In a shocking press conference, it’s been revealed that more than 100 people are suing rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs for sexual assault, rape, and sexual exploitation.
Additionally, Tony Buzbee, a Texas-based attorney, revealed that they have set up a phone line for alleged victims of Diddy to come forward, as over 3000 people have so far.
Perhaps most shockingly of all, Buzbee said that some of the alleged victims include minors as young as nine years old.
25 of the alleged victims he is representing were minors, he continued.
Buzbee revealed at the recent press conference that he is being employed by 120 accusers who allege that they were mistreated by Diddy in various ways over the course of more than 20 years. He also said half of the accusers are men and half are women.
The allegations are from 1991 to this year, and took place in Los Angeles, New York and Miami. Buzzbee elaborated that most of the alleged incidents occurred after 2015.
The press conference follows multiple lawsuits in recent months amid abuse and sexual assault allegations spanning decades.
Most recently, Diddy was arrested in September and later charged with sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
‘We will expose the enablers who enabled this conduct behind closed doors. We will pursue this matter no matter who the evidence implicates,’ Buzbee said of the new wave of allegations.
‘The biggest secret in the entertainment industry, that really wasn’t a secret at all, has finally been revealed to the world. The wall of silence has now been broken,’ he continued.
The rapper has continued to deny all allegations of criminal wrongdoing and abuse.
Diddy issued a blanket denial of all allegations against him in December, saying in a statement: ‘Enough is enough. For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy.
‘Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday. Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth.’
Combs was detained at New York’s five-star Park Hyatt hotel in mid-Semptember, with Damian Williams, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, confirming the move.
‘Earlier this evening, federal agents arrested Sean Combs, based on a sealed indictment filed by the SDNY,’ he said in a statement. The prosecutor added they have plans to unseal the indictment today, and they’ll ‘have more to say at that time.’
Diddy’s attorney told TMZ they were ‘disappointed’ by the arrest of an ‘innocent man.’
He declared: ‘We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr Combs by the US Attorney’s Office.’
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