Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Set To Face 120 Further Lawsuits

Attorneys introduced on Tuesday that they intend to file at the very least 120 lawsuits on behalf of people that say they had been sexually abused by Sean “Diddy” Combs and his associates.

Houston legal professional Tony Buzbee spoke subsequent to sexual abuse victims advocates and co-counsel Andrew Van Arsdale, of AVA Regulation Group, at a press convention and added that most of the alleged victims have already spoken to legislation enforcement authorities, together with the FBI.

The attorneys are actually within the means of accumulating police stories and medical data from hospitals, in accordance with Buzbee. Among the alleged victims had medicine discovered of their system after they sought medical remedy following the sexual abuse, he mentioned.

One drug specifically that stored exhibiting up within the alleged victims’ check outcomes was xylazine, also known as tranq, a non-opioid sedative.

He mentioned a lot of the alleged victims they characterize had been scared to talk out till Combs was arrested and indicted by federal authorities in September. He has pleaded not responsible.

“They worry backlash of their communities, they worry backlash in their very own households. They’re afraid of retaliation from the perpetrators and their associates. They’re rightly afraid for their very own private security,” Buzbee mentioned. “I anticipate that by means of this course of, many highly effective folks shall be uncovered, many soiled secrets and techniques shall be revealed.”

The attorneys mentioned greater than 3,000 folks reached out to them about doable abuse, they usually now characterize 120 accusers. The alleged victims come from greater than 25 states with a majority of them residing in California, New York, Georgia and Florida.

“They’re coming ahead now as a result of they lastly really feel a bit safer that he’s behind bars,” Andrew Van Arsdale, managing partner of AVA Law Group, advised HuffPost following the press convention. “His affect and management over their livelihood and perhaps bodily well being is waning, and they also’re coming ahead within the numbers they’re.”

In response to Buzbee, Combs’ alleged victims are evenly cut up between men and women, with about 62% of them figuring out as African Individuals, 30% figuring out as white, and the rest both Asian or Hispanic, he added.

Though every case is completely different, a standard theme includes the alleged sufferer being lured right into a state of affairs the place they got a laced drink at a celebration earlier than being sexually abused by Combs or his associates whereas different folks watched.

One particular person who was 22 on the time advised attorneys that in the event you refused the drink, you had been kicked out of the occasion, in accordance with Buzbee. He mentioned a lot of the sexual abuse occurred at auditions or events, together with album releases and Combs’ “all white events,” some at well-known venues in New York Metropolis.

Those that reached out to Combs or his associates following the abuse had been typically threatened with bodily violence or monetary repercussions. Buzbee added that the associates who witnessed or helped perpetrate the abuse embody people whose names are publicly identified.

“I might think about, as we converse right here, there are a myriad of people who find themselves very nervous,” Buzbee mentioned. “You may’t conceal skeletons within the closet endlessly. I might anticipate there are numerous folks on the market proper now who’re desperately looking out their recollections as they delete their texts and knowledge.”

Buzbee mentioned at the very least 25 had been minors on the time of the alleged abuse, with the youngest being 9 years previous. The legal professional mentioned the kid was delivered to New York Metropolis by Combs’ file label, Dangerous Boy Data, for an audition, however was sexually abused by Combs and his associates on the studio. The boy was promised that he and his dad and mom would get a file deal, Buzbee mentioned.

The victims’ instances shall be filed individually in opposition to Combs and may additionally embody company entities corresponding to banks, pharmaceutical corporations and lodges who Buzbee mentioned profited off the abuse.

An legal professional for Diddy didn’t instantly reply to HuffPost’s request for remark. He has beforehand mentioned Diddy is raring to inform his story and has denied allegations of different sexual abuse lawsuits.

Need assistance? Go to RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s website.