Sean 'Diddy' Combs sued for seventh time: Meghann discusses live on CBS Chicago
Another lawsuit was filed against the hip-hop mogul one day after one was filed on behalf of a woman who says she still has the clothes she wore during the attack.
Another woman has accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexual assault in the seventh lawsuit filed against the hip-hop mogul in six months.
A 22-page complaint filed Thursday in New York County Supreme Court describes four “terrifying sexual encounters” between Combs and Lampros, who met in 1994 when Lampros was a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
It includes photos of Lampros with Combs as well as photos of notes he sent her and an invitation to his first Father’s Day celebration.
The lawsuit was filed by attorney Tyrone Blackburn, who also is suing Combs in a federal lawsuit on behalf of producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones. Blackburn also sued Universal Music Group and its CEO, Sir Lucian Grainge, but he recently dismissed the claims and is facing a sanctions request over them from UMG’s lawyers.
A judge in another case recently referred Blackburn to the Southern District of New York’s grievance committee over his failure to properly research venue. The April 3 order said “a reasonable inference” is Blackburn improperly files cases for media attention.
The bulk of Blackburn’s claims in the Lil Rod lawsuit still stand, including all claims against Combs and his son Justin Dior Combs.
Blackburn also has a lawsuit against Combs in New York state court on behalf of a woman who alleges Combs and singer Aaron Hall sexually assaulted her in 1990. Universal Music Group also is a defendant. No attorneys have appeared for Combs, but UMG is represented by McDermott Will & Emery LLP, including New York City-based partners Lisa A. Linsky, Edward B. Diskant and Max J. Kellogg.
Blackburn is trying to move the case to New Jersey because he now believes the alleged rape occurred there, but UMG lawyers say the move is an “eleventh-hour attempt to avoid an inevitable dismissal of Plaintiff’s time-barred and meritless case.”
Meanwhile, lawyers at Wigdor LLP are suing Combs in the Southern District of New York for sexual assault on behalf of a woman who is anonymized as Jane Doe but, under a judge’s ruling, will have to identify herself publicly if the lawsuit survives a motion to dismiss. The lawsuit accuses Combs and Bad Boy Entertainment President Harve Pierre of raping the woman in 2003 when she was 17.
Wigdor LLP lawyers also represented Combs’ former girlfriend Cassie Ventura in her sexual assault and trafficking lawsuit against Combs in November, which settled shortly after it was filed. The lawsuit mentioned the video that CNN published last week showing Combs assaulting Ventura in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.
Lawyer Bradford Cohen believes the video was released by Cassie’s team as part of a strategy related to the ongoing federal criminal investigation into Combs, which became public when federal agents raided his Los Angeles and Miami homes in February.
Cohen, a Florida-based criminal defense attorney whose clients include Kodak Black and Lil Wayne, also referenced Cassie’s statement on Thursday in which she said Combs’ abuse caused her to become someone “I never thought I would become.”
“That is why the tape was leaked,” Cohen wrote on Instagram. “She essentially, in my opinion, is a co-conspirator. She probably took part in many situations where there are allegations of misconduct.”
“Leaking the tape and now the statement reinforces her position that she had no choice on the matter and thus tries to avoid any criminal liability,” Cohen continued. “Based on the tape leak and the statement, she most likely doesn’t have an immunity deal yet, but I am sure her team is angling for one.”
Cohen added, “That all being said, this analysis is not saying domestic violence is ok or condoning it in anyway. Just looking at what is really going on here in this situation and leaked tape.”
The two other ongoing lawsuits against Combs are the new federal case filed this week and a New York state court case that accuses him of raping a Syracuse University student in 1990.
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