3 months, 2 weeks ago

Diddy faces public scrutiny over alleged sex crimes as questions arise about future of his music

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Sean “Diddy” Combs created a hit-making empire with big name performers, earning his place as a savvy music mogul and becoming a three-time Grammy winner while securing high-profile deals across other industries. Since several allegations surfaced last year, Combs’ public image has taken a nosedive as major deals slipped away: He stepped down as Revolt TV chairman then later sold off his majority stake in the company. Last year, Combs released his first solo studio album since 2006 with “The Love Album: Off the Grid” and Janelle Monae put out “The Age of Pleasure” through his label. “Here I am keeping good company with @thedrewbarrymoreshow and I don’t have 1,000 bottles of lube at the house,” said 50 Cent, who often has criticized Combs during the accusations.

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1 week, 6 days ago

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces fresh lawsuit from woman who says he ‘lured’ her through radio contest before abusing her

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Ex-Diddy employee sues rapper over claims of unsavory job tasks coordinating 'Wild King Nights' sex parties

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Ex-Diddy employee sues rapper over claims of unsavory job tasks coordinating 'Wild King Nights' sex parties

Daily Mail

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is being sued by a former employee who claims the embattled music mogul subjected him to sexual battery and harassment, sex trafficking and other humiliating indiscretions during his time on the rapper's payroll. 'No matter how many lawsuits are filed, it won't change the fact that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or sex trafficked anyone - …

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Sean ’Diddy’ Combs’ legal troubles deepen: Oklahoma woman accuses him of complicity in 2006 party rape

Live Mint

LaTroya Grayson, an Oklahoma woman, has filed a lawsuit against rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, Bad Boy Records, and other companies, alleging their involvement in a 2006 incident where she was drugged and sexually assaulted at a party hosted by Combs in New York City. Details of the allegations Grayson claims she attended the event, initially advertised as a "White Party" …

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Diddy sued by 2006 NYC contest winner for sexual assault, shares photos; mogul’s attorney responds

Hindustan Times

Sean "Diddy" Combs is facing a new lawsuit from a woman who claims he sexually assaulted her in 2006. - Sean Diddy Combs./File Photo Diddy hit with sexual assault charge by Oklahoma woman The disgraced music mogul, currently sitting behind the Brooklyn bars is facing multiple lawsuits alleging sexual assault and abuse. Grayson, who was 23 at the time, alleges …

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Will Smith denies having any links to Sean Diddy Combs: ‘I ain’t been nowhere near that man’

The Independent

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Social media users have been speculating online about what …

3 weeks, 6 days ago

3 Men Accuse Diddy Of Sodomizing Them In New Lawsuits

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Three men have filed separate lawsuits against Sean “Diddy” Combs on Thursday, accusing the media mogul of raping them. Doe tried to resist, but Combs told him to “stop” because he was “almost done,” the lawsuit said. Doe recounted the experience in an exclusive interview with NBC News published Thursday: “The phrase that just rattles in my …

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs drugged, raped us, say 3 men in fresh lawsuits

India Today

American rapper Sean Combs, also known as Diddy, has been accused of sexual assault and rape by three men in separate lawsuits filed in New York. The second man alleges that Combs drugged and raped him in 2019 at an after party at Combs' suite at a star hotel in New York. The third complainant claimed that Combs drugged and …

3 weeks, 6 days ago

3 men say in lawsuits that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs drugged and sexually assaulted them

Hindustan Times

NEW YORK — Three men sued Sean “Diddy” Combs in New York on Thursday, claiming the hip-hop mogul drugged and raped them. 3 men say in lawsuits that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs drugged and sexually assaulted them The lawsuits, which were filed anonymously in a state court, add to a wave of sexual assault litigation against the rapper, producer and record …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dawn Richard's lawyer claims the singer was ‘groped and sexually assaulted’ by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

Hindustan Times

Dawn Richard, a former member of two music groups formed by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, has come forward with allegations of sexual abuse and mistreatment by the music mogul. Her attorney, Lisa Bloom, has described the environment Richard endured as “absolutely terrifying.” Combs is currently jailed on multiple charges, while Richard's attorney details claims of violence and manipulation. “Richard alleged that …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs charges explained: What are the latest allegations against rapper as he appears in court for bail hearing?

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs alleges ‘his reputation has already been destroyed by’ US Government

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs alleges ‘his reputation has already been destroyed by’ US Government

Hindustan Times

Disgraced rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has spoken out against the legal challenges and media scrutiny he faces while awaiting trial on serious sex trafficking charges. Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces serious legal challenges and media scrutiny while awaiting trial for trafficking charges. “The prospect of a conviction does not materially change his incentives here, where his reputation has already been destroyed …

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs talked ‘dirty’, wore ‘disturbing smile’ as he raped man: Report

Live Mint

A new lawsuit accused music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs of violently raping a drugged-up man at a Miami house party — while brandishing a “disturbing smile” and talking “dirty” to the alleged victim. It further added, “Plaintiff heard Combs ‘talk dirty’ to him and the others in the bedroom and Plaintiff recalls Combs telling him ‘his is what you want,’ …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is trying to obstruct justice from jail, prosecutors say

Hindustan Times

NEW YORK — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has tried to reach out to prospective witnesses and influence public opinion from jail in a bid to affect potential jurors for his upcoming sex trafficking trial, prosecutors claimed in a court filing urging a judge to reject his latest bail request. Sean 'Diddy' Combs is trying to obstruct justice from jail, prosecutors say …

2 months ago

Diddy's son slammed for taking over disgraced rapper's Instagram to spread 'positivity'

Daily Mail

Diddy's son Christian 'King' Combs was blasted for taking over the jailed rapper's social media page on Wednesday to spread 'positivity' in honor of his dad's birthday. Slammed: Diddy's son Christian 'King' Combs was slammed for taking over the jailed rapper's Instagram to spread 'positivity' amid his sex trafficking charges Post: He took over his jailed dad's page in honor …

2 months, 1 week ago

Prosecutors say lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs want to 'hijack' criminal case to fight civil claims

The Independent

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Diddy’s children break silence in support of father amid sex trafficking charges

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Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sean “Diddy” Combs’s children have …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Diddy faces wave of new lawsuits including accusation he raped 13-year-old girl at MTV VMA afterparty

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of raping women and molesting 16-year-old boy among new sexual assault allegations

The Independent

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused of assaulting men, women and child in six new lawsuits

ABC

A new wave of lawsuits accuses Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy. "In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone — adult or minor, man or woman," the rapper's lawyers responded in a Monday statement. When the planned lawsuits were announced on October 1, a lawyer …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Diddy allegedly 'molested underage male musician and sexually assaulted second man in Macy's flagship store'

Daily Mail

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been accused of molesting six more people - including his first alleged underage victim and a man who was working at Macy's flagship NYC store. The other victim, identified as John Doe, claimed he was 'orally raped' by Combs in the stockroom of the Macy's Flagship store in May 2008. Diddy is pictured at his 1998 …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces new lawsuits, including allegation he molested a 16-year-old boy

LA Times

Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing six new lawsuits alleging sexual abuse, including accusations that he molested a 16-year-old boy at a party in 1998. The lawsuit alleges, “Combs abruptly then let go of John Doe’s genitals and told him that his people would be in touch.” The six lawsuits were filed in the Southern District of New York …

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial set for May 2025

Raw Story

Music mogul Sean Combs is set to go on trial for racketeering and sex trafficking on May 5, 2025, a judge said in a court hearing Thursday. The rapper known as "Diddy" will remain incarcerated, said federal judge Arun Subramanian, after he was indicted last month on three criminal counts that allege he sexually abused women and coerced them into …

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Here’s everyone caught in the web of the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs allegations so far

NPR

Here’s everyone caught in the web of the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs allegations so far Warning: This story involves mention of rape, sexual and physical assault toggle caption Paras Griffin/Getty Images Sean "Diddy" Combs remains in a Brooklyn jail while awaiting a May 5 trial on federal charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. Crystal McKinney Arnaldo Magnani/Getty Images In May, Crystal …

3 months ago

Male A-lister in Diddy Sex tape ‘horrified’ by leak in media: ‘If this footage gets out…’

Hindustan Times

The alleged leak of a sex tape involving Sean “Diddy” Combs has reportedly left a high-profile A-list male celebrity “horrified” as the explicit footage is shopped around to media outlets. Male celeb featured in Diddy’s tape ‘horrified’ “It’s triggering,” an insider close to the star’s circle told NY Post. It will be on the internet forever.” A-lister trying to ignore …

3 months ago

As Diddy is accused of countless sex crimes, our podcast The Trial brings you the inside stories...

Daily Mail

More than 100 allegations of sexual abuse, including multiple accusations of rape and even child abuse, at his infamous drug-fuelled parties – and that’s just the start of the reckoning for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. Pictured: Cassie Ventura and Sean Combs Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and Kim Porter during The Sean John Party at Lobby at Lobby in New York Cit …

3 months, 1 week ago

Wendy Williams says ‘it’s about time’ Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces the music: ‘So horrible’

LA Times

Wendy Williams says Sean “Diddy” Combs’ alleged history of sexual abuse and sex trafficking is “just so horrible.” Former daytime-talk staple Wendy Williams is no longer on air, but that hasn’t stopped her from weighing in on one of the music industry’s most damning scandals in recent years. The host of “The Wendy Williams Show” — who has shied away …

3 months, 1 week ago

Sean "Diddy" Combs faces 120 new sexual assault allegations

Salon

The ongoing legal saga for Sean "Diddy" Combs shows no signs of abating, as the disgraced rapper was just hit with 120 new sexual assault allegations. We will pursue this matter no matter who the evidence implicates,” the lawyer continued, per NBC, noting that the allegations point toward “many powerful people. Buzbee indicated that the claims include “violent sexual assault …

3 months, 1 week ago

Attorney says 120 accusers allege sexual misconduct against Sean 'Diddy' Combs

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An attorney said Tuesday he …

3 months, 1 week ago

Diddy makes yet another bid for freedom ahead of sex trafficking trial

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3 months, 1 week ago

Model claims she was drugged, sexually assaulted and impregnated at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ L.A. home

LA Times

In a courtroom sketch, Sean Combs, center, is flanked by his defense attorney Marc Agnifilo, left, and Teny Garagos, in Manhattan Federal Court on Sept. 17 in New York. A Florida model alleges in a new lawsuit that Sean “Diddy” Combs paid for her to travel overseas with him for years, pressured her to have sex with other men and …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs speaks to his kids from jail who are shocked over his sex-trafficking arrest

The Independent

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Diddy’s music streams jump after arrest and indictment

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ vast music catalog has seen a jump in streams since his arrest last week and the unsealing of an indictment against him. Under his many musical monikers — including Diddy, Puff Daddy and P. Diddy — the industry data and analytics company Luminate said the mogul’s music saw an average 18.3% increase in on-demand …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Diddy jokes about trapping women at parties in resurfaced interview after sex trafficking charges

The Independent

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sean “Diddy” Combs can be …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Diddy’s Indictment Is A Warning To The Music Industry

Huff Post

Sean "Diddy" Combs at Howard University Homecoming on October 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. After the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York unsealed Combs’ indictment early Tuesday morning, social media wasted no time cherry-picking the most searing details — most notably the narcotics and 1,000+ bottles of baby oil and lubricant that law enforcement seized during …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-Bad Boy Records rapper Shyne says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ‘destroyed my life’ as mogul awaits trial

LA Times

Shyne claimed Sean “Diddy” Combs “pretty much sent me to prison,” decades after he took the fall for a shooting in the ’90s that involved the music mogul. Former Bad Boy Records rapper Shyne has a stern message about Sean “Diddy” Combs amid the mogul’s legal fallout: “This is someone who destroyed my life.” The Belizean hip-hop artist-turned-politician broke his …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Diddy is 'as bad as Epstein' says cop who raided disgraced hip-hop mogul's Miami mansion where police found sex rooms used to host 'freak offs'

Daily Mail

Music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been likened to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after sordid new details have emerged of the sex rooms in his Miami home where he hosted his 'freak offs'. The music mogul's homes in Los Angeles and Miami were raided by federal authorities who have now claimed there were rooms within the Miami mansion solely …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Diddy’s future looks ‘bleak’ and defense will paint rapper as ‘sex freak’ not a criminal, former prosecutor predicts

The Independent

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside Diddy's 'freak off' sex orgies: Rapper is denied bail as he is accused of running sordid 'criminal enterprise' - as his lawyer says allegations have left Combs 'in treatment and therapy'

Daily Mail

Hip-hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs was arrested on Monday in a sex-trafficking case accusing him of forcing women into 'freak off' orgies and presiding over a sordid criminal empire of sexual crimes. The charges are tied to 'freak offs' - coerced sex acts that Combs allegedly orchestrated and recorded, according to a federal indictment. Music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs has …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘A culture of silence and deference’: A sex trafficking expert analyzes the allegations against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

LA Times

The indictment alleges that Sean “Diddy” Combs used a pattern of coercion, threats and violence to keep victims under his control. The former chief of the sex trafficking unit at the Kings County district attorney’s office in Brooklyn said she was not surprised by the accusations against Sean “Diddy” Combs because the celebrity, money and power swirling in the music …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs timeline: How the music magnate was arrested after a year of intensifying allegations.

CNN

CNN — Diddy’s legal troubles keep growing. Both musical artists released statements saying the matter was resolved “amicably.” Combs’ attorney, Brafman, said the settlement was “in no way an admission of wrongdoing.” November 23, 2023: Two more women accuse Combs of sexual assault in lawsuits filed in New York Supreme Court on the eve of the expiration of the state’s …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs will remain in infamous N.Y. jail. Judge calls hotel beating video ‘troubling’

LA Times

Cassie Ventura, left, and Sean “Diddy” Combs arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story” at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills on June 21, 2017. Sean “Diddy” Combs will stay locked up in an infamous New York federal jail on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges after his attorney’s request to have him …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Faces Explosive Sex Trafficking, Abuse Allegations In New Indictment

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Federal prosecutors unveiled a disturbing array of accusations against rapper and media mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs as they charged him with three counts of sex trafficking and racketeering that allegedly spans years. Law enforcement found 1,000 bottles of lubricant for alleged ‘freak-offs.’ Prosecutors said in charging papers that Combs’ abuse was “recurrent and widely known” from at …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been indicted on sex trafficking and racketeering charges

The Hindu

Sean “Diddy” Combs was due in court Tuesday on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges that accuse him of hitting and abusing women for over a decade and presiding over an empire of sexual crimes. Detailing allegations dating to 2009, the indictment accuses him of abusing, threatening and coercing women for years “to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sean 'Diddy' Combs relaxes in Central Park and snaps selfies with fans in Manhattan before arrest in NYC - as cops finally swoop on disgraced rapper amid sex trafficking probe

Daily Mail

Sean 'Diddy' Combs was pictured kicking back in Central Park before walking the streets of New York City with his son Christian Combs just hours before he was arrested in a Manhattan hotel room late last night. Sean 'Diddy' Combs, 45, was pictured hours before his arrest on a walk in midtown Manhattan with his son Christian Combs, 26, Monday …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrested in Manhattan after wave of sexual misconduct lawsuits

The Independent

3 months, 3 weeks ago

US rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ denied bail after arrest on sex trafficking charge

Al Jazeera

Hip-hop mogul pleads not guilty after prosecutors say he ‘engaged in persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse’. A federal indictment against American rapper, music producer and fashion designer Sean “Diddy” Combs has been unsealed, showing the hip-hop artist is facing charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. That included years of engaging in threatening and coercive acts towards women “to fulfill …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sean Combs abused women during ‘freak offs’ involving male prostitutes, drugs, violence, feds allege

LA Times

Sean Combs arrives at the Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills in 2020. Sean “Diddy” Combs, the legendary music mogul, was accused by federal prosecutors of abusing women in a sweeping indictment unsealed Tuesday in New York. Key charges Combs faces three federal counts: Sex trafficking Racketeering Transportation to engage in …

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Diddy sued by Danity Kane’s Dawn Richard; sexual assault, inhumane treatment alleged

LA Times

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sued by Dawn Richard, who alleges sexual assault, harassment and inhumane treatment by the mogul who backed her groups Danity Kane and Diddy-Dirty Money. According to the complaint, obtained Wednesday by The Times, Richard alleged that Combs “flagrantly exploited” her as a singer and writer by withholding her earnings, stealing her copyrighted works and subjecting …

6 months ago

Diddy accused of sex trafficking and sexual assault in new lawsuit

Salon

Sean "Diddy" Combs on Wednesday was hit with the latest in a series of lawsuits filed against him alleging sexual assault and sex trafficking. In the suit filed in New York, former adult film star Adria English claimed that the rapper and former CEO of Bad Boy Entertainment forced her into prostitution and sex work with guests at his annual …

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