Rapper Sean Combs, aka Diddy, is the target of new civil proceedings for sexual assault, a week after this heavyweight of American hip-hop settled amicably a case of rape and physical violence, reported Friday the magazine Rolling Stone.
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In her summons filed Thursday in New York, Joi Dickerson-Neal claims that she was “drugged, sexually assaulted and abused” in 1992 by the rapper, known at the time as Puff Daddy, according to the American specialist magazine .
She also assures that he had filmed the scene and broadcast the video as “revenge porn”, a practice aimed at revealing to the public sexual images generally not consensual to take revenge on a person.
This procedure was initiated under the New York State law which allows victims of sexual violence to file civil complaints for prescribed facts. Entering into force in November 2022 for a period of one year, this law expired on Friday.
This local legislation, called the “Adult Survivors Act”, has notably been used against well-known personalities, such as the American actor Jamie Foxx, the singer of Guns N’ Roses Axl Rose and the mayor of New York Eric Adams. .
Joi Dickerson-Neal is seeking a jury trial and damages, according to a document relayed by Rolling Stone.
Another woman, who remained anonymous, accuses Sean Combs and his collaborator Aaron Hall of raping her at a party in the 1990s, the magazine added.
Diddy and his ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, R&B singer Cassie, reached an “amicable” settlement last week a day after a civil lawsuit was launched against him for rape and physical abuse.
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Details of the arrangement have not been disclosed by the parties.
Former United States President Donald Trump was also sued under New York law by author and former journalist E. Jean Carroll, accusing him in a book of rape.
In May, the jury of a New York civil court found the former head of state responsible for “sexual assault”, requiring him to pay five million dollars in damages.
