Rapper P Diddy accused of rape in new lawsuit
Sean “Diddy” Combs aka P Diddy is being sued by a woman who says he drugged and sexually assaulted her in 1991.
According to the BBC, in the lawsuit, the plaintiff says the assault took place during a date with the rapper.
The rapper recently settled a sexual assault suit brought by R&B singer and former partner Casandra “Cassie” Ventura.
A representative for Diddy said the latest allegations are “made up and not credible”.
“This is purely a money grab and nothing more,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiff, Joi Dickerson-Neal, says that she knew Piddy through acquaintances. She had also appeared in one of his music videos.
According to the complaint, on 3 January 1991, she “reluctantly” agreed to meet Mr Combs at a Harlem restaurant where she worked, and he “pushed [her] to keep him company as he attended to a few things in the city”.
She says that during that time she was drugged by the rapper “resulting in her being in a physical state where she could not independently stand or walk”.
He later drove her to the place he was staying, where he sexually assaulted her, according to the lawsuit.
She says she later learned he secretly filmed the encounter and showed it to a number of other people.