There are more than 100 fresh assault claims against Sean "Diddy" Combs.
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According to attorney Tony Buzbee for the accused victims, the youngest was nine years old.
Rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs is facing more than a hundred lawsuits alleging sexual assault, rape, and exploitation, according to a US attorney.
Attorney Tony Buzbee, who practices in Texas, stated that youngsters who were assaulted as early as nine years old are among the claimed victims.
Mr. Buzbee told reporters, "This is an important matter that we intend to pursue aggressively."
The rapper "emphatically and categorically" denies the accusations, according to Erica Wolff, the attorney for Combs, who described them as "false and defamatory".
During a press conference on Tuesday, Mr. Buzbee declared that he and his group "will leave no stone unturned to find potentially liable parties" in the alleged abuse, or "any individual or entity who participated in or benefited from this egregious behaviour."
Mr. Combs "looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation," according to a statement provided by Ms. Wolff to the BBC.
This lawsuit is Mr. Combs' most recent legal action.
Following his arrest last week, Mr. Combs is being prosecuted for sex trafficking and racketeering. He is fighting the denial of bail, which landed him in federal detention.
He has refuted every accusation of transgression.
Mr. Buzbee, who is admitted to practice law in both Texas and New York, claims to be representing 120 clients in total, half of whom are men and the other half of whom are women from over 25 states in the US.
Twenty-five of the accused victims he is defending were kids, he continued. This is the first time Mr. Combs has been charged with child sex abuse.
According to Mr. Buzbee, the occurrences in question occurred in Los Angeles, New York, and Miami between 1991 and as recently as this year. Most of the incidents, he continued, happened after 2015.
The majority of the litigants, he claimed, claim that following parties hosted by Mr. Combs that took place at hotels, private homes, and well-known locations.
According to Mr. Buzbee, the events were either celebrations for the release of an album or for US Independence Day and New Year's Eve. Others happened at what he said were tryouts.
"A lot of times, particularly young people hoping to make a name for themselves in the industry, were pressured into this kind of behaviour with the prospect of becoming a star or getting Sean Combs to hear their tape," Mr. Buzbee stated.
According to the man's attorney, one man, who was nine years old at the time, claims that while attempting to secure a record deal, he was sexually assaulted by Mr. Combs and his accomplices at a New York recording studio.
"Had he not been in charge, I believe I could have achieved greatness. I left the industry as a result of what Sean Combs did to me," he stated through his attorney in a statement.
A second man, also underage at the time, claimed he was informed by Mr. Combs that he would become a "star," but that in order to do so, he had to go see the rapper by himself, without the presence of his parents.
His attorney stated that once they were in a secluded setting, Mr. Combs asked the youngster to have oral sex with him.
Mr. Buzbee also brought up the instance of a fifteen-year-old girl who claims she was flown to New York for a party Mr. Combs was hosting, and that he and other people then sexually assaulted her.
The attorney stated that there was a blatant method of operation, whereby alleged victims are usually handed drinks that have been "laced" prior to being sexually assaulted.
Mr. Buzbee declared, "The biggest secret in the entertainment industry has finally been revealed to the world." "This has now breached the wall of silence."
He went on to say that each claimed victim would have their own case filed; this is not a class action lawsuit.
Attorney Andrew Van Arsdale of the AVA legal group, which represents Mr. Buzbee, stated that his company has received over 3,000 complaints from individuals reporting mistreatment by the music entrepreneur.
He added that his company was investigating another 100 cases in addition to the 120 purported victims.
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