Another accuser said he was a 17-year-old aspiring artist making small talk with Combs at a 2022 party in a Manhattan hotel penthouse, with Combs assuring him that ‘he could make him a star’.
Doe said Combs drugged him with a drink and later assaulted him, including by grabbing his genitals, in a room where others engaged in group sex.
In response to the lawsuits, Combs’ lawyers referred to a statement addressing Buzbee’s earlier lawsuits.
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“Mr Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts, their legal defences, and the integrity of the judicial process,” the lawyers said. “In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone – adult or minor, man or woman.”
Buzbee’s firm said it represents more than 150 of Combs’ accusers.
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION
Combs faces a May 5, 2025, criminal trial on three felony counts of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.
The gag order request from Marc Agnifilo, Combs’ primary lawyer, seeks to block potential government witnesses and their lawyers from making statements that substantially interfere with Combs’ right to a fair trial.
Agnifilo objected to numerous statements ‘aimed at assassinating Mr Combs’ character in the press’, including false allegations of sexual abuse of children.
He asked the judge to order prosecutors to reveal whether they authorized such statements, and to order the witnesses and lawyers to take down online statements under their control.
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, who oversees the criminal case, ordered prosecutors to respond by October 30.
A spokesperson for U.S. Attorney Damian Williams in Manhattan, whose office is prosecuting Combs, declined to comment.
The five new federal civil lawsuits were assigned to five different judges. Two ordered the plaintiffs to justify in writing why they should remain anonymous.