The news just keeps pouring in now that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been arrested and is sitting in jail. The most recent update is that 120 victims of alleged sexual assault have come forward with additional accusations.
Those supposed victims that are now coming forward are set to file lawsuits. Both men and women who were underage at the time that the incident occurred are part of the process, and it spans some 25 years.
Now that the 50-year-old is in jail as a result of the crimes he allegedly committed, he is denying them all. According to an attorney in Houston, the lawsuits are expected to be filed within the next month and they will be mostly in Los Angeles and New York.
There is roughly a 50-50 split between females and males and 25 of the alleged victims say that they were minors at the time. One of the victims is even claiming to be nine years old when he was involved.
The firm is going to represent 120 of the more than 3,280 individuals who got in touch with them. Some of the cases are being reviewed, some have spoken to the FBI and they stretch over 25 different states in the United States.
Now that the news of 120 alleged victims coming forward, Mr. Combs is releasing a statement. It came from an attorney for Diddy, who said: “As Mr. Combs’ legal team has emphasised, he cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus. That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors. He looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation.”
The Houston attorney is saying that the abuse took place in Florida, NY, and California. He also revealed that the actions happened at auditions where ‘many times, especially young people, people wanting to break into the industry were coerced into this type of conduct in the promise of being made a star’
The attorney further stated: “This type of sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation should never happen in the United States or anywhere else. This should have never been allowed to go on for so long,
“This conduct has created a mass of individuals who are injured, scared and scarred.”