Arts & Entertainment
Sean 'Diddy' Combs Accused Of Sexual Abuse By 2 More Women: Reports
The new lawsuits come a week after Combs settled a separate lawsuit with singer Cassie, accusing him of raping and physically abusing her.

NEW YORK CITY — Two additional women have accused rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs of sexual abuse in new lawsuits filed a week after he settled a separate lawsuit with singer Cassie, who accused him of raping and physically abusing her, according to multiple reports.
Both of the new suits were filed Thursday on the eve of the expiration of the Adult Survivors Act, a New York law permitting victims of sexual abuse a one-year window to file civil action regardless of the statute of limitations.
In one filing obtained by The Associated Press, Joi Dickerson claims she was a 19-year-old student at Syracuse University when she agreed to meet Combs at a restaurant in Harlem in 1991.
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After their date, Combs “intentionally drugged” her, then brought her home and sexually assaulted her, according to the filing. She accused him of filming the assault and later sharing it with friends in the music industry, AP reported.
A second unnamed accuser claims Combs and singer-songwriter Aaron Hall took turns raping her and her friend in 1990 or 1991, according to the complaint obtained by Rolling Stone.
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“Upon information and belief, when Combs finished with Jane Doe, he and Hall switched,” the lawsuit states.
In the days following the alleged assaults, the woman claimed Combs visited her home and turned violent, assaulting and choking her until she passed out, Rolling Stone reported.
In a statement emailed the The Associated Press, a spokesperson for Combs denied the allegations, accusing the two women of seeking to exploit the New York law that temporarily extended the statute of limitations.
An email inquiry to Hall was not returned.
On Nov. 17, Combs settled a lawsuit brought by R&B singer Cassie alleging that he raped and physically abused her for nearly a decade. The settlement was announced one day after Cassie — whose real name is Casandra Ventura — filed the lawsuit in Federal District Court in Manhattan.
According to the lawsuit first reported by The New York Times, Cassie dated Combs and claimed that not long after she met him, he abused her by giving her drugs, beating her and forcing her to have sex with male prostitutes while he filmed the acts.
The suit also claims that in 2018, near the end of their relationship, Combs broke into her home and raped her, the Times reported.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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