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Sean “Diddy” Combs Lawsuit
What Are the Allegations Against Sean “Diddy” Combs?
Isn’t the elevator video what started it all?
It all started when CNN leaked surveillance of music producer Diddy Combs brutally beating his then-girlfriend Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura down a hotel corridor and kicking her into an elevator.
Scandal has since surrounded the self-proclaimed “bad boy for life” and former Grammy award-winning hip hop singer turned music industry mogul. Not only is Combs facing federal criminal charges for sex assault and sex trafficking, but he’s also facing an ever-expanding swarm of civil lawsuits for sexual and physical assault from survivors who are finally seeking accountability for the trauma they suffered at his hands.1 One woman’s lawsuit began the unraveling.2
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[R & B singer] “Casandra ‘Cassie’ Ventura kicked off what became a tsunami of accusations against Combs with a lawsuit against him in New York federal court that included graphic claims of sexual assault, physical abuse, and an allegation that Combs, her ex-boyfriend, would force her to have sex with male sex workers while he watched.”
– Rolling Stone, October 10, 2024.3
Why is Diddy Facing Lawsuits – Criminal and Civil?
We’ve seen it before: an unspoken, not even well-hidden, undercurrent of sexual assault in the entertainment industry that survivors have generally stayed quiet about. Maybe they blame themselves for getting involved to catch a break at stardom. The #MeToo movement, however, and our own #icouldntsayno campaign are encouraging more and more survivors to step out of the shadows and try to change the paradigm.
Reclaim Your Power Through Legal Action.
Ventura’s lawsuit alleged that during the years Combs was abusing and assaulting her, he insisted on maintaining complete control over her life and body. Still other charges describe highly orchestrated elaborate parties called “freak-offs,” stocked with drugs and baby oil, facilitated by Diddy’s employees at lavish hotels – with special clean-up crews to erase the damage, which was often too enormous to repair.4
It is fairly unusual for an offender to face civil charges on top of criminal charges. Recall that civil lawsuits generally are filed against the institutions that turned a blind eye to predators under their employment rather than against individual assailants. However, in this case, as in the case of Harvey Weinstein, the assailant and the “institution” are virtually one and the same. The goal of the civil legal action is to procure funds for survivors, while the goal of the criminal action is to put the accused behind bars.
In the twisted sexual assault case of Sean Combs (aka, Diddy/P. Diddy/Puff Daddy/Brother Love), though, despite the accused facing criminal charges, he’s also being sued in civil court.
According to The New York Times, Diddy has accused the Department of Homeland Security of intentionally leaking to CNN damning video footage showing him beating and kicking Cassie Ventura in a hotel corridor, the release of which prompted Combs to publicly apologize the next day. In the apology, he claimed he had been going through “dark times.” Now he claims the footage should be inadmissible in court because, his lawyers maintain, CNN obtained the footage under suspicious circumstances and leaked it to ruin Diddy’s career.5
How Many Survivors Are Suing Sean Combs Over Assault?
A number of federal (criminal) cases include racketeering and sex trafficking, but the civil Diddy Combs lawsuit has rapidly expanded to include scores of plaintiffs since Ventura came forward in November 2023 and charged Combs with 11 years of sexual + physical terror.
We are horrified by the implications of this scandal and the long years it remained under the radar, but we are also very grateful to Cassie Ventura and survivors like her who have found the courage to speak out.
Potential defendants yet-to-be-sued, who allegedly knew and turned a blind eye to Diddy’s illegal enterprising include banks, pharmaceutical companies, and hotels, Bad Boy Entertainment (Bad Boy Records, founded in 1993) and its president Harve Pierre, Universal Music Group, Epic Records, and others that were already entangled in legal actions over Combs’ alleged crimes, according to The Hollywood Reporter.6
One journalist compared the sudden onslaught of women coming forward after Cassie Ventura’s public accusation, to an identical scenario after Sopranos actress Ambra Gutierrez first accused Harvey Weinstein’s of rape: the floodgates opened.
Can A Case for Women Help?
Yes! We want to help you take legal action and break the wall of silence around abuse in the entertainment industry by joining the Sean Combs lawsuit, aka, P. Diddy lawsuit.
ACFW does not charge you for its services, which include carefully hearing your story, grounding you, and getting you started with a sexual assault attorney. We also remain totally accessible to you until your case is finished, in case you have questions, concerns, or confusion you feel more comfortable discussing with us.
Another pivot point: We promise you utmost discretion. If you’re a survivor of this horror, or one like it, no one needs to know your identity for you to seek justice and have an enormous impact on stopping these crimes from going further.
We’ve been working since 2016 on national awareness campaigns about sex assault lawsuits to help educate women about how to take civil legal action. Here are some of the case areas we’ve successfully championed, especially when it comes to assault and exploitation of minors (many of the lawsuits against Combs are from minors):7
Larry Nassar was just the tip of the iceberg. We were honored to help women harmed by Nassar – and by the entire gymnastics “machine” in general – find a voice and uncover the massive abuse that can occur in women’s sports.
Tragically, numerous hotels, even “nice” hotels, have turned a blind eye to trafficking for decades. We intend to help put a stop to it and hold these hotels accountable.
For half a century, a huge enterprise of “therapeutic” behavioral centers has grown up in the United States operating under scarce government regulation and with comical disciplinary repercussions. The $23 billion-dollar industry squeezes parents and psychologically traumatizes their kids for life, but hardly anyone knew this was happening until Paris Hilton released her book Paris: The Memoir in March 2023.
The concept of both Uber and Lyft is that they are supposed to provide safe transportation when a passenger is unsafe to drive herself. It’s insane, then, that both companies are caught up in huge sexual assault lawsuits over safety, specifically women’s safety. Most unbelievable is that the majority of women have no idea this is even a thing.
Can One Voice Really
Make a Difference?
Yes! Our point in telling you about the huge impact Cassie Ventura had on other women is to emphasize how just one voice can knock down the wall of silence that so often surrounds sexual assault, often bringing waves of survivors the courage to come forward and break their silence.
By joining many voices, together we can make dramatic strides towards stopping sexual abuse altogether.
We are here to help you, woman to woman. Please get in touch 24/7/365. We’re awake, even in the middle of the night, ready to listen when you’re ready.
Sources
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Chloe Melas, Antonio Plenas, “Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs hit with a wave of 120 new sexual assault allegations,” NBC News, October 1, 2024.
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Cory Grow, “Sean Combs Accused of Rape by Singer Cassie in New Lawsuit,” Rolling Stone, November 23, 2023.
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Nancy Dillon, Cheyenne Roundtree, “Sean Combs Is Facing Multiple Abuse Lawsuits. What Happens to Them Now?” Rolling Stone, October 9, 2024.
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Julia Jacobs, Ben Sisario, “Sean Combs Lawyers Accuse Government of Leaking Cassie Assault Video,” New York Times, October 9, 2024.
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Kevin Dolak, “A Timeline of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Recent Legal Troubles, From Cassie’s Lawsuit to His Arrest,” The Hollywood Reporter, September 18, 2024.
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Lauren Overhultz, “Diddy’s celebrity friends are quietly settling with victims ahead of impending lawsuits: lawyer,” Fox News Los Angeles, October 7, 2024.
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We are the ones, far more than men, who are injured by sexual assault, financial scams, the gender pay gap, toxic chemicals, and the misguided practices of powerful pharmaceutical companies.
