Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with a series of lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
Sean Combs, whose home was raided by federal authorities in March, is facing a series of lawsuits.
The charges against Diddy include sexual assault and sex trafficking, and also include accusations against other celebrities, although not all of them are named as defendants.
Here are some of the celebrities mentioned in the sexual assault lawsuit against Combs:
Little is still known about why federal authorities raided musician Sean Combs' Los Angeles and Miami homes in March.
of Associated Press and Los Angeles Times The move is part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation by the Department of Homeland Security. The police department has not disclosed the subject of the investigation or the crime it is investigating.
The raid comes after Combs, commonly known as Diddy, has been hit with a series of lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault, sexual misconduct and sex trafficking.
There are seven separate lawsuits, one of which was filed by his ex-girlfriend, Cassandra Ventura, offering detailed allegations of rape, abuse, and drug use.
Combs denies all charges against him. In response to a request for comment from Business Insider after the raid, attorney Aaron Dyer said in a statement:
“While Mr. Combs has never been detained, he has interacted with and cooperated with authorities. Despite media speculation, neither Mr. Combs nor his family have been arrested and his travel has not been restricted in any way. This unprecedented ambush, with a sophisticated and coordinated media presence leading to a premature rush to sentencing for Mr. Combs, is nothing short of a witch hunt based on baseless accusations made in a civil lawsuit. . Mr. Combs is innocent.”
Some powerful and wealthy people under Mr. Combs' influence have been openly accused by the plaintiff of wrongdoing, including witnessing the abuse and not stopping it, or providing drugs to Mr. Combs. has been accused. People like Prince Harry and Nicki Minaj have also been mentioned only incidentally and have not been accused of any wrongdoing.
For decades, this hip-hop mogul has been surrounded by accusations of violence, sometimes involving other very famous names.
Below are the celebrities involved in the accusations against Combs.
R&B singer Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall is an R&B singer and a defendant in the lawsuit filed against Combs. Paras Griffin/Getty Images
R&B singer Aaron Hall, who was a member of the group Guy, was named as a defendant in a complaint filed against Combs in New York Supreme Court last November, ahead of the expiration of the New York Adult Survivors Act. Ta. How long people can bring sexual assault cases beyond the typical statute of limitations.
Plaintiff Liza Gardner accused Combs and Hall of sexually assaulting her and a friend in Hall's apartment in 1990, when she was 16 years old, after a music industry event sponsored by MCA Records. . She said Combs “forced” her to have sex, and then “Hall barged into her room, held her down and forced her to have sex as well.”
The plaintiff also claims Combs found her in his home and strangled her until she passed out. According to the complaint, he was worried that his girlfriend would find out about the incident.
In one YouTube video cited in the complaint, Mr. Hall says in an interview that “Puffy” (known as Mr. Combs in the 1990s) witnessed him having sex.
Hall could not be reached for comment. His attorney had not yet been identified in court documents as of April 8.
Music producer Halbe Pierre
Harv Pierre and Sean Combs worked together at Bad Boy Records. Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images
Music producer Harve Pierre has been named as a defendant in two lawsuits filed against Combs ahead of the Adult Survivors Act's expiration date. Both lawsuits were filed anonymously, one in the New York State Supreme Court and the other in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, with the plaintiff listed as Jane Doe on both documents.
Pierre was Combs' first employee at Bad Boy Records and the former president of his Bad Boy Entertainment, where he worked with artists like Notorious B.I.G. and Faith Evans.
In the original complaint, filed in November 2023, a former Bad Boy employee who worked as Pierre's assistant alleged that Pierre used his position of power to “groom and exploit her.” , and sexually assaulted her.'' The complaint says Combs and his company enabled the abuse.
In a second lawsuit filed in December 2023, the plaintiff alleges that in 2003, when she was 17 years old, Combs, Pierre, and an unnamed third defendant gang-raped and sexually trafficked her. claims to have done so. Specifically, she claims Pierre snorted crack cocaine and then forced her to perform oral sex on him before taking her from Detroit to New York City on his private jet.
The complaint alleges that at a New York studio owned by Combs, the defendants provided drugs and alcohol to the plaintiff and then raped her.
Pierre's attorney did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment. He denied the charges in the second complaint.
“This is a myth. I have never participated in, witnessed or heard of anything like this before. These damning allegations are false and a desperate attempt for financial gain. “This is an attempt,” he said in a statement obtained by TMZ.
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr.
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. has been named as a defendant on sexual assault charges. Sharif Ziyadat
Cuba Gooding Jr. is named as a defendant in an amended complaint filed in March in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by music producer Lil Rod, also known as Rodney Jones Jr. Mr. Jones accused Mr. Gooding of sexual harassment and sexual assault.
Specifically, Mr. Jones accuses Mr. Combs of grooming him to “give it to” Mr. Gooding. According to the complaint, the two were left alone in a makeshift studio on a yacht Combs had rented.
There, Gooding “began touching, groping, and fondling Ms. Jones' legs, upper inner thighs near her groin area, small of her back near her buttocks, and shoulders,” the complaint says.
The actor previously pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of forcible touching.
Gooding's attorney did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
Universal Music Group CEO Lucien Grainge
Universal Music Group CEO Lucien Grainge has denied all wrongdoing. Cindy Ord/VF23
Lucian Grainge, CEO of Universal Music Group and stepfather of Sofia Richie, is also listed as a defendant in Jones' amended complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
He is accused of aiding and abetting Combs in, among other things, extortion and sex trafficking. Universal's Motown Records had a licensing agreement with Combs' Love Records.
As CEO, Grainge “had a duty to ensure that the financial support he provided to Sean Combs and Love Records was not used for sex workers, drugs, or adulterated alcohol,” according to the complaint.
Grainge's lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the accusations, calling them “obnoxious falsehoods.” In a sworn statement in court, Grainge called the accusations “completely false and absurd” and said he intended to “pursue both the plaintiffs and their attorneys for making these false accusations.” .
Grainge also pointed to the fact that he is CEO of a “multinational public company” and is not involved in the “day-to-day operations” of the company's “thousands of contracts.”
In a statement to Business Insider, Mr. Grainge's attorney, Donald S. Zacharin, called the complaint “aggressively reckless.”
“The plaintiffs are now attempting to amend their claims against Sir Lucian by removing the original set of outrageous falsehoods relating to Sir Lucien and replacing them with new, equally ridiculous and wholly contradictory falsehoods,” he said. Ta. “We seek not only to prove the offensive falsity of these claims, but also to recover all costs and damages caused by their claims.”
justin dior combs
Diddy's son, Justin Dior Combs, is a defendant in one of the lawsuits against his father. Prince Williams/Getty Images
Although not necessarily a celebrity himself, Diddy's 30-year-old son, Justin Dior Combs, is a defendant in Jones' amended complaint in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
In an extensive list of charges, Jones accuses Justin Combs of recruiting sex workers and underage girls and conducting “freak-offs.”
He also said that when his friend “G” was shot dead in the recording studio, only the younger Combs and the older Combs were in the room, implying that one of them shot G. are doing.
Justin Combs was seen handcuffed on the lawn outside his Los Angeles home during a raid by federal authorities, but he was not arrested.
Justin Combs' attorney, Jeffrey Lichtman, said on his radio show “Beyond the Legal Limit” that the complaint is “absolutely ridiculous.”
“This was obviously written to get as much publicity as possible not only about this case, but also about this literally geeky lawyer whose name I can't remember,” he said.
Lichtman did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
Rapper Yung Miami.
Rapper Yung Miami is not named as a defendant in any of the complaints. Terrence Racine/Getty Images
Yung Miami, a member of City Girls, is mentioned in Jones' amended complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She is not a defendant and has not been charged with sexual misconduct.
She is listed as part of Koms' sex trafficking operation and is accused of bringing the drug Koms Tusi, also known as “pink cocaine,” onto her private jet.
According to the complaint, she was employed as one of Combs' sex workers for a monthly salary. She also alleges that her cousin, named Jane Doe No. 1, assaulted Ms. Jones and forced her to perform oral sex on him without her consent.
Representatives for Yong Miami did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.
DJ and producer Stevie J.
Stevie J and Sean Combs are long-time collaborators. Johnny Nunez/Getty Images
In an amended complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Jones alleges that Combs' longtime collaborator, Grammy Award winner Stevie J, recruited sex workers to participate in Combs' “freak offs.” He claims that he did, but does not mention Stevie J's name. as the defendant.
Jones accuses Combs of instructing Stevie J. “what kind of sex workers to recruit and how to recruit them.”
Jones also accused Stevie J of sending threatening messages when Jones publicly asked Combs for money to produce Combs' “The Love Album.''
The complaint also says Combs used his connection to Jones' “idol” Stevie J to coerce Jones into having sex.
“I've never seen my husband do anything foul like they're talking about… I've never seen him, I've known him for 29 years,” Stevie J told TMZ earlier this month. told.
His lawyer did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
If you are a victim of sexual assault, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 or visit our website for confidential support.
