One of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ accusers has given an nameless on-camera interview about his sexual assault allegations towards the music mogul, marking the primary time an alleged sufferer of Combs has carried out so.
In an interview with CNN, a John Doe — whose face was hid and voice altered to take care of his anonymity — detailed the allegations in his civil grievance, which was initially filed on Oct. 14. In the grievance, he alleges that he was drugged and sodomized by Combs at one among his notorious “white events” within the Hamptons.
In 2007, Doe stated he was employed on the personal safety agency that was employed to work the occasion. During the evening, he alleges that Combs personally supplied him two drinks that the grievance claims have been laced with GHB and ecstasy.
“The first drink began to have some have an effect on on me and I simply thought, ‘Wow these are actually sturdy drinks.’ It wasn’t till the second drink — and it was already too late — that I spotted that there was one thing mistaken with the drinks,” Doe informed CNN’s Elizabeth Wagmeister. “Sadly, Sean Combs was ready within the wings. He was watching from some kind of vantage level and as soon as I used to be in a helpless place and he was certain that he was able of energy, then he took benefit of the scenario.”
From there, Doe alleges that Combs forcibly pushed him right into a car, held him down and sodomized him. “I used to be screaming, I used to be telling him to cease,” Doe stated. “It was extremely painful, and he was performing prefer it was nothing and he gave the impression to be disconnected from it. But it was abusive past perception.”
CNN reviews that Doe’s grievance states that he then reported the alleged incident to his supervisor, who dismissed him. “After that, he didn’t speak to me once more, he reduce me out of every part,” Doe stated of his supervisor. “I used to be completely blacklisted after that. I needed to discover a totally different discipline.”
Doe additionally claimed within the CNN interview {that a} superstar witnessed the alleged assault, saying: “There was one high-profile particular person who noticed what occurred and located it amusing.”
He is searching for compensatory and punitive damages, saying that the alleged assault harmed his profession and contributed to the top of his marriage, along with giving him emotional and psychological well being points.
However, CNN notes that there have been a number of inconsistencies between Doe’s grievance and the interview. The go well with states that the alleged incident occurred in 2006, whereas Doe informed CNN it was 2007, and in addition says that he had by no means been married. According to CNN, Combs’ 2006 White Party was held in St. Tropez and the 2007 occasion was within the Hamptons. After being made conscious of the discrepancies, Doe’s legal professionals filed to amend the go well with.
CNN reviews that Combs’ legal professionals declined to touch upon Doe’s new interview, referring to their earlier assertion on the lawsuits and federal costs towards their shopper: “Mr. Combs and his authorized group have full confidence within the information, their authorized defenses, and the integrity of the judicial course of. In courtroom, the reality will prevail: that Mr. Combs has by no means sexually assaulted anybody — grownup or minor, man or lady.” Representatives for Combs didn’t instantly reply to Variety‘s request for additional remark.
Combs is at the moment incarcerated on the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. after being arrested on Sept. 16 by Homeland Security on costs of racketeering, intercourse trafficking and transportation to interact in prostitution. He pleaded not responsible to the fees. Combs has been denied bail a number of occasions and is about to stay behind bars till his trial in May of subsequent yr. If discovered responsible of racketeering, Combs may face life in jail.
In addition to the federal costs, Combs is going through roughly 30 civil lawsuits, with lots of the plaintiffs represented by lawyer Tony Buzbee, who has pledged to file over 100 complaints. On Sunday, Buzbee refiled a earlier go well with towards Combs to incorporate rapper Jay-Z as a defendant. The grievance alleges that the 2 raped a 13-year-old woman in 2000 after they’d introduced her to an MTV Music Video Awards afterparty. In a response on Sunday afternoon, Jay-Z denied the allegations and claimed that his lawyer was despatched “blackmail” concerning the go well with by Buzbee to strain him to settle out of courtroom.
“Only your community of conspiracy theorists, pretend physics, will consider the idiotic claims you will have levied towards me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding hurt to youngsters, can be laughable,” Jay-Z stated in a part of his assertion.
Watch a clip from CNN’s interview with John Doe right here, with the complete dialog set to air in a while Wednesday.
