NEW YORK (AP) — Seven new sexual assault charges have been filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs, as his lawyers asked the judge overseeing the music mogul’s criminal sex trafficking case to order sanctions against Combs’ accusers and their lawyers. Asked for.

The civil lawsuits by four men and three women over alleged misconduct in New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas spanning primarily from 2000 to 2022 were made public Sunday and Monday, Tony Buzbee, a lawyer for the accusers, said on Facebook.

Some of the lawsuits say that unidentified figures also attacked Combs’ accusers.

Combs, 54, faces at least two dozen civil lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct, including 13 by Buzbee’s company.

Combs has denied wrongdoing. He has also pleaded not guilty in the criminal case, and is appealing against more than a month in custody in a Brooklyn jail after being denied bail twice.

The new lawsuits add to legal problems for Combs, who prosecutors say forced victims to participate in sex acts against their will, bribed and intimidated them, and hired his own staff to conceal it all .

‘Ready to party’

In a new lawsuit, plaintiff Jane Doe says she was 13 years old when Combs drugged and assaulted her at a party after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in New York.

She said that Combs and an unnamed male celebrity raped her vaginally while an unnamed female celebrity watched, after which Combs declared, “You’re ready to party!”

Another accuser, John Doe, said he was a 17-year-old aspiring artist who made small talk with Combs at a 2022 party in the penthouse of a Manhattan hotel, after Combs assured him “he could make her a star.” Is.”

Doe said Combs spiked her drink and later attacked her, groping her genitals in a room where other people were engaged in group sex.

In response to the lawsuits, Combs’ lawyers cited a statement addressing Buzbee’s earlier lawsuits.

“Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts, his legal defense, and the integrity of the judicial process,” the lawyers said. “In court, the truth will prevail: Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone – adult or minor, male or female.”

Buzbee’s firm said it represents more than 150 of Combs’ accusers.

character assassination

Combs faces a criminal trial on May 5, 2025, on three felony counts of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.

The gag order request from Combs’ primary attorney, Mark Agnifilo, seeks to prevent potential government witnesses and their attorneys from making statements that substantially interfere with Combs’ right to a fair trial.

Agnifilo objected to several statements “aimed at assassinating Mr. Combs’s character in the press”, including false allegations of child sexual abuse, and asked that prosecutors explain whether he authorized such statements.

A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Damien Williams in Manhattan, whose office is prosecuting Combs, declined to comment.

Five of the new lawsuits were filed in federal court, and two were filed in New York state court, all in Manhattan.

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