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The lawsuits against Diddy continue to come in. A new claim says he assaulted two underaged boys back in the 2000’s.
Huffington Post is reporting that the disgraced business mogul is facing yet another vile accusation. On Monday, Oct. 28 a man filed a claim stating that Diddy took advantage of a 10-year-old boy in 2005. According to the paperwork the child, an inspiring performer at the time, travelled from California to New York City with his parents in hopes of securing a record contract. He says during an informal audition for the Bad Boy Entertainment founder the boy was allegedly given a soda laced with some type of drug. After consuming the beverage he says he lost consciousness and would later wake up to Combs threatening his parents if they reported the incident to authorities.
A separate man says that Diddy assaulted him when he 17-year-old youth tried out for Combs’ Making The Band reality show competition. The unidentified male says he was forced into sexual acts by the mogul and bodyguard during the three day audition. The man says he was later eliminated from the competition and believes he was blackballed from the music industry for seven years for his unwillingness “to do anything necessary to succeed in the music industry.” The plaintiffs are represented by Texas lawyer Tony Buzbee and his peer, Andrew Van Arsdale
Diddy’s representatives have responded to the lawsuits in an exclusive statement to Rolling Stone Magazine. “The lawyer behind this lawsuit is interested in media attention rather than the truth, as is obvious from his constant press appearances and 1-800 number,” Combs’ media team wrote in an email. “As we’ve said before, Mr. Combs cannot respond to every new publicity stunt, even in response to claims that are facially ridiculous or demonstrably false. Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process. In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone—man or woman, adult or minor.”
Diddy’s trial is set to commence in 2025.