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Sean "Diddy" Combs has been accused of sexual abuse by two more women.
A week after settling the sexual and domestic violence lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend Cassie (real name Casandra Ventura), the Bad Boy Records founder is facing two more civil suits filed under New York's temporary Adult Survivors Act, which allowed people to file sex abuse lawsuits until Friday, November 24, even if the statute of limitations had already expired.
According to documents obtained by People, an unnamed woman identified as Jane Doe filed a complaint against Combs and R&B singer Aaron Hall on Thursday, November 23. Her lawsuit also names MCA Music Entertainment and Geffen Records as co-defendants.
In the filing, Doe said she met Combs and Hall at an Uptown Records event held at distributor MCA Records' office in the early '90s. She claimed the two men ended up bringing her and her friend to an "afterparty" at Hall's apartment, where they took turns raping both women.
Doe went on to add that Combs was "irate" following the situation and ended up "assaulting and choking [her] to the point that she passed out." The filing said that “Combs was searching for Jane Doe’s friend because he was worried that she would tell the girl he was with at the time what he and Hall had done to them."
Doe alleged that she later told family and friends about what happened and eventually searched for medical treatment to help process the traumatic incident.
Additionally, Combs was also named in another case filed on the same day. CNN reported that Joi Dickerson-Neal — who starred in the rapper's music video for "Straight From the Soul" — accused Combs of sexually assaulting her in 1991. Per Dickerson-Neal, the rapper drugged the then-Syracuse University student at dinner and then coerced her into smoking a puff of a "blunt" before taking her to "a place he was staying to sexually assault her." She claimed he recorded the assault and showed it to a number of people. She said she was hospitalized for depression and suicidal ideation following the incident.
As a result, Dickerson-Neal is suing Combs and two of his businesses for assault and battery, sex trafficking, intentional infliction of emotional distress, disseminating revenge porn, and gender-motivated violence.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Combs said "the claims involving alleged misconduct against Mr. Combs from over 30 years ago and filed at the last minute are all completely denied and rejected by him."
"He recognizes this as a money grab. Because of Mr. Combs’ fame and success, he is an easy target for accusers who will falsify the truth, without conscience or consequence, for financial benefit," they continued, "The New York Legislature surely did not intend or expect the Adult Survivors Act to be exploited for improper purposes. The public should be skeptical and not rush to accept these unsubstantiated allegations.”
On November 27, this post was updated to include a statement from Combs' team.
