A new lawsuit says Sean “Diddy” Combs was accused of raping a woman in alleged revenge for her believing he was involved in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.
The court document filed in California is the latest civil case to be filed against Combswho is currently in New York awaiting criminal trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
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In the lawsuit, the woman claims that the hip-hop mogul raped her with a remote control and that co-workers witnessed and participated in the sexual abuse. She also claims he threatened her with a “Glasgow smile”, that he would cut her face with a knife and that he could harm her and her family if she spoke out.
She is suing Combs, along with four other men and two women, on charges of sexual assault, battery, rape, sexual abuse, false imprisonment and kidnapping, and has called for a jury trial.
Combs, known as P. Diddy, has not yet responded to the lawsuit but has denied all allegations of sexual assault.
He had also previously denied any involvement in the murder Shakurawho died in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996.
The woman claims she first met one of Combs' friends at a bar in February 2018. In the lawsuit, she claims the man made a video call to Combs and showed her, but she told him she was “not impressed” with how she thought.” had something to do with the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.”
She heard Combs remark that he would “pay” for his testimony and for his dismissal, according to court documents.
The woman claims she was at a friend's house in Orinda, California, the following month when the rapper arrived unannounced.
He repeated to her that he would “pay,” the lawsuit says, and approached her with a knife. He placed it on the right side of her face “and threatened to give her a 'Glasgow smile' in retaliation for her previous statements during the video call,” the document says.
The woman claims her clothes were removed and that Combs covered her with a substance she knew to be oil or grease before grabbing a television remote and “brutally” raping her with it.
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Combs is accused of telling the woman that “her life was in his hands and that if he wanted he could 'take her' and they would never see her again” and that “he owned her now.”
She was then raped by Combs and others “until she finally lost control of her body and was unable to move it,” the lawsuit alleges. He claims the rapper recorded part of it.
The woman claims she eventually managed to run away for help and that Combs offered her money, claiming he was a sex worker and they had consensual sex.
She says she told the local sheriff about her plight, but her complaint was “ignored.”
Her lawsuit in California follows a day later Six lawsuits have been filed against Combs in New Yorkwith more expected in the coming weeks.
In a statement, Combs' representatives said the rapper and his legal team “have full confidence in the facts, his legal defense and the fairness of the judicial process.”
They added: “In court, the truth will prevail: Mr. Combs has never committed sexual violence – against an adult or a minor, male or female.”
When the planned lawsuits were announced on October 1, one of his lawyers said he was unable to “address every baseless allegation in the reckless media circus.”
Combs (54) was once one of the most influential producers in hip-hop, and also known as a rapper in his own right, the creator of such hits as “Bad Boy For Life” and “I'll Be Missing You”.
After his arrest in September, he pleaded not guilty three criminal charges accusing him of using his business empire, including the Bad Boy Entertainment record label, to transport prostitutes and prostitutes across state lines to participate in taped sex performances known as “freaks.”
His criminal trial is scheduled for May 2025.
Tupac's murder remained unsolved for over two decades, but the case has been re-investigated in recent years.
In September 2023, former gang member Duane “Keffe D” Davis was charged with murder. His trial is scheduled for March 2025.
