As federal prosecutors pursue their sex trafficking and racketeering case against Sean “DiddyCombs, an enterprising personal injury attorney, is filing a growing number of civil lawsuits against the music mogul. More than a dozen anonymous claims – many made by people who claim they were victimized as minors, including in a case a 10-year-old boy — I claim sexual assault and rape over a period of decades. Combs issued an outright refusaldismissing the “refusal” statements as being motivated by a “quick payday.”

But Tony Buzbee, who now claims to represent more than 150 Combs accusers through his eponymous Houston firm, says he’s just getting started. “We expect to file weekly filings naming Mr. Combs and others as defendants as we continue to gather evidence and prepare the filings,” he said in an Oct. 27 statement.

Buzbee is a towering figure in the Lone Star legal world with a national reputation. More than a decade now The New York Times described him as “a big, mean, ambitious, tenacious man, fire breathing Texas trial lawyer.” Locally, he is known for spending $10 million of his own money on a failed Houston City Hall bid and upset his homeowners association in the upscale River Oaks enclave by parking a M4A4 Sherman tank won the auction in front of his property.

He made his fortune suing and often settling cases against gas giants, chemical companies and transportation companies. Before the Diddy case, he helped a sizable group of women reach out-of-court settlements with NFL Quarterback Deshaun Watson on allegations of sexual misconduct. In recent years he has also been in the news for emerging successfully former Gov. Rick Perry against allegations of abuse of power and appearing without success Los Angeles socialite Rebecca Grossman, who was convicted of second-degree murder.

Buzbee discussed his legal crusade against Combs at an Oct. 1 news conference held in his 73rd-floor office conference room near the top of the JPMorgan Chase Tower, the tallest building in Texas. Standing in front of a step-and-repeat printed with a hotline number for potential sexual assault clients to call, Buzbee vowed that “we will follow this evidence wherever it takes us. We will find the silent accomplices. We will expose the enablers who allowed this conduct behind closed doors.”

He claimed his team had already been contacted by more than 3,000 people about Combs and that a task force that included a former detective from the Houston Police Department’s Major Offenders Division was underway.

Buzbee’s press conference, hotline and coordinated social media posts contradict a statement on his company’s website, which professes that “we do not advertise cases.” His office previously announced it was looking for her potential plaintiffs Astroworld the day after the deadly tragedy at Travis Scott’s concert.

Buzbee provided details about the demographics of his supposed cohort of Combs accusers, which then, by his count, numbered 120 people. He noted that more than two dozen of the individuals were minors when the alleged misconduct occurred and that the gender breakdown of the group is evenly split. He also noted that the accusers are primarily black and mostly from California, New York, Georgia and Florida — states where the alleged acts occurred, mostly at parties and auditions, in hotels and at residences private.

Buzbee explained that many of his new clients had police reports, medical records and other evidence to back up their claims, including photos and videos, and that while each case is different, patterns emerged, including the apparent deployment of Xylazine, or “ tranq, ” a sedative for horses. Casting aside skepticism about the scale of the accusers, noting that “we’re talking about more than 25 years of this type of conduct,” he urged more people to come forward, citing “great strength in numbers.”

“Usually the victim is drawn into a situation where they are given something to drink,” he said at the news conference. “Usually that drink, as reported by these victims, is laced with something. Once that drink takes effect, the perpetrators perform all manner of sexual acts on their victims, often walking past her while others watch and enjoy the spectacle, then leave the victim ashamed, confused, hurt, and questioning – what happened when the victim lies down. He or she is told not to say anything. Sometimes there are threats of physical violence or financial repercussions or bodily harm.”

Buzbee’s firm is working on cases in conjunction with a California personal injury firm led by Andrew Van Arsdale, which has a history of pursuing sexual abuse cases against the Boy Scouts of America, as well as the Mormon and Catholic churches. (Arsdale was recently canvassing for customers for litigation against the former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, who has pleaded not guilty on Oct. 25 in sex trafficking in New York federal court.)

Buzbee is aware that much of the public interest in this saga is not just in Combs or his victims, but in the potential for other famous figures to be exposed by him as direct accomplices or accomplices. “The day will come when we will call names other than Sean Combsand there are a lot of names — it’s already a long list,” he promised.

Much of the work for attorneys like Buzbee, who declined to talk about his Combs-related work with The Hollywood Reporteris to negotiate confidential financial deals for out-of-court accusers, which those paying them often find extortionate. Nasty rhetoric, both private and public, can be a key part of the game. “I’m talking about the people who participated, encouraged it, stimulated it,” he said on October 1. “They know who I am. I call them enablers of foul play, willing participants in nefarious behavior.” Buzbee then added meaningfully, “As we speak here, there are a lot of people who are very nervous.”