Sean 'Diddy' Combs Asks for Names of Alleged Victims to Be Released

Mar. 15, 2025

Sean “Diddy” Combs.Photo:Steve Granitz/WireImage

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AsSean “Diddy” Combsfaces more sexual assault lawsuits, his attorneys want the court to order his alleged victims to be identified.

Four men and two women sued Combs, 54, for sexual assault and rape on Monday, Oct. 14. They filed the complaints as John and Jane Does via their attorney Tony Buzbee, who says he isrepresenting 120 unidentified accuserswho have similar allegations against the Bad Boy Records founder.

Combs' lawyers note that the case “is unique” due to his “celebrity status, wealth, and the publicity of his previously settled lawsuit,” as well as the alleged “grand jury leaks and false inflammatory statements” they allege have been made throughout the legal battle. Last week, his attorneysaccused the governmentof leaking evidence, including the2016 surveillance footageof Combs physically assaulting his then-girlfriendCassie Ventura, 38, to taint his image.

Sean “Diddy” Combs.Shareif Ziyadat/Getty

Shareif Ziyadat/Getty

In Tuesday’s filing, his attorneys allege that the added lawsuits have created “a pervasive ripple effect,” leading accusers to file claims that range from “false” to “outright absurd.”

Addressing Monday’s lawsuits, which Combs' lawyers called a “publicity stunt,” the legal team noted that it came after dozens of similar complaints had been made against Combs, “several of which have already been discredited but only after irreparably damaging Mr. Combs’ character and reputation.”

“These swirling allegations have created a hysterical media circus that, if left unchecked, will irreparably deprive Mr. Combs of a fair trial, if they haven’t already.”

The lawyers cited the “number and anonymity of accusers,” to ask for the government to name the alleged victims.

They pointed out that in prosecutors'14-page indictment against Combs— which was unsealed the day afterhe was arrestedfor sex trafficking, racketeering and prostitution-related charges, on Sept. 16 — “broadly alleges” that Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced” undisclosed and unidentified “women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires."

The attorneys claim in their filing that the ambiguity could call into question Combs' “entire sexual history over the past sixteen years as part of the alleged conspiracy.”

Sean “Diddy” Combs.Dia Dipasupil/Getty

Dia Dipasupil/Getty

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They argue that “without clarity” of the accusers' names, there’s no way for Combs to know who the accusers are. He also believes that the discovery will include “voluminous evidence of consensual sexual activity — making it all the more difficult for Mr. Combs to ascertain which of his prior sexual partners now claim, years later, that they felt coerced.”

His attorneys also pointed to the attention surrounding Combs' case, which they say undermines his “right to a fair trial.”

Combs was arrestedat a Manhattan hotel on Sept. 16 at 8:52 p.m. He is currentlybeing heldin Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center afterbeing denied bail twice.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go torainn.org.

source: people.com