The shocking revelations which has shaken up the entertainment industry continues as Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal battle intensifies.
This comes after the embattled rapper is being accused of sexually assaulting 25 minors – including a nine-year-old.
The Bad Boy Records founder, 54, who is jailed in New York awaiting trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, was hit with a raft of new allegations at a shocking press conference.
Texas-based lawyer Tony Buzbee said during a live-streamed event that he is representing 120-plus individuals in civil lawsuits for allegations spanning the last three decades against the rapper.
He said: “I want to focus on the ages of these victims. When we talk about the ages of these victims when the conduct occurred, it’s shocking.”
Buzbee claimed Combs’ youngest apparent victim was aged nine when they were allegedly sexually assaulted by the star – adding: “This individual who was nine years old at the time was taken to an audition in New York City with Bad Boy Records… other boys were there to audition as well.”
He added that “all of the kids” at the audition were “seeking TV or music careers” and had been wowed with “promises of ‘I’ll make you a star’.”
“This individual was sexually abused allegedly by Sean Combs and several other people at the studio with the promise to both his parents and himself of getting a record deal.”
The attorney shared a string of other nightmarish allegations against Combs, including an accusation a 15-year-old girl was flown to New York City to attend a party before she was drugged and taken to a private room allegedly in the presence of Combs before being repeatedly raped.
He added the group of accusers is “evenly divided by males and females”.
Buzbee also accused “enablers” of letting the abuse run rampant and said his team had “collected pictures, video (and ) texts” to back up the claims against Combs.
He also said the long list of accusers go back to 1991.
He added during the shocking press conference that Combs is also only one of a list of “many powerful people” involved in the alleged sexual assaults claimed to have been committed at his “Freak Off” parties.
Buzbee vowed that the “day will come” when he names the other alleged perpetrators and bystanders associated with Combs’ alleged illegal activities.
“We will expose the enablers who enabled this conduct behind closed doors. We will pursue this matter no matter who the evidence implicates.”
“The day will come when we will name names other than Sean Combs and there’s a lot of names.”
“The names will shock you.”
Meanwhile, one of Combs’ attorneys, Erica Wolff, told “TMZ” after the press conference: “As Mr Combs’ legal team has emphasised, he cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus.”
“That said, Mr Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors.
“He looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court if and when claims are filed and served, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation.”
There is no date set for his trial but he has a status hearing on October 9.