Sean “Diddy” Combs has been facing several sexual assault allegations before federal agents raided his properties in Los Angeles and Miami.
The 54-year-old music mogul has been accused of abuse, rape, sex trafficking, and other disturbing acts in five separate sexual assault lawsuits filed since November 2023, all of which he has denied.
In November 2023, Cassie (Casandra Ventura) filed a lawsuit against Combs, alleging that he raped and sex trafficked her over the course of an abusive 10 years. The complaint stated that the “Me & U” singer was stuck in a decade-long cycle of abuse, violence, and sex trafficking that included a 2018 rape after she tried to leave him.
Following this lawsuit, Combs settled with Cassie to their mutual satisfaction, with no further details publicly revealed about the terms of the agreement.
Shortly after settling with Cassie, Combs was accused of sexual assault by Joi Dickerson-Neal in a lawsuit filed in the Manhattan Supreme Court. Dickerson-Neal alleged that Combs drugged and raped her when she was a college student at Syracuse University in 1991 and shared revenge porn of the incident with others in the music industry.
Another lawsuit was filed on the same day by Liza Gardner in New York County Supreme Court, where she alleged that Combs and singer-songwriter Aaron Hall took turns raping her and a friend in New York City over 30 years ago.
In December 2023, a woman under the name Jane Doe accused Combs, former Bad Boy Entertainment president Harve Pierre, and a third individual of sex trafficking and gang rape when she was 17 years old. The lawsuit claimed that she was given drugs and alcohol before being gang-raped in Combs’ recording studio in New York City.
Most recently, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, a former producer and videographer for Combs, filed a lawsuit alleging that Combs sexually harassed, drugged, and threatened him over a year. Jones claimed he witnessed and experienced many disturbing events beyond his role as a producer on Combs’ “Love” album.
Combs’ lawyer denied the allegations and called Lil Rod a liar shamelessly looking for a payday. The lawyer stated that they have indisputable proof that the claims are complete lies and will address them in court.
The ongoing lawsuits against Combs have sparked controversy and drawn attention to the issue of sexual assault and abuse in the entertainment industry.
