A week after Sean “Diddy” Combs settled a bombshell sexual abuse lawsuit with former girlfriend Cassie Ventura, the music mogul now faces two more complaints from women alleging he sexually assaulted them.
The lawsuits were filed under the Adult Survivors Act in New York state, which took effect in 2022 and eliminated the statute of limitations on sexual assault cases for one year. The law expired at midnight on Friday, Nov. 24.
Joi Dickerson-Neal sued Combs on Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court alleging the Bay Boy Records founder raped her 1991, when she was a student at Syracuse University, according to the complaint obtained by USA Today.
Dickerson-Neal claimed in the lawsuit that Combs drugged her, assaulted her, and videotaped the encounter.
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The complaint said Combs pursued her for “a romantic or sexual relationship” after the two appeared in a music video together. Dickerson-Neal said she initially rejected his advances because she heard he had “a history of treating women badly.”
The suit said Dickerson-Neal finally agreed to go on a dinner date with Combs — a decision the suit claimed ultimately turned her life upside down.
During the date, she alleged Combs drugged her, “resulting in her being in a physical state where she could not independently stand or walk.”
The lawsuit went on to claim Combs put her in a car and took her to a music studio where “she could not get out of the car.” The suit said later that night, Combs took her to a place where he was staying and allegedly assaulted her. The suit additionally claimed Combs recorded the encounter, passed the tape around to others in the music industry, and allegedly threatened her with “revenge porn.”
Dickerson-Neal said a male friend, identified as DeVanté Swing of R&B group Jodeci, told her he and other men watched the “sex tape” that was recorded during the encounter. But the accuser said Swing declined to speak out against Combs because he had a record deal with the music mogul. (In the early 1990s, Jodeci signed a deal with Uptown Records where Combs got his start.)
The filing said Dickerson-Neal was so distressed that she dropped out of college and was hospitalized for suicidal ideation after the alleged assault.
In addition to Combs, the suit listed Bad Boy Entertainment, Bad Boy Records and Combs Enterprises as defendants. The accuser requested a jury trial and unspecified damages.
Combs denied the allegations in a statement to Page Six.
“This last-minute lawsuit is an example of how a well-intentioned law can be turned on its head. Ms. Dickerson’s 32-year-old story is made up and not credible,” a spokesperson for the billionaire businessman said. “Mr. Combs never assaulted her and she implicates companies that did not exist. This is purely a money grab and nothing more.”
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Another woman identified only as Jane Doe, filed a separate lawsuit on Thursday alleging Combs and R&B singer-songwriter Aaron Hall of the group Guy, “took turns” raping her three decades ago, according to NBC News.
The complaint said Jane Doe and her female friend met Diddy and Hall at an MCA Records event in New York City in 1990 or 1991.
According to the lawsuit, “Combs and Hall were very flirtatious and handsy with Jane Doe and her friend, offering them drinks throughout the night.”
The group then went to an afterparty at Hall’s apartment, where “Jane Doe was offered more drinks and was coerced into having sex with Combs,” according to the complaint.
After the alleged assault, the lawsuit stated that “Jane Doe laid in bed, shocked and traumatized. As she was in the process of getting dressed, Hall barged into the room, pinned her down and forced Jane Doe to have sex with him.”
Doe claimed she later learned that her friend was allegedly coerced into sex with both men in a separate room.
The lawsuit said two days later, an “irate” Combs went to the home where the two women were staying and vented that “the girl he was with at the time” would find out if they went public about the alleged assaults. The suit said a furious Combs choked Doe until she passed out.
The lawsuit also named Music Entertainment Group, Geffen Records as additional defendants and alleged they enabled Combs’ behavior.
Combs denied the allegations through a spokesperson and called the women “scammers.”
“These are fabricated claims falsely alleging misconduct from over 30 years ago and filed at the last minute. This is nothing but a money grab. Because of Mr. Combs’ fame and success, he is an easy target for anonymous accusers who lie without conscience or consequence for financial benefit,” the spokesperson said in a statement to the media. “The New York Legislature surely did not intend or expect the Adult Survivors Act to be exploited by scammers. The public should be skeptical and not rush to accept these bogus allegations.”
The two new lawsuits were filed against Combs after he settled a horrifying rape, battery and sex trafficking suit filed last week by Casandra Ventura, known to fans as Cassie.
The model and R&B singer filed the lawsuit in Manhattan’s Federal District Court on Thursday, Nov. 16, saying she endured “over a decade” of Combs’ alleged “violent behavior and disturbed demands.”
Ventura stated in her lawsuit that she met Combs in 2005, when she was 19 and he was almost two decades older. After he signed her to Bad Boy Records, the two dated off-and-on for 11 years.
The complaint alleged the rapper and actor “often punched, beat, kicked and stomped on Ms. Ventura, resulting in bruises, burst lips, black eyes and bleeding.”
She also claimed Combs forced her to engage in sex acts with male prostitutes while he masturbated and filmed the encounters he called “freak offs.” When she finally decided to leave him for good, Ventura alleged he raped her in her own home.
Combs denied the claims in Ventura’s lawsuit.
His attorney, Ben Brafman, said the mogul had been “subjected to Ms. Ventura’s persistent demand of $30 million,” in exchange for her silence.
A day after she filed the 35-page lawsuit, the two sides announced they had settled it “amicably.”
