UPDATE (NOV. 23):
On Thursday (Nov. 21), Sean “Diddy” Combs’ spokesperson launched a press release to XXL regarding the latest lawsuit towards the hip-hop mogul.
“This last-minute lawsuit is an example of how a well-intentioned law can be turned on its head,” the assertion reads. “Ms. Dickerson’s 32-year-old story is made up and not credible. Mr. Combs never assaulted her, and she implicates companies that did not exist. This is purely a money grab and nothing more.”
ORIGINAL STORY (NOV. 23):
Diddy is going through one other lawsuit from a lady who’s accusing the hip-hop mogul of drugging and sexually assaulting her when she was in faculty.
Diddy Faces Another Lawsuit, Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Woman
According to an NBC News report, revealed on Thursday (Nov. 23), Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit with one other lawsuit by a lady who claims that the Bad Boy Entertainment founder drugged her, sexually assaulted her and recorded the assault with out her information when she was a school pupil in 1991.
The alleged sufferer’s civil swimsuit was filed on Thursday underneath the New York Adult Survivors Act, simply someday earlier than its expiration on Nov. 24. This regulation permits people who’ve allegedly skilled sexual abuse to file civil lawsuits after the statute of limitations has expired.
The new lawsuit towards Diddy revolves round an alleged incident between Joie Dickerson-Neal and Diddy on Jan. 3, 1991, when she was a pupil at Syracuse University finding out psychology. Dickerson-Neal alleges that she went to dinner with Diddy at a restaurant in Harlem, N.Y., and accompanied him on errands, regardless that she was reluctant to take action. The lawsuit additionally states that she was on winter break from faculty on the time.
The alleged sufferer claims that Diddy “intentionally drugged” her, which left her incapacitated. In the lawsuit, Dickerson-Neal alleges she left her drink unattended with him on the restaurant and afterward took successful of a blunt whereas underneath strain from Diddy. They then drove to a music studio and when Dickerson-Neal could not go away the automotive on her personal, Diddy allegedly took her to a spot he was staying at. That’s when she claims Diddy sexually assaulted her, in line with her swimsuit.
Dickerson-Neal states in her criticism that she recalled feeling “humiliated and hurt, yet she could not escape the assault.” Since she had been allegedly drugged, the alleged sufferer claims she “lacked the physical ability or mental capacity to fend Diddy off.”
Other allegations embrace that she was the sufferer of “revenge porn.” She accuses Diddy of recording the sexual assault as effectively. Dickerson-Neal states in her swimsuit that days after the alleged assault, a male pal named DeVanté Swing, a member of the revered 1990’s R&B quartet Jodeci, revealed to her that he considered a “sex tape.” Other individuals reportedly noticed the tape as effectively. She added that Swing feared his band would lose its document deal if he spoke towards Diddy.
Dickerson-Neal claims that her life was turned the other way up after the alleged incident with Diddy, in line with the criticism. She was later admitted to a hospital for extreme melancholy and suicidal ideation and finally dropped out of faculty. The sufferer acknowledged that the assault left her battling psychological well being points, profession development and humiliation consequently of the recording of the incident.
According to Dickerson-Neal, Diddy pursued her “for a romantic or sexual relationship” repeatedly, however she rejected his advances as a result of she was conscious of his “history of treating women badly.”
Dickerson-Neal claims she filed police reviews in New York and New Jersey, and spoke to a number of prosecutors with the hope of urgent expenses. She additionally reached out to buddies and acquaintances to find the video that Diddy allegedly recorded of her, in line with the lawsuit.
XXL has reached out to Diddy’s lawyer, Ben Brafman, for remark.
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Woman Says Cassie’s Lawsuit Prompted Her to File Legal Action Against Diddy
Dickerson-Neal’s lawsuit comes after Diddy “amicably” settled Cassie’s lawsuit towards him. The former R&B singer accused Diddy of rape, bodily abuse and intercourse trafficking throughout their decade-long relationship.
Dickerson-Neal mentioned that Cassie’s lawsuit towards Diddy final week was the catalyst in submitting her authorized criticism towards Diddy. Her swimsuit names Diddy, Bad Boy Entertainment, Bad Boy Records and Combs Enterprises as defendants. She’s accusing Diddy of assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional misery, intercourse trafficking and revenge porn. NBC News reviews Dickerson-Neal is in search of compensatory damages for psychological and emotional damage, misery, ache and struggling and damage.
Diddy’s lawyer, Ben Brafman, issued a press release relating to Cassie’s lawsuit settlement, clarifying that Cassie’s settlement doesn’t imply that Diddy admitted to wrongdoing in her declare.
“Just so we’re clear, a decision to settle a lawsuit, especially in 2023, is in no way an admission of wrongdoing,” Brafman said in a statement released to the media. “Combs’ decision to settle the lawsuit does not in any way undermine his flat-out denial of the claims. He is happy they got to a mutual settlement and wishes Ms. Ventura the best.”
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This Is Diddy’s Third-Related Lawsuit Involving Sexual Assault
According to NBC News, that is the third lawsuit filed towards Diddy or one of his firms alleging sexual abuse by him or somebody related to him. The first was the lawsuit filed by Cassie on Nov. 16, during which she accused Diddy of rape and years of bodily abuse. He and the singer settled for an undisclosed quantity a day after the lawsuit was filed.
On Wednesday (Nov. 22), Harve Pierre, a former government at Diddy’s Bad Boy Entertainment, was hit with a lawsuit by a lady, described solely as Jane Doe within the criticism, who’s accusing Pierre of grooming and sexually assaulting her throughout her time working with him as an assistant on the storied document label.
The alleged sufferer claimed she was sexually assaulted by Pierre on a number of events between 2016-2017. The lady is in search of damages to “fully and fairly compensate” her for the bodily, emotional and psychological accidents she has suffered consequently of the alleged assaults.
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