Diddy hit with a fresh set of sex assault allegations as a new wave of lawsuits kicks off

• Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of sexual assault in new lawsuits.
• They are the start of a wave of more than 100 lawsuits expected to come over the next month.
• Combs already faces a dozen lawsuits, as well as federal sex trafficking charges.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of rape, molesting a teenage boy, and sexual assault in six new lawsuits filed against the embattled hip-hop music mogul.

The lawsuits, filed Monday in Manhattan federal court, are part of a larger wave of complaints that Combs is expected to face. Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee said in September that his firm is representing 120 accusers who he says will bring lawsuits against Combs.

Buzbee said the cases will also include allegations against other celebrities. The lawsuits will detail alleged incidents that took place between 1991 and 2024 and will come from men, women, and minors at the time, he said during a September press conference.

“The claims we intend to bring will include the following: violent sexual assault or rape, sexual abuse, facilitated sex with a controlled substance, false imprisonment, compelling prostitution, sexual misconduct, dissemination of video recordings, and sexual abuse of minors,” Buzbee said at the time.

Combs, who was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in September on federal charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation for the purposes of prostitution, already faced a dozen civil lawsuits accusing him of sexual misconduct.

The rapper and entrepreneur has vehemently denied the charges and any claims accusing him of sexual assault or misconduct.

Combs’ legal troubles began last November when his former girlfriend, Cassandra Ventura, sued him, accusing him of abuse and rape. The two settled, and Combs at first denied wrongdoing, though he later apologized for his behavior when footage of him physically abusing her at a California hotel came to light.

Following Ventura’s lawsuit, other women came forward, accusing Combs in additional lawsuits of a slew of actions, including drugging and rape.

The federal investigation into Combs had been brewing at the time. The investigation became public in March, when agents from the Department of Homeland Security raided Diddy’s homes in Los Angeles and Miami. Combs was arrested in September on three felony charges.

Prosecutors said in the indictment against Combs that he and his associates “wielded the power and prestige” of Combs’ success to “intimidate, threaten, and lure female victims” into his orbit “often under the pretense of a romantic relationship.”

At the center of the indictment are accusations that Combs orchestrated “Freak Offs,” which prosecutors describe in court papers as “elaborate and produced sex performances that Combs arranged, directed, masturbated during, and often electronically recorded.”

Prosecutors also allege he assaulted women by “striking, punching, dragging, throwing objects at, and kicking them.”

Combs remains locked up at a notorious Brooklyn jail after being twice denied his request to be released on a $50 million bond package. Diddy was placed in the same dormitory as Sam Bankman-Fried, who’s serving 25 years for fraud after stealing $8 billion from customers of his FTX crypto exchange.

Combs’ lawyers didn’t immediately return a request for comment from Business Insider Monday afternoon.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.