Sean Combs faces a new Jane Doe who claims to be the founder of Bad Boy Records drugged and sexually abused her as she was a 16-year-old high school student returning home from a job as a babysitter in Lower Manhattan in late August or early September 2000.
In its filing on Monday and by Rolling Stones According to the lawsuit obtained, the woman alleges that she was a part-time babysitter in an apartment building where “a well-known woman with whom the defendant was in a relationship also lived.” The lawsuit filed in Manhattan does not name the supposedly famous woman. The plaintiff says she was leaving the building on her way to her parents’ house around the corner when she saw Combs sitting in an SUV with the door open.
Sean Combs gave the babysitter a drink
“Sean Combs engaged her in conversation and asked where she was going so late at night. And that it was not safe for her to walk alone,” the lawsuit says. The plaintiff says she told Combs that she lived nearby and would be fine, but Combs allegedly insisted and persuaded her to get into his vehicle.
“Getting into Combs’ car that day was something plaintiff would forever regret,” the lawsuit says. “During the journey, the plaintiff became frightened when she was not dropped off at home as promised. The defendant gave her a drink to ‘calm her down’. She soon became dazed and unsteady.”
The new lawsuit follows at least 40 other lawsuits
The woman claims there was a male driver and another man in the vehicle with Combs at the time. The men are referred to as John Does in the new lawsuit. The lawsuit says Combs and the other men drove the teen to a location “where plaintiff was raped by Combs.” It says: “She was eventually taken home and dropped off in the lobby of her building by the same driver.”
The plaintiff states that she grew up in New York City and was a student at the Museum School at the time. The new lawsuit follows at least 40 other lawsuits filed against Combs over the past 16 months alleging sexual assault or other sexual misconduct.
“We live in a world where anyone can file a lawsuit for any reason.”
In a statement, Combs’ legal team denied the woman’s claims. “No matter how many lawsuits are filed, it does not change the fact that Mr. Combs has never sexually harassed or sexually exploited anyone. Neither men nor women, adults nor minors,” the legal team said in an earlier statement republished on Monday. “We live in a world where anyone can file a lawsuit for any reason. Fortunately, there is a fair and impartial legal process to find out the truth. And Mr. Combs is confident he will prevail in court.” (The woman’s attorney, Michael F. Rubin, did not immediately respond for further comment.)
The spate of civil lawsuits against Combs began when his former partner, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, in November 2023 her sex trafficking lawsuit submitted. Combs reached a settlement with Ventura within 24 hours for an undisclosed sum. But her 35-page lawsuit, now the focus of the music mogul’s prosecution in New York, opened the floodgates.
In March 2024, Combs’ homes were searched. Received in May CNN that and released harrowing hotel surveillance video showing Combs pushing, kicking and dragging Ventura in the hallway of the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles. After initially denying Ventura’s allegations, Combs apologized in a video for the incident. He admitted that his “behavior in this video is inexcusable.”
Combs, 55, was charged in September. And is not guilty known. He is accused of human trafficking for sexual exploitation, organized crime and pimping. He was arrested on September 16 in New York City. And has been in custody ever since. He is currently housed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. His trial is scheduled for May.