120 more sexual assault lawsuits to be filed against Sean 'Diddy' Combs

According to Houston-based attorney Tony Buzbee, over 100 men and women who have retained legal counsel and intend to bring civil lawsuits against the troubled media mogul in the upcoming weeks may make additional accusations against Sean "Diddy" Combs.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Buzbee stated that at least 120 people had contacted his firm, The Buzbee Law firm, and the AVA Law Group, "to pursue cases in civil court" against Combs and who had come to them after "claiming to be victimized by" Combs and other people or entities.

“The biggest secret in the entertainment industry, that really wasn’t a secret at all, has finally been revealed to the world,” said Tony Buzbee. “The wall of silence has now been broken.”

According to Buzbee, a few of the cases they plan to file will focus on claims of sexual abuse, forced prostitution, false imprisonment, violent sexual assault or rape, sexual misconduct, sexual abuse of minors, and facilitating sex with controlled substance.

Earlier this month, the artist and businessman was charged with federal offenses, including sex trafficking. Combs entered a not guilty plea.

Erica Wolff, an attorney for Combs, denied the allegations in a statement Tuesday. “As Mr. Combs’ legal team has emphasized, 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, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation.”

According to Buzbee at the press conference, the reported assaults mostly occurred in New York, either in Manhattan or the Hamptons, as well as in Los Angeles and Miami. They included album release festivities and holiday parties, held at renowned locations, hotels, and private homes. Additionally, it was suspected that assaults had taken place during Combs's well-known and popular White Parties, which he hosted on a regular basis in the early aughts.

More than half of the accused victims, according to Buzbee, reported the attack to the police or to a medical facility. He added that toxicology testing revealed the presence of horse tranquilizers in the systems of some of the reported victims. In these complaints, Combs and his collaborators will also be charged with threatening victims into silence and paying $10,000 in hush money.

According to Buzbee, over a third of the claimed victims are White, and the majority are African Americans. Twenty-five of the 120 claimed victims were underage at the time of the purported attacks. According to him, a few of the purported victims have communicated with the FBI.

“The day will come when we will name names other than Sean Combs. And there’s a lot of names,” Buzbee said at the news conference.

“The names that we’re going to name, assuming our investigators confirm and corroborate what we’ve been told, are names that will shock you,” he added. “I’m talking here about not just the cowardly but complicit bystanders, that is those people that we know watched this behavior occur and did nothing. And I’m talking about the people that participated, encouraged it, egged it on. They know who they are.”

Agents from the Department of Homeland Security conducted raids on Combs' Miami and Los Angeles houses in March. A 14-page grand jury indictment that was made public last month contained some of the materials that were found during the raids. Law authorities allegedly discovered drugs, defaced AR-15s and ammunition, and "more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant," which they claim may have been used in Combs's alleged "freak off" sex parties.

The federal indictment, which was made public after Combs was apprehended in New York on September 16, claims that these sex parties were regularly the scene of sexual abuse and violence against Combs's victims and were regularly videotaped to coerce victims into remaining silent. Additionally, the indictment claims that Combs covered up his alleged crimes with the assistance of employees from his numerous media, entertainment, and lifestyle organizations.

He was indicted by a grand jury and is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, awaiting trial on three counts of criminal sex trafficking and racketeering. In an effort to have Combs released from custody as he awaits trial, his attorneys are challenging his incarceration.