Diddy accused of raping three men in new lawsuits

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Three additional male victims have sued Sean “Diddy” Combs, alleging that the music mogul raped and drugged them between 2019 and 2022.

Thomas Giuffra, a US lawyer, filed the complaints independently with the New York Supreme Court on Thursday.

According to two of the plaintiffs, Diddy “personally offered” them alcoholic drinks at his events, rendering them unconscious before to the rape.

More than 60 people approached his office with allegations against Combs, Giuffra told the BBC.

He stated that after looking into each allegation, his office chose to prosecute the three cases.

The first complaint claims that Combs assaulted him during their 2019 encounter at New York’s Marquee nightclub.

The plaintiff said he joined Diddy and 10 other people for a private afterparty when the music executive gave him a cocktail that made him unconscious.

He alleged that Combs noticed he was disoriented and said, “He is ready to party”.

He claimed during his brief moment of consciousness, he noticed two people recording him as Diddy was raping him, adding that he was later offered about $2,500 from the hip-hop mogul.

The second plaintiff said he attended a party at Diddy’s East Hampton home in the summer of 2020.

He said after drinking the alcoholic substance provided to him by Diddy, he became unconscious.

He also alleged that while “fading in and out of consciousness”, Diddy and members of Bad Boys Entertainment “took turns raping him”.

The third victim claimed he was Diddy’s employee and started working with him in 2006.

He alleged that in February 2020, he met the rapper at a hotel to discuss unpaid wages and during that meeting, Diddy gave him a drink that was drugged.

He claimed that when he woke up, he saw Combs sexually assaulting him.

He added that Diddy allegedly told him he would look like an idiot if he went to the police because they would not believe his story.

However, the legal representatives of Diddy have dismissed the lawsuits calling them “full of lies”.

“We will prove them false and seek sanctions against every unethical lawyer who filed fictional claims against him,” they told BBC.