Sean “Diddy” Combs is suing a person who claimed to be in possession of flash drives containing footage of the rapper’s “freak-off” parties. In line with paperwork obtained by Pitchfork, Diddy has filed a defamation lawsuit in a New York federal court docket in opposition to Courtney Burgess and Burgess’ lawyer, Ariel Mitchell, who additionally represents Diddy accuser Ashley Parham. Additionally named within the grievance is media firm NewsNation, which broadcast an interview with Burgess in November.
Burgess claims that the flash drives got to him by Diddy’s former associate Kim Porter earlier than her demise in 2018, and that they comprise footage of Diddy sexually assaulting minors; he has additionally mentioned that different celebrities, together with a then-underage Justin Bieber, seem within the tapes, with some being assaulted by Diddy.
Diddy’s lawsuit describes Burgess and Mitchell as “fueling a media frenzy, fabricating outlandish claims and stirring up baseless hypothesis about Mr. Combs.” As well as, in an announcement, Diddy’s legal professional, Erica Wolff, mentioned “This grievance ought to function a warning that such intentional falsehoods, which undermine Mr. Combs’s proper to a good trial, will not be tolerated.”
By his lawsuit, Diddy is in search of not less than $50 million in damages. Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Burgess and NewsNation for remark.
Diddy is about to stand trial on federal racketeering and intercourse trafficking expenses in Could. He’s at the moment the defendant in dozens of civil lawsuits alleging sexual assault, battery, and grooming. He’s additionally the topic of a number of documentaries about his alleged wrongdoing, together with Peacock’s Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy. Diddy has broadly denied allegations in opposition to him.
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