Sean “DD” Combs faces a series of new civil lawsuits filed Monday in federal court.
The three complaints, first obtained by NBC News, were filed in the Southern District of New York by two men and one woman, none of whom were named in the lawsuit. The incidents alleged in the complaint date from 2004 to 2021 and include allegations of sexual assault and rape.
One complaint alleges he sexually assaulted and raped a woman in a Manhattan hotel room when she was a 19-year-old college student.
The lawsuits were filed by Texas attorney Tony Buzbee, who announced at an October 1 press conference that he is representing Combs' charges under the Gender-Based Violence Protection Act. Under the law, victims have a two-year period, ending in March 2025, to file older complaints.
“We will try to bring cases that we believe are credible and valid,” Buzby told NBC News.
In the lawsuit filed Monday, Combs and his various business entities and defendants seek unspecified damages.
NBC News has not independently corroborated any of the allegations.
“There's an overarching theme here, you can probably see, that basically Sean Combs thinks he can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants,” Buzbee said in an interview with NBC News before the lawsuit was filed.
NBC News has reached out to Combs' legal team for comment. However, Combs has already denied all civil and criminal claims through his lawyers, saying the allegations against him are “disgusting” and the result of people looking for a “quick payday.”
The new request comes as the embattled music mogul is facing preventive detention on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges. While the specific allegations in the cases are new, court documents paint a disturbing picture of drug-fueled parties, along with violence that reflects some of its details. Criminal charges filed by prosecutors in the Southern District of New York last month
These latest proceedings come after a New York judge set a Combs criminal trial date of May 5. He is currently awaiting trial at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Federal prosecutors said at a hearing last week that they were analyzing data from more than 90 devices that Combs seized from his property in raids earlier this year and when he was arrested in New York.
Combs, who was denied bail twice by two different judges, is trying to overturn those decisions. In a document filed before last week's hearing, Combs' lawyers asked for bail in New York's federal appeals court.
Buzbee's latest civil suit is among several lawsuits filed by Combs' ex-girlfriends Cassandra “Cassie” Venture A federal lawsuit was filed in New York about a year ago, accusing Combs of physical and sexual abuse over the years. Combs and Ventura settled the next day for an undisclosed amount. In a statement during the agreement, Combs denied all allegations.
But in May, CNN released surveillance video of Combs being beaten in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. Combs then apologized. But as for the incident, he said it was an isolated incident and that he sought therapy and made changes.
Last week, Combs' legal team filed a petition alleging that the government provided CNN with video of the incident involving Ventura and was responsible for releasing other information to the media.
“Between grand jury leaks and inflammatory public statements, all agents ensured that the grand jury, as well as the general public from which we would soon select a jury, would be tainted,” the document said.
Combs' legal team is seeking an evidentiary hearing on the matter, but prosecutors have denied the allegations. The judge overseeing the case said during a hearing last week that he would likely impose a mutual gag order prohibiting both sides from interacting with the media.
In the months following Ventura's case, several individuals sued Combs Dom RicardoDanity Kane, a former member of the girl group, who alleged that Combs assaulted her, held her captive and threatened her life.
