A Timeline of Diddy’s Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Cassie started relationship Combs round 2007, and the 2 have been on-and-off till calling it quits for good in 2018. The “Me & U” singer filed a lawsuit in November accusing Combs of egregious conduct with years of abuse and one occasion of rape.

In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court docket, attorneys for Cassie alleged she had “endured over a decade of his violent conduct and disturbed calls for,” together with repeated beatings and forcing her to “have interaction in intercourse acts with male intercourse employees.”

In line with the grievance, after she tried to separate herself from him in 2018, Combs allegedly “compelled her into her house and raped her whereas she repeatedly stated ‘no’ and tried to push him away.”

Cassie claimed that she suffered “episodes of horrific abuse” throughout their relationship, together with occasions when he would allegedly fly into an “uncontrollable rage” and “beat Ms. Ventura savagely.”

She additionally alleged in her go well with that that Diddy “blew up” a automotive belonging to Child Cudi in 2012 after he discovered that the rapper was “romantically” interested by her.

Lower than 24 hours after the lawsuit was reported, Combs and Cassie reached a settlement for an undisclosed quantity. Phrases of the deal will not be identified.

“I’ve determined to resolve this matter amicably on phrases that I’ve some stage of management,” Cassie stated in an announcement issued by her lawyer, Douglas Wigdor. “I need to thank my household, followers and attorneys for his or her unwavering assist.”

Wigdor additionally claimed that the musician had supplied his shopper “eight figures” to stop her from submitting the lawsuit, which she rejected.

Combs responded with an announcement: “Now we have determined to resolve this matter amicably. I want Cassie and her household all one of the best. Love.” 

A day earlier than the New York State Grownup Survivors Act expired within the Huge Apple, Combs was hit with a pair of sexual assault lawsuits. One was from an nameless plaintiff, who claimed the music mogul sexually assaulted and beat her, whereas the opposite was filed by a girl named Joi Dickerson-Neal, who accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting her when she was a university scholar in 1991. Dickerson-Neal claimed that Diddy had footage of the assault, and allegedly distributed it to others across the music trade.

With three lawsuits filed towards him, Combs agreed to resign from his position at Revolt — which he helped launch in 2013 — and now not function chairman of the digital media firm.

“Whereas Mr. Combs has beforehand no operational or day-to-day position within the enterprise, this determination helps be sure that Revolt stays steadfastly targeted on our mission to create significant content material for the tradition and amplify the voices of all Black individuals all through this nation and the African diaspora,” an announcement from the corporate stated. “Our focus has all the time been one which displays our dedication to the collective journey of Revolt — one that isn’t pushed by the person, however by the shared efforts and values of our whole workforce on behalf of advancing, elevating, and championing our tradition and that continues.”

50 Cent has been relentless in trolling Diddy all through the obstacles in his life, and supplied to purchase Revolt from the Dangerous Boy boss after studying he was stepping apart.

“I’ll purchase that from you play boy , for the low as a result of you recognize Cadillac and AT&T gonna pull out,” he wrote above two photographs of headlines about Diddy stepping down. “I’ll offer you just a few {dollars} for it now! Promote it to me, then we will be associates … Im severe name my cellphone.”

A fourth lawsuit confirmed up on the mogul’s doorstep in December, wherein a Jane Doe particular person alleged she was “intercourse trafficked” and “gang raped” by Combs, former Dangerous Boy Data president Harve Pierre and one other particular person in 2003 when she was simply 17 years outdated.

Attorneys for Pierre didn’t reply to Billboard’s request for remark.

Combs launched an announcement on social media, denying the entire allegations levied towards him.

“ENOUGH IS ENOUGH,” he wrote. “For the final couple of weeks, I’ve sat silently and watched individuals attempt to assassinate my character, destroy my popularity and my legacy. Sickening allegations have been made towards me by people in search of a fast payday. Let me be completely clear: I didn’t do any of the terrible issues being alleged. I’ll struggle for my identify, my household and for the reality.”

Eighteen manufacturers severed ties from doing enterprise with Combs’ E-commerce firm, Empower World, within the wake of the mounting sexual misconduct allegations towards the music mogul, in response to Rolling Stone.

“Whereas this determination was troublesome due [to] the reverence we as soon as held for Mr. Combs as a frontrunner in enterprise and leisure, it was clearly the right alternative,” Lenard Grier, co-founder of No One Clothiers advised the journal of pulling out of the connection with Combs’ firm. “Our model is based on the assumption that each particular person is necessary and worthy of respect, no matter gender, ethnicity, age, and many others. The allegations towards Mr. Combs are in direct battle with these beliefs. In flip, we felt an ethical crucial to finish our relationship.”

Different corporations that ended their relationships with Empower additionally gave related statements to the journal.

A Hulu collection following Diddy’s household was scrapped in December. Sources relayed to Billboard that Diddy+7 was solely in its early levels and never presently in manufacturing. The undertaking was set to be produced for Hulu by James Corden‘s manufacturing firm, Fulwell 73.

Producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones Jr. labored on The Love Album: Off the Grid 2023 and filed a lawsuit towards Combs in February. Rod accused Combs of sexual misconduct, assault and harassment.

He accused the musician of “groping and touching” his butt and making an attempt to groom him into participating in sexual acts with Combs and different people on his workforce. Lil Rod additionally claimed that Diddy “compelled” him to “solicit intercourse employees” — a few of whom have been allegedly underage — and have them “carry out intercourse acts to the pleasure of Mr. Combs,” in response to the grievance.

Jones Jr. claimed that he wakened in mattress “bare, dizzy and confused” one night time in February 2023 on the mogul’s Miami house with the Dangerous Boy entertainer and two intercourse employees. Rod believes he was drugged.

The lawsuit additionally brings up an alleged incident at Chalice Recording Studio in Hollywood from September 2022 that resulted in a person being shot following a “heated dialog” between Diddy, his son Justin and one other man.

The producer can also be suing Combs, UMG, Motown, Love Data and Chalice Recording Studio for offering “insufficient or negligent safety” that night time.

Combs’ lawyer Shawn Holley denied Jones Jr.’s allegations in an announcement shared with Billboard, saying that the producer was simply “in search of an undeserved payday.” She continued: “Now we have overwhelming, indeniable proof that his claims are full lies. … We are going to deal with these outlandish allegations in court docket and take all acceptable motion towards those that make them.”

Division of Homeland Safety Investigations New York executed search warrants, with federal brokers raiding Combs’ Los Angeles and Miami houses on March 25.

The Homeland Safety raids have been reportedly achieved “in connection” with an ongoing federal intercourse trafficking investigation, in response to CNN. Prosecutors from the Southern District of New York are main the case.

“Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI) New York executed legislation enforcement actions as a part of an ongoing investigation, with help from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami, and our native legislation enforcement companions. We are going to present additional data because it turns into out there,” the Division of Homeland Safety stated in an announcement.

Combs reportedly agreed to a deal to promote his stake in Revolt TV after stepping down from his position as chairman in November amid sexual assault allegations. In line with TMZ, the mogul bought his remaining shares of Revolt to an nameless purchaser. The report famous that the corporate will stay Black-owned. Monetary phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed.

Combs’ lawyer Aaron Dyer spoke out towards the “gross overuse of military-level power” within the raids of the musician’s residences, and vowed to finish the “witch hunt” towards his shopper.

“There was a gross overuse of military-level power as search warrants have been executed at Mr. Combs’ residences,” Dyer advised Billboard in an announcement. “There is no such thing as a excuse for the extreme present of power and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way in which his kids and workers have been handled. Mr. Combs was by no means detained however spoke to and cooperated with authorities.”

Dyer added that Diddy and his household haven’t been arrested and are allowed to journey how they please, even after the pair of raids.

“This unprecedented ambush — paired with a sophisticated, coordinated media presence — results in a untimely rush to judgment of Mr. Combs and is nothing greater than a witch hunt primarily based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits,” he continued. “There was no discovering of legal or civil legal responsibility with any of those allegations. Mr. Combs is harmless and can proceed to struggle each single day to clear his identify.”

A 25-year-old man accused of being a drug “mule” for Diddy in a latest lawsuit was arrested at Opa-Locka Airport on March 25 on the similar time Combs’ Los Angeles and Miami houses have been being raided. Per Rolling Stone, Brendan Paul was booked on a pair of drug possession costs for cocaine and marijuana.

With some homework from web detectives connecting the dots, Paul was recognized as a former NCAA athlete who performed basketball at Syracuse College from 2018 by way of 2020.