executives, including Combs, to advance his “burgeoning” music career. She said a counselor hired by her parents drove her to a hotel room and then left her with Combs. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff was given a soda that he believed was drugged.

“After Plaintiff consumed her soda and began to feel its effects, Combs asked Plaintiff to move closer to him, which Plaintiff did. Combs then suddenly pushed the plaintiff down and said words such as, 'Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do,'” the lawsuit states. “Once the plaintiff pushed the plaintiff down, Combs pulled his penis out of his pants. and asked the ten-year-old plaintiff to 'kiss.' Plaintiff alleged that he “frozen with panic,” lost consciousness, and later awoke with his pants off and pain in his anus and buttocks.

The new plaintiff alleged that her parents later noticed something wrong. He said he told them what allegedly happened and that they were “terrified about the potential consequences of reporting the abuse.” She alleges that she suffers from severe depression and anxiety and had to be homeschooled after the alleged incident.

“The lawyer behind this case is more interested in media attention than the truth, as is evident from his regular press appearances and 1-800 numbers,” Combs' media team wrote in an email. The Rolling Stones Monday “As we've said before, Mr. Combs cannot respond to every new publicity stunt, even in response to facially ridiculous or demonstrably false claims. Mr. Coombs and his legal team have full confidence in the integrity and integrity of the judicial process. In court, the truth will prevail: Mr. Combs never sexually harassed or trafficked anyone—male or female, adult or minor.”

In a second suit filed Monday, also in state court in Manhattan, a John Doe plaintiff alleges that he was 17 when he attended three days of auditions in 2008. make the band. She alleges that on the first day, Combs began groping and fondling her during a private meeting when she asked how she would handle situations of “sexual pressure” in the music industry. She says that a day later, during another in-person interview, Combs forced her to perform oral sex and sexually assaulted her.

The John Doe plaintiff alleges that Combs and a bodyguard then assaulted him simultaneously on the third day, with Combs framing the attack as a test of his “willingness to do whatever it takes to succeed in the music industry”. He alleged that his apparent discomfort with the incident disqualified him from the competition.

Combs' current legal troubles date back to last November, when his ex-girlfriend, Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura, filed a bombshell rape and sex-trafficking lawsuit against him. Combs settled with Ventura within 24 hours. In her disturbing complaint, Ventura accused Combs of repeatedly physically assaulting her and forcing her to participate in highly choreographed, drug-fueled sexual encounters called “freak offs.”

A week after Ventura's case made global headlines, two more women have come forward with rape claims. Several others filed similar lawsuits in the months after Combs was indicted by a grand jury last month as a result of a parallel criminal investigation. The 54-year-old music mogul pleaded guilty. His trial will begin next May.

On Friday, the judge overseeing Combs' criminal case issued an order saying he expects all parties to follow the rules of evidence and keep sensitive, non-public information about Combs' criminal case forward to trial. U.S. District Court Judge Arun Subramanian issued his order in the Southern District of New York after Combs' lawyers accused federal officials of leaking information to the media.

“To be clear, this order is not based on a finding that any wrongdoing has occurred, as the court finds no facts relevant to the defendant's allegations at this juncture that information related to the case was leaked,” the judge wrote. That nothing should happen henceforth which would interfere with a fair trial.”

If convicted as charged, Combs faces a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum prison sentence.