Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing more accusations of sexual assault and rape.
On Monday, Oct. 14, Houston-based attorney Tony Buzbee, who says he is representing 120 people accusing the Bad Boys Records founder of sexual misconduct, filed six new complaints on behalf of two women and four men in the Southern District of New York, NBC News was first to report.
In the complaints, some of which were reviewed by PEOPLE, the six unidentified plaintiffs referred to as Jane and John Does allege that they were either sexually abused, sexually assaulted, sexually exploited or raped by Combs in incidents from 1995 to 2021.
In one of the complaints obtained by NBC News, an unidentified woman alleges that in 2004, when she was 19, Combs invited her and a female friend to a Manhattan hotel room and forced them to drink alcohol and take drugs.
The woman alleges that Combs threatened to “have them both killed” before he raped her, NBC News reports.
A second complaint filed on behalf of another woman and reviewed by PEOPLE alleges that in 1995 Diddy raped her at a party celebrating the release of Biggie Smalls’ music video “One More Chance” in New York City.
The event was “packed with high-profile guests,” the complaint alleges, when Combs approached the plaintiff while she danced with friends and asked to speak with her privately.
Alone in a bathroom, Combs began kissing the plaintiff, she alleges in the complaint. When she asked him to slow down, Combs allegedly “advanced aggressively,” striking her, slamming her head against the wall, causing her to fall to the floor, according to the complaint.
After hitting her again, Combs allegedly raped her while she lay on the floor, the complaint claims.
Afterward, Combs “adjusted his clothing in a nonchalant manner and threatened Plaintiff, saying, ‘You better not tell anyone about this or you will disappear,’ leaving Plaintiff terrified for her life,” the complaint alleges.
In another complaint, a man alleges that Combs sexually assaulted him in 1998 when he was 16 and was invited to one of the mogul’s White Parties in the Hamptons. He alleges that Combs took him to a private area and told him to “drop his pants,” asking, ‘Don’t you want to break into the business?”
Combs “grabbed John Doe’s penis and genitals with his hand” and began “squeezing” them, the complaint alleges. Combs told the teen his “people would be in touch,” it alleges.
On Oct. 1, Buzbee announced in a press conference that he was representing more than 100 accusers who had come forward alleging that Combs had sexually assaulted them.
In a video interview with Law & Crime on Oct. 2, Buzbee claimed that 12,000 people called a hotline he set up for accusers in the first 24 hours.
Buzbee’s announcement of the upcoming lawsuits against Combs included allegations that he had abused children, including a 9-year-old boy who claims that he was sexually assaulted while auditioning at a studio in New York City.
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“Other boys were there to audition as well,” Buzbee previously claimed. “All of them were trying to land a record deal. All of them were minors. This individual [the 9-year-old] was sexually abused, allegedly by Sean Combs and several other people at the studio with the promise to both his parents and himself of getting a record deal.”
The newest complaints come after Combs was indicted on federal charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution on Sept. 16. He has pleaded not guilty.
In March, federal agents raided Combs’ homes in Beverly Hills and Miami.
In November, his ex-girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, known as Cassie, filed a lawsuit accusing Combs of rape and other allegations.
The following day, she dropped the lawsuit after they came to an amicable agreement.
Combs’ attorney and representatives did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.
In response to previous accusations of sexual assault against Combs, the music mogul’s attorney Erica Wolff wrote in a statement to PEOPLE, “As Mr. Combs’ legal team has emphasized, he cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus. That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors. He looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation.”
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.
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