Sean Combs Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 10-Year-Old CA Boy: Lawsuit

NEW YORK, CA — A lawsuit filed Monday accuses Sean “Diddy” Combs of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old California boy in a New York City hotel room in 2005.

The lawsuit is one of two filed Monday accusing the music mogul of sexually abusing underage boys, and it's among a flood of suits accusing Combs and members of his entourage of sexual abuse. Last week, a lawsuit filed in federal court by a woman identified as Jane Doe alleged she was raped by Combs and an unnamed male celebrity when she was 13 while an unnamed female celebrity watched after the 2000 VMAs, the Los Angeles Times reported.

It is not known if any of the alleged victims or allegations in the lawsuit are specifically linked to the ongoing criminal case against Combs, which include federal sex trafficking charges.

Monday's lawsuit outlines the alleged attack targeting the 10-year-old boy.

The boy, who was not identified in the lawsuit, was an aspiring actor and rapper who had traveled with his parents from California for meetings with music industry representatives. During what was supposed to be an audition for Combs, he was given a drug-laced soda by a Combs' associate and sexually assaulted by the Bad Boy Records founder, according to the lawsuit.

The boy eventually lost consciousness. When he awoke, Combs threatened to badly hurt the child's parents if he told anyone what happened, the filing said.

Combs' lawyers denied the two new claims Monday and accused the plaintiffs' lawyer, Anthony Buzbee, who also represents accusers in earlier lawsuits, of seeking publicity.

“Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process,” an emailed statement said. "In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone—man or woman, adult or minor.”

Combs, 54, is incarcerated in a New York City jail after pleading not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges contained in an indictment unsealed the day after his Sept. 16 arrest. Charges include allegations he coerced and abused women and silenced victims through blackmail and violence.

The second lawsuit filed Monday accuses the jailed hip-hop mogul of similarly assaulting a 17-year-old would-be contestant on the reality television series “Making the Band" in 2008.

In that case, the alleged victim said Combs forced him into sexual acts with Combs and a bodyguard during a three-day audition for the “Making the Band” television show, which Combs produced.

When the aspiring contestant expressed reservations, he was eliminated from the competition and unable to return to the music industry for seven years, according to the filing.

Both lawsuits were brought under New York City's Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, which allows survivors to bring lawsuits even if the statute of limitations has passed.

According to the Los Angeles Times, a lawsuit involving an unnamed 13-year-old female victim alleges Diddy's limousine driver outside the Sept. 7, 2000 Video Music Awards in New York invited the child to an afterparty, telling her, "that Combs liked younger girls and she ‘fit what Diddy was looking for.’”

According to the lawsuit, the girl was taken to a star-studded party and given an intoxicating drink. When she felt disoriented, Diddy approached her “with a crazed look in his eyes, grabbed her and said ‘You are ready to party!’” and proceeded to rape her while the unnamed celebrities watched, the lawsuit states, according to the Times.

In September, nearly six months after his homes in Holmby Hills and Florida were raided simultaneously by federal agents, Combs was accused in an indictment of leading a decade- long racketeering and sex-trafficking operation that prosecutors say included forced labor, staged sex parties, bribery and arson.

Combs, 54, was then taken into custody by federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations at the Park Hyatt hotel in Midtown Manhattan.

At a news conference in September, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams outlined details of the indictment that charges Combs with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.

"As alleged in the Indictment, for years, Sean Combs used the business empire he controlled to sexually abuse and exploit women, as well as to commit other acts of violence and obstruction of justice," Williams said in a statement. "Today, he is charged with racketeering and sex trafficking offenses. If you have been a victim of Combs' alleged abuse -- or if you know anything about his alleged crimes -- we urge you to come forward. This investigation is far from over."

Williams said that as part of the Combs' alleged criminal enterprise, he and his conspirators would stage what were known as "Freak Offs," which were elaborate sex parties or performances in which women were forced to participate with male commercial sex workers. The events were usually filmed.

Prosecutors contend that Combs would force victims to participate in such events through violence and intimidation and leveraging his power over them, "power he obtained through obtaining and distributing narcotics to them, exploiting his financial support to them and threatening to cut off the same, and controlling their careers," according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

According to prosecutors, members of Combs' business empire would facilitate the "Freak Outs" by arranging travel for sex workers and victims, setting up hotel rooms that were stocked with lubricants and other sex-party supplies, then cleaning the rooms after the events concluded.

Prosecutors also said Combs would control women through physical abuse.

During his news conference, Williams referenced 2016 surveillance video taken at a Century City hotel that emerged earlier this year, showing Combs physically assaulting his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura. The video shows Combs -- wearing only a towel -- attacking Ventura in a hotel hallway and attempting to drag her back to a room. He is also seen throwing a vase in her direction.

Combs issued a public apology after the video surfaced, saying in an Instagram video, ""It's so difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life, but sometimes you got to do that. "I was (expletive) up. I mean I hit rock bottom, but I make no excuses. My behavior on that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video. Disgusting. I was disgusting then when I did it, I'm disgusted now.

"I went and I sought out professional help. I'm going to therapy, going to rehab. I have asked God for his mercy and grace. I'm so sorry, but I'm committed to be a better man each and every day. I'm not asking for forgiveness. I'm truly sorry."

Williams noted that after the 2016 confrontation with Ventura, Combs attempted to bribe a hotel security guard with a stack of cash in an effort to keep the attack quiet.

Williams said that during the March searches of Comb's' homes in Holmby Hills and Miami, investigators seized evidence including a trio of AR-15 rifles with their serial numbers obscured, a high-capacity "drum magazine," and hundreds of bottles of the personal lubricant used in the "Freak Offs."

City News Service and the Associated Press contributed to this report.