Sean “Diddy” Combs—who is currently jailed in New York on multiple criminal charges including sex trafficking—was accused of drugging and raping a woman in 2001 and recording the act in a civil lawsuit filed Tuesday, marking the latest in a long string of sexual assault accusations against the rapper dating back to the early 2000s.
The lawsuit was filed in New York on Tuesday. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
The lawsuit filed by Thalia Graves alleges Combs and his bodyguard, Joseph Sherman, drugged her during a meeting in 2001 and later raped her in a Manhattan studio.
Combs—who pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges last week—has generally denied the allegations leveled against him (Forbes has reached out to his attorney for comment).
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