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Rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is being sued by a woman who says he drugged and sexually assaulted her in 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a lawsuit seen by the BBC, the plaintiff says the assault took place during a date with the rapper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Combs recently settled a sexual assault suit brought by R&B singer and former partner Casandra “Cassie” Ventura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A representative for the rapper called the latest allegations “made up and not credible”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This is purely a money grab and nothing more,” the spokesperson said in a statement to the BBC on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the lawsuit, the plaintiff, Joi Dickerson-Neal, says that she knew Mr Combs – who also goes by the stage name Puff Daddy and P Diddy – through acquaintances. She had also appeared in one of his music videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the complaint, on 3 January 1991, she “reluctantly” agreed to meet Mr Combs at a Harlem restaurant where she worked, and he “pushed [her] to keep him company as he attended to a few things in the city”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She says that during that time she was drugged by the rapper “resulting in her being in a physical state where she could not independently stand or walk”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
He later drove her to the place he was staying, where he sexually assaulted her, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She says she later learned he secretly filmed the encounter and showed it to a number of other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lawsuit describes how after the alleged assault her life went into a “tailspin” – she struggled with her mental health and soon dropped out of college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The legal action came hours before the New York Adult Survivors Act – which allows alleged victims of sex crimes to sue after the statute of limitations has lapsed – ends on 24 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Our client has not been able to escape the continuing impact of the harm Combs caused her many years ago,” said Jonathan Goldhirsch, one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Through the Adult Survivors Act, she can avail herself to the courts to finally seek justice.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A representative for Mr Combs said: “This last-minute lawsuit is an example of how a well-intentioned law can be turned on its head. Ms Dickerson’s 32-year-old story is made up and not credible.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the second sexual assault lawsuit brought against Mr Combs this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Ventura accused the music mogul of rape and sex trafficking in a federal lawsuit filed last week. She alleged that the rap producer raped and beat her over 10 years starting when she was 19 and he was 37.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two reached a settlement a day after the suit was filed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Combs had denied Ms Ventura’s claims and his lawyer said the decision to settle was not an admission of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n\n
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Rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is being sued by a woman who says he drugged and sexually assaulted her in 1991. In a lawsuit seen by the BBC, the plaintiff says the assault took place during a date with the rapper. Mr Combs recently settled a sexual assault suit brought by R&B singer and former […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"\n
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