Professional athlete arrested Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in sexual assault of man at Ciroc Vodka party, lawsuit says

The accuser claimed the music mogul grabbed his genitals.

A man suing Sean “Diddy” Combs claims a professional athlete stopped the music mogul from continuing to sexually assault him at a party.

In a complaint filed Sunday, Oct. 20, and obtained by PEOPLE, the unidentified plaintiff claims he was invited to a promotional party for Combs’ Ciroc vodka. (Combs no longer has a business relationship with Ciroc.)

At the party, which included several high-profile guests, the plaintiff, who owned a luxury car rental and jewelry business, said Combs asked him to meet in a private office, according to the complaint.

The plaintiff says that once he was in the office with Combs, he noticed that the Bad Boy Records founder was intoxicated. Combs allegedly approached the plaintiff and exposed his genitals, according to the suit.

Combs then allegedly grabbed the plaintiff’s genitals through his pants and squeezed them in a “rough and sexual manner,” according to the complaint.

The plaintiff claims “the situation escalated” until an unidentified professional athlete entered the room and intervened.

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The man was one of five plaintiffs — including a woman who claims she was raped by the music mogul in 2000 when she was 13 — who filed a lawsuit against Combs on Sunday in the Southern District of New York. The lawsuits are just the latest in a series filed against Combs over the past 11 months, beginning when his ex, singer Cassie, accused him of sexual misconduct last November.

The newest plaintiffs are represented by high-profile attorney Tony Buzbee, who previously announced at a press conference that he represented more than 100 people accusing Combs of sexual misconduct.

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Combs’ lawyers denied the latest allegations in a statement to PEOPLE.

“The press conference and 1-800 number that preceded (Sunday’s) barrage of filings were clear attempts to gain publicity,” the statement said. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts, in their legal defenses, and in the integrity of the legal process. In court, the truth will prevail: Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted anyone, adult or minor, man or woman.

In September, Combs was arrested and charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution by federal authorities in New York City. He has pleaded not guilty and is being held in a federal prison in Brooklyn after being denied bail.

Combs’ criminal trial is scheduled for May 2025.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.

• Danielle Bacher contributed reporting

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