An adult male entertainer has sued Sean “Diddy” Combs, alleging the Bad Boy Records founder sexually assaulted him, drugged, and “coerced” him into commercial sex acts with various women over the course of five years, all the while dangling the promise of a potential music career.
The Las Vegas man, who sued under a John Doe pseudonym in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday, claims that Combs would insist that he’d douse himself in baby oil, which made him feel disoriented and alarmed, according to the lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone.
If Doe or the woman expressed any discomfort or reluctance to perform the way Combs wanted, the mogul would become “enraged” at “any sign of hesitation or defiance,” the lawsuit claims. The 55-year-old would allegedly scream and curse, throw objects around the room, and raise his fists as if he were going to hit the man.
Trapped in a “vortex of exploitation and fear,” the man claims Combs also made threats against his life and blackmailed him with secretly recorded videos of the sexual encounters. After his final meeting with Combs in November 2012, the man says he “experienced a strong and unrelenting desire to come forward about Combs’ abuse, but was deterred by his fears that Combs would follow through with his threats to release the compromising videos of Plaintiff and irreparably harm Plaintiff’s reputation.”
“Combs dehumanized Plaintiff and reduced him to a mere object for Combs’ own amusement and to satisfy his own sexual fetishes,” the suit claims. “Combs gravely exploited Plaintiff, effectively imprisoning him and controlling him through surreptitious surveillance and filming.”
In addition to Doe’s complaint, two more women sued Combs on Tuesday, alleging they both had been drugged, trapped in spaces, and forced to engage in sexual acts with Combs’ associates in the Nineties.
When approached for comment by Rolling Stone, Combs’ legal team sent over a previously issued statement. “No matter how many lawsuits are filed, it won’t change the fact that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or sex-trafficked anyone — man or woman, adult or minor,” the statement read. “Fortunately, a fair and impartial judicial process exists to separate fact from fiction, and Mr. Combs is confident that he will prevail in court.”
Doe’s lawsuit did not specifically mention “freak-offs” or “Wild King Nights” that Combs’ ex-partner Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and former assistant Phil Pines described in their own respective sexual abuse lawsuits against Combs. However, the descriptions around the sexual encounters’ organisation and events resemblance details from both Ventura and Pines’ lawsuits.
Last week, a Rolling Stone investigation included an account from a male sex worker who detailed what would allegedly occur during freak-offs. Nathan, who was identified by a pseudonym for safety reasons, recalled being summoned to “lavish” hotel rooms in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles, surrendering his phone, undressing, and swiping a bottle of baby oil from a tub of hot water. “I don’t use baby oil to this day because of all the baby oil I used to put on me,” he said. “The hotel rooms were freezing. The baby oil was warm, so if you were cold and your clothes were locked in another room, the baby oil kept you warm.”
In Tuesday’s filing, Doe claims he first met Combs while he worked as a popular and in-demand adult entertainer in Las Vegas in 2007. He alleges he was booked through his agency to perform a strip show at a hotel for an unnamed client. Doe claims the client was Combs. After a few bookings through the man’s agency, the man alleges that Combs wanted to bypass the agency and book him directly. Knowing Doe’s desire to be a musician, Combs allegedly offered to listen to his music and expressed a willingness to help Doe advance his career. “I can make you a millionaire overnight,” Combs allegedly told Doe.
For the next few years, the man claims Combs and his team members would book him directly, flying him around the country to various hotel rooms and Combs’ own residences. Combs would always be with a woman, the man claims, but sometimes there were other men and women present. The man allegedly had to strip off his clothes, leaving them and his phone in another room for the sometimes days-long encounters.
Almost immediately, Combs allegedly pushed Doe’s boundaries. The man claims that after he was instructed to douse himself in baby oil, he would suddenly feel disoriented, unusually sleepy, and “alarmed by the sensation of being trapped in his own body.” Combs would allegedly push him to apply more baby oil, becoming furious if he refused to put more on. “You’re getting a little dull – rub some more baby oil on yourself,” Combs would purportedly say. “On multiple occasions, Combs squirted large amounts of baby oil onto Plaintiff’s skin, coating his skin so heavily that it dripped off of his body,” the lawsuit alleges. The man claims he later suspected there was a link between the baby oil and his feeling of sudden drowsiness.
While he was in this disoriented state, “Combs instructed him to perform acts that were outside the scope of the agreed-upon performance and limitations set by Plaintiff and his agency,” the lawsuit claims. “Combs instructed Plaintiff to engage in acts such as masturbating while Combs and the woman engaged in sexual intercourse.”
“During most encounters, Combs demanded that Plaintiff engage in sexual activity with the woman who was present,” the lawsuit continues. “This included touching her breasts, vagina, and buttocks, and engaging in vaginal intercourse. Combs often positioned his face directly between Plaintiff’s and the woman’s genitals to closely monitor and ensure they were engaging in penetration.”
If the man did not immediately comply with Combs’ demands, Combs would grab Doe “by the shaft of his penis, causing him physical pain, and forced Plaintiff’s penis into the woman’s vagina,” the lawsuit claims. “On some occasions, Combs touched and stroked Plaintiff’s penis.” The man claims he believes Combs sexually assaulted him on occasions when he’d wake up and discover semen in his anus.
The man accuses Combs of covertly drugging him, alleging that on several occasions he found that his “penis involuntarily erect even though he was not sexually aroused.” He claims that Combs admitted to putting Viagra in his drink.
The two Jane Does also accused Combs of sexual misconduct, claiming they were both in the hip-hop scene in the late Eighties and Nineties. They allege that during parties where Combs was present, they were drugged, held against their will, and sexually assaulted by some of Combs’ associates as he watched.
The three new complaints bring the total civil lawsuits against Combs to more than 45, the vast majority accusing the 55-year-old of sexual misconduct. Combs’ team has issued a broad denial of all the claims. “As we have repeatedly said, it is unfortunate that anyone can file a complaint even without any proof,” they said. Combs is also facing 15 years to life in prison after he was arrested and charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy in September. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and a trial date is set for this May.
From Rolling Stone US
