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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused in new lawsuits of sexually assaulting 10- and 17-year-old boys
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused in new lawsuits of sexually assaulting 10- and 17-year-old boys

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused in one of two lawsuits filed Monday of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a New York hotel room in 2005.

The second lawsuit accuses the jailed hip-hop mogul of similarly assaulting a 17-year-old alleged contestant on the television series “Making the Band” in 2008.

The lawsuits filed in New York State Supreme Court are the most recent of a wave of lawsuits in which the accusers claim to have been sexually assaulted de Combs at parties and meetings for the past two decades.

Attorneys for Combs on Monday dismissed the two new claims and accused plaintiffs’ attorney Anthony Buzbee, who also represents accusers in previous lawsuits, of seeking publicity.

“Mr. Combs and his legal team have complete confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process,” they said in an emailed statement. “In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs did not sexually assault or traffic never anyone – male or female, adult or minor.”

Combs, 54, is being held in a New York jail after pleading not guilty to federal sex-trafficking charges contained in an indictment unsealed the next day. his arrest on September 16. Taxes include allegations that he coerced and abused women and silenced victims through blackmail and violence.

The 10-year-old boy, who was not identified in the lawsuit, was an aspiring actor and rapper who had traveled with his parents from California for meetings with music industry representatives. During what was supposed to be an audition for Combs, he was given a drugged soda by an associate of Combs and sexually assaulted by the Bad Boy Records founder, according to the suit.