Former child actor accuses Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of sexual assault in new lawsuit
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Key Points:
- A former child actor has filed a lawsuit accusing Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting him in 2007 at a Hollywood Hills networking event, alleging Combs offered him alcohol and performed oral sex on him while he was a minor.
- The accuser, using the pseudonym “John YH Roe,” also sued his former talent agency for failing to protect him as a minor by not providing an adult chaperone at the event.
- Combs, currently incarcerated and appealing a federal conviction related to prostitution charges, denies all allegations of sexual assault, calling the claims meritless and based solely on the plaintiff’s account.
- This lawsuit adds to multiple sexual assault allegations against Combs, some involving minors, and coincides with an active review by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office of a separate sexual assault case against him.
- Combs’ legal team continues to deny all accusations, while one accuser, music publicist Jonathan Hay, has expressed hope that the DA’s review will lead to justice.