The lawyer, Tony Buzbee, claims 25 of the new clients were minors at the time of their alleged abuse.
“This individual was sexually abused, allegedly by Sean Combs and several other people, at the studio,” Buzbee said.
“Instead, basically, [Combs] did things to them so they don’t want to have anything to do with the entertainment industry ever again.” In a statement, Combs’ lawyer, Erica Wolff, said Combs vehemently denies the allegations.
“Drugs were found in their system, weird drugs, drugs that you’ve probably never heard of.
Combs allegedly distributed drugs to his alleged victims to keep them “obedient and compliant,” prosecutors said.
A well-known Texas attorney reports that he is currently assisting 120 individuals with various allegations of sexual abuse against Sean “Diddy” Combs that have undergone a “rigorous” verification and screening procedure. Tony Buzbee, the attorney, asserts that 25 of the new clients were underage when the alleged abuse occurred.
During a press conference that was webcast on Tuesday, Buzbee stated, “It’s shocking when we talk about the ages of the victims when the conduct occurred.”. Nine years old was our youngest victim at the time of the incident. Someone who was 14 years old is one of ours. One was fifteen years old. “.
According to Buzbee, the youngest accused victim had an audition with Combs at his Bad Boy offices in Manhattan. According to the lawyer, the 9-year-old kid was “trying to land a record deal” alongside “other boys” in a cutthroat process. “There are allegations that Sean Combs and multiple other individuals sexually assaulted this individual at the studio,” Buzbee stated.
Speaking from his Houston legal practice, Buzbee stated that he met Combs while representing a client who was also underage and aspiring to become an entertainer. The boy’s parents were allegedly informed by the music mogul that he would “make him a star, but he needed to visit with him in private about it.”. According to Buzbee, “Mrdot Combs allegedly forced the victim to perform oral sex upon him once they were in a private area.”.
According to the attorney, the fifteen-year-old client claims she was transported by air to New York City for a social event. Combs is accused by Buzbee of drugging and raping the teenager. Overall, he claimed, there was a pattern among the youngest accused victims. “Everyone was pursuing a career in television or music, with assurances that they would make them famous,” according to Buzbee. Instead, [Combs] essentially mistreated them in order to make them want to never interact with the entertainment business at all. “.
Combs vigorously refutes the accusations, according to a statement from Combs’ attorney, Erica Wolff. “Mrdot Combs cannot respond to every baseless accusation in what has turned into a careless media circus, as his legal team has made clear. Having said that, Mr. Combs vehemently and unequivocally refutes any allegation—whether true or false—that he sexually assaulted anyone, including children. If and when claims are made and served, Wolff expressed excitement about establishing his innocence and defending himself in court, where the truth will be determined by the evidence, not conjecture.
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There are sixty men and sixty women among Buzbee’s 120 clients, he claims. According to him, they all “intend to bring civil claims in civil court” against Combs and potential co-defendants who are characterized as enablers, silent bystanders, accomplices, and corporate entities like hotels, banks, and even drug companies. According to Buzbee, he plans to begin submitting the lawsuits within the next 30 days. He stated that most of his clients’ claims will probably be heard in New York and California, giving a nod to the possibility that some may be past the statute of limitations. For allegations of gender-motivated violence in New York City, there is still a look-back period open. In contrast, California has a look-back period that allows for the revivability of some allegations of sexual abuse involving corporate cover-ups.
“I anticipate that numerous influential individuals will be revealed via this procedure,” Buzbee stated on Tuesday, choosing not to mention specific names. A portion of this behavior happened at well-known people’s private residences. Should our investigators verify and validate the information provided to us, the names we plan to reveal will surprise you. One could be added as a co-defendant, he said, if they were in a room and witnessed the alleged abuse without acting to stop it.
The attorney remarked, “I would imagine that as we speak here, there are a lot of people who are very nervous.”. “Caverns cannot be kept hidden indefinitely. I imagine there are a lot of people searching desperately through their memories at the moment while erasing their data and texts. “.
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More than half of his clients, according to Buzbee, reported the alleged abuse to the police or medical staff. Some, he claimed, tested positive for odd substances. “Drugs were found in their system, weird drugs, drugs that you’ve probably never heard of. One medication in particular that keeps coming up is Xylazine, sometimes known as “tranq,” which is classified as a horse tranquilizer according to our research. ”.
The attorney claimed that the alleged abuse dates back to 1991 and frequently happened at parties for the release of albums, New Year’s Eve celebrations, Fourth of July get-togethers, Combs’ well-known “White Parties,” and other social events from Hollywood to the Hamptons. That’s the explanation for why there are so many claimed victims. We’re discussing over 25 years of this kind of behavior,” he remarked. This has been going on for a very long time. “.
Buzbee initially revealed his involvement in Combs’ case on social media last Thursday. Buzbee is already well-known in the music industry for defending victims of the fatal crowd crush at Travis Scott’s 2021 Astroworld concert. According to him, he is assisting Andrew Van Arsdale of the AVA Law Group in California in defending over fifty clients “who were subjected to sexual assault and abuse by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and his partners.”. More than 3,200 people have contacted the legal firms in recent days with Combs-related allegations, according to Buzbee, who made the announcement on Tuesday.
Every single story is heartbreaking and wrenching. In addition to the notorious P-Diddy “Freak Off” parties, hotels and private residences were the locations of the alleged acts, he claimed. The atrocities committed against this group of people are astounding and can only be characterized as debauchery and depravity committed by the powerful against the weak and the underprivileged. “.
Two weeks prior, Combs, 54, was taken into custody in Manhattan following the release of his indictment by federal prosecutors regarding allegations of racketeering and sex trafficking. Prosecutors said in a 14-page indictment that Combs oversaw a criminal enterprise involved in prostitution, drug distribution, arson, bribery, kidnapping, and interstate transportation for the purpose of “unlawful acts of violence including sexual violence.”. The accused business, according to the prosecution, was primarily focused on “luring female victims into Combs’ orbit, often under the pretense of a romantic relationship,” and then using “force, threats of force, and coercion” to force the victims to participate in “elaborate and produced sex performances” that Combs referred to as “freak offs.”. The extended sex acts, they claimed, sometimes lasted for several days and frequently featured commercial sex workers. Prosecutors said that Combs gave drugs to his supposed victims in order to keep them “obedient and compliant.”.
Combs entered a not guilty plea to the indictment’s charges and was not granted bail. Combs’ attorneys painted a very different picture of the “freak offs” during hearings where they argued for Combs’ release pending trial. Marc Agnifilio, Combs’ attorney, contended that the allegedly violent sex parties were optional. In response to the court, Agnifilo stated, “Is it sex trafficking? No, not if everybody wants to be there.”. “The federal government entering our bedrooms won’t make any of us happier. What’s happening here is that they don’t perform well there. They are entering this man’s bedroom and doing more than simply passing judgment. He is facing charges under statutes that, according to them, could land him in a life sentence behind bars. “.
Combs’ ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura filed a sex-trafficking and graphic assault complaint last November, which included descriptions of Combs’ alleged “freak offs.”. Cassie claimed Combs made her apply oil all over her body and submit to the meticulously planned sex acts that would ruin hotel rooms and cause her serious injuries. Her lawsuit said Combs would ply Cassie with “copious amounts” of drugs, including ecstasy, cocaine, GHB, ketamine, marijuana, and alcohol,” and that the intoxicants allowed her to “disassociate during these horrific encounters. “.
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Federal investigators allegedly raided Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and Miami Beach last March, seizing more than a thousand bottles of baby oil and lubricant, drugs, and three AR-15 rifles with defaced serial numbers, according to the indictment of Combs that was unsealed in the Southern District of New York.
