New lawsuit accuses Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of sexually abusing college student

24 May 2024, 15:04

Sean Combs
Sexual Misconduct-Diddy. Picture: PA

The alleged assaults are said to have taken place in the 1990s.

A woman who says Sean “Diddy” Combs subjected her to violence and abuse over several years in the 1990s has filed a lawsuit in New York accusing the rapper of sexual assault, battery and gender-motivated violence.

April Lampros, who met Combs in 1994 when she was a college student, described several “terrifying sexual encounters” with him including being forced to take ecstasy and have sex with Combs’ former girlfriend, the late Kim Porter.

Ms Lampros’ lawsuit, filed on Thursday in state court in Manhattan, comes after a series of allegations against the embattled hip-hop mogul.

A former model accused Combs of sexually assaulting her at his New York City recording studio in 2003 in a separate lawsuit filed earlier this week.

Ms Lampros, 51, said in the lawsuit that she was a student at New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology when she met Combs, who showered her with gifts and promised to help her achieve her dream of a career in fashion.

Sean Combs
The incidents are alleged to have taken place in the 1990s (AP)

The relationship turned abusive and coercive, according to the lawsuit.

Ms Lampros said Combs raped her in a Manhattan hotel room in 1995. She passed out and woke up the next morning “nude, sore, and confused”, according to the suit.

On another occasion, Ms Lampros said, Combs forced her to perform oral sex on him in a parking garage in full view of a worker at the garage.

Combs forced Ms Lampros and Ms Porter to have sex with each other in his apartment in 1996 after he had shoved ecstasy pills down their throats, according to the lawsuit.

“Ms Lampros vocally opposed this idea, but Mr Combs quickly reminded her that she had no control over the situation as he could make her lose her job,” the lawsuit said.

Ms Porter died of pneumonia in 2018.

Ms Lampros has publicly identified herself.

P Diddy appears to attack a woman
Screengrab of video appearing to show Sean Combs attacking singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in March 2016 (Hotel Security Camera Video/CNN via AP)

The lawsuits filed by her and the former model come days after CNN aired security video that shows Combs attacking singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016.

On Sunday, Combs released a video admitting he attacked Cassie in the hotel hallway, saying he was “truly sorry” and his actions were “inexcusable”.

A lawsuit filed by Cassie in November alleging beatings and abuse was settled a day after it was filed.

It prompted increased scrutiny of Combs, with additional lawsuits filed in the following months, along with a federal criminal sex-trafficking investigation that led to raids of Combs’ mansions in Los Angeles and Miami.

By Press Association

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