By Elizabeth Wagmeister, NCS
(NCS) — A former child actor has accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting him in 2007 at a networking occasion in the Hollywood Hills.
The nameless male accuser filed his lawsuit in opposition to Combs this week in California. NCS has obtained a replica of the go well with.
The lawsuit is the most recent in the mounting and steady authorized troubles for the incarcerated music mogul, who’s at the moment interesting his conviction on federal expenses in New York on two counts of transportation to interact in prostitution, for which he was sentenced to greater than 4 years in jail. He additionally has a case beneath energetic evaluation by the Los Angeles County district lawyer’s workplace, in accordance with a spokesperson for that workplace.
In the new lawsuit, Combs is accused of guiding the child actor right into a backroom at a networking occasion the place he provided him an alcoholic drink earlier than touching the minor after which performing oral intercourse on him, the criticism states.
A consultant for Combs denied the new allegations.
“Mr. Combs unequivocally denies these allegations. This complaint describes events that allegedly occurred nearly twenty years ago and is based solely on the plaintiff’s account. We will review the complaint carefully and respond through the appropriate legal process. We are confident that the facts will demonstrate these claims are without merit,” Juda Engelmayer, a spokesperson for Combs, informed NCS.
According to the criticism, Combs informed the child actor that “he wanted to speak to him privately about some potential opportunities” and informed him he can be a “good candidate for an upcoming project.”
Once Combs and the minor had been in a again room, Combs provided him his alcoholic beverage and made small discuss earlier than he “began to rub on” the minor’s arm, the criticism alleges. The male accuser informed Combs “that he did not feel comfortable with the way Defendant Combs was touching him.” Combs tried to make him chill out, in accordance with the criticism.
“Then, Defendant Combs pulled down Plaintiff’s pants and underwear and began to fondle Plaintiff’s genitalia all while Combs was simultaneously touching himself,” the lawsuit states. “Defendant Combs then performed oral copulation on the minor Plaintiff while continuing to touch himself. Defendant Combs then pulled up his pants and told Plaintiff he would see where they would go from there for the role he had in mind.”
The accuser filed his go well with beneath the pseudonym “John YH Roe.” He is described as launching his “career as a child actor” round 2004, however no different particulars are supplied relating to his identification or the roles he booked. His age on the time was not divulged, apart from stating that across the time of the alleged assault in May 2007, the plaintiff “was a minor child under the age of 18.”
The accuser can also be suing his former expertise company, claiming they didn’t adequately shield him as a minor and may have had an grownup chaperone accompanying him on the networking occasion to which they invited him.
This is just not the primary time Combs has been accused of sexual assault by a minor. He has confronted lawsuits from plaintiffs who allege they had been youngsters on the time they had been allegedly assaulted with one accuser who claimed he was simply 10 years outdated when he was assaulted by Combs. Many accusers have mentioned they had been allegedly assaulted at auditions or different enterprise occasions.
Combs has denied all allegations in opposition to him and has mentioned he has by no means sexually assaulted a minor, or anybody else for that matter.
In earlier statements, attorneys for Combs have informed NCS, “Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone—man or woman, adult or minor.”
Aside from the handfuls of civil fits Combs is going through, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is at the moment reviewing a sexual assault case in opposition to Combs, figuring out whether or not the case is powerful sufficient to maneuver ahead with urgent expenses.
“In the fall of 2025, LAPD and LASD each presented a separate sexual assault investigation for one victim to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. We are reviewing the case,” a spokesperson for Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman informed NCS final week.
That case comes after Jonathan Hay, a music publicist who spoke extensively to NCS final 12 months, accused Combs of masturbating in entrance of him on one event in 2020 and compelled him to carry out oral intercourse on him in 2021.
Combs’ workforce didn’t reply to NCS’s request for remark relating to the DA’s workplace evaluation of the case in opposition to Combs in Los Angeles. But ever since Hay filed his civil go well with in opposition to Combs, the musician’s attorneys have fiercely denied his allegations.
“As Mr. Combs’ legal team has repeatedly stated for over a year now, he cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a media circus. Let me make it absolutely clear, Mr. Combs categorically denies as false and defamatory all claims that he sexually abused anyone,” Jonathan Davis, a civil lawyer for Combs, beforehand informed NCS in a press release.
“Knowing that the Los Angeles County District Attorney Office is actively reviewing my case is a profound moment of validation,” Hay informed NCS through electronic mail this week. “I am committed to seeing that justice is served. Those responsible for their actions must finally face the consequences mandated by the law.”
NCS has additionally reached out to the previous child actor’s lawyer for additional touch upon the go well with filed this week.
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