Diddy issues furious denial from jail as 120 more victims come forward with sex abuse claims

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has issued an angry denial from jailhouse aft 120 much of his alleged victims came guardant pinch intersexual battle claims.

The alleged victims are group to record aggregate lawsuits detailing allegations of intersexual battle that span complete 25 years and see women and men that were underage astatine nan clip of nan reported assaults.

Following nan announcement of nan accusations successful Texas, an lawyer for Combs said nan performer 'cannot reside each meritless allegation successful what has go a reckless media circus.'

'That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies arsenic mendacious and defamatory immoderate declare that he sexually abused anyone, including minors.

'He looks guardant to proving his innocence and vindicating himself successful court, wherever nan truth will beryllium established based connected evidence, not speculation.'

Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee said he expects lawsuits to beryllium revenge wrong nan adjacent month, pinch astir expected to beryllium revenge successful New York and Los Angeles. 

Buzbee described nan victims arsenic 60 males and 60 females, and that 25 were minors astatine nan clip of nan alleged misconduct. One individual alleged he was 9 years aged erstwhile he was abused, Buzbee said. The allegations screen a play from 1991 to this year.

'This type of intersexual assault, intersexual abuse, intersexual exploitation should ne'er hap successful nan United States aliases anyplace else. This should person ne'er been allowed to spell connected for truthful long,' Buzbee said astatine a news conference.

'This behaviour has created a wide of individuals who are injured, frightened and scarred.'

Buzbee said much than 3,280 individuals contacted his patient and alleged they were victimized by Combs and that aft vetting nan allegations, his patient decided to correspond 120 people. Other cases are still being reviewed. He said immoderate of his clients person spoken pinch nan FBI.

The individuals that Buzbee’s patient is representing are from much than 25 states, pinch nan mostly from California, New York, Georgia and Florida.

The maltreatment that’s being alleged took spot mostly astatine parties held successful New York, California and Florida wherever individuals were fixed drinks that were laced pinch drugs, Buzbee said.

Some of nan alleged behaviour took spot astatine auditions wherever 'many times, particularly young people, group wanting to break into nan manufacture were coerced into this type of behaviour successful nan committedness of being made a star,' Buzbee said.

Combs, 54, has been locked up astatine nan Metropolitan Detention Center successful Brooklyn since pleading not blameworthy September 17 to national charges that he utilized his “power and prestige” to induce female victims into drugged-up, elaborately produced intersexual performances pinch antheral activity workers successful events dubbed 'Freak Offs.'

Other alleged victims person already revenge lawsuits against Combs that see allegations of intersexual assault.

Combs has pleaded not blameworthy to racketeering conspiracy and activity trafficking. His lawyer said he is guiltless and will conflict to clear his name.

Combs is 1 of nan best-known euphony executives, producers and performers crossed hip-hop, having won 3 Grammys and worked pinch artists specified arsenic Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, Usher, Lil Kim, Faith Evans and 112. 

He founded Bad Boy Records successful 1993, nan influential manner statement Sean John, a vodka marque and nan Revolt TV network. He sold disconnected his liking successful nan second institution successful June of this year.

Buzbee has besides represented women who accused NFL backmost Deshaun Watson of intersexual battle and misconduct.