Sean "Diddy" Combs Hit with Four Additional Sexual Assault Suits 

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with four new lawsuits from plaintiffs alleging sexual assault.

The suits were filed in New York, all under the Gender-Motivated Violence Act with a lookback window closing on March 1.

It detailed similar allegations of sexual assault, with accusers claiming they were drugged and subsequently subjected to sexual acts against their will. 

The GMVA was granted an amendment in 2022 that allowed survivors whose claims were previously time-barred to file a suit against their abuser during the window period of March 1, 2023 and March 1, 2025. 

With the Act coming to a close, more suits are expected to be filed before week’s end.

The first suit against Combs comes from Aristalia Benitez, who lived in New York City in 1995 at the age of 20. Another plaintiff, Justin Gooch, claims that he was 16 years old in 1999 while living with his grandparents in New Jersey.

Leslie Cockrell filed a third suit regarding an incident that occurred in 1999 when she was 24.

The fourth lawsuit was filed against Combs and VH1 by Kendra Haffoney, who worked for a designer showroom in Los Angeles in 2007. She applied to a new VH1 show “I Want to Work for Diddy,” and was selected, moving to New York that year.

In a statement, representatives for Combs said, “No matter how many lawsuits are filed—especially by individuals who refuse to put their own names behind their claims—it won’t change the fact that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or sex trafficked anyone—man or woman, adult or minor. This lawsuit is nothing more than a collection of media headlines, stitched together with fragments from other lawsuits and baseless rumors. With the deadline for New York’s Gender-Motivated Violence Act expiring tomorrow, opportunists are scrambling to file last-minute, meritless claims. We live in a world where anyone can file a lawsuit for any reason, but that does not make the claims true. Mr. Combs is confident he will prevail in court.”

The filings come shortly after a male escort sued Combs over accusations of sexual assault that allegedly occurred in 2012. 

Combs is currently detained at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, where he will remain until his criminal trial, slated for May 5.