Diddy demands to know names of accusers to ‘publicly shame them’ ahead of sex trafficking trial amid latest rape claims
SEAN “Diddy” Combs has demanded to know the names of his alleged victims in order to publicly shame them, a report has claimed.
Combs was hit with six fresh allegations just two days ago, including one by a man who claims he was 16 when the rapper allegedly molested him.
Those new lawsuits have been given anonymity by the government as well as others of the 100-plus civil claims.
His alleged victims in the racketeering and sex trafficking criminal cases have also received anonymity.
Combs’ lawyer is now demanding “the government should be required to identify its alleged victims” in his sex trafficking case, Deadline reports.
Attorney Marc Agnifilo wrote to US District Judge Arun Subramanian Tuesday saying Combs’ case was unique because of the number of accusers and his wealth and fame.
He said: “This has had a pervasive ripple effect, resulting in a torrent of allegations by unidentified complainants, spanning from the false to outright absurd.”
But Combs’ team instead wants to publicly shame the accusers ahead of the trial, a law enforcement source claimed to the site.
They said: “This is all about shaming the alleged victims, it’s part of the defence’ offensive course of action.”
Combs’ team also know who two of the alleged victims are, including “Victim-1”, as the filings refer to her as: ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
His trial date for the criminal charges of sex trafficking and racketeering has been set for May 5 next year.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to the charges with his lawyer addressing previous claims.
Agnifilo previously said the rapper “cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus.”
Prosecuting attorney Tony Buzbee said earlier this month that he is representing 120 accusers.
They include someone who claims he was just nine years old when he was allegedly abused by the rapper – and warned: “the names will shock you.”
Buzbee said the allegations involve “many powerful people” and “many dirty secrets.”
Ventura was seen in a video made public earlier this year being physically assaulting by then-boyfriend Combs in a hotel hallway in 2016.
The disturbing surveillance footage shows Combs, holding a towel around his waist, chasing after Cassie as she waited for an elevator at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles.
Combs, who is currently being held in Brooklyn’s notorious Metropolitan Detention Center, has so far been denied bail twice.
A number of accusers, including one woman who alleges she was violently raped by Combs in his recording studio in 2001, have come forward since, with the horrific allegations being made public.
Combs’ mom, Janice Smalls Combs, has slammed her son’s “public lynching,” speaking “as a mother that is devastated and profoundly saddened by the allegations made against my son.”
“It is heartbreaking to see my son judged not for the truth, but for a narrative created out of lies,” she told The Daily Mail.
An indictment released last month, however, alleges Combs coerced and abused women for years with the help of a network of associates who helped him silence the victims through violence – including kidnapping and physical beating.
It alleges the rapper held sordid ‘Freak Offs’ that were fueled by drugs and left guests needing IV drips after going on for days.
Two of the latest suits were filed by women and four by men, one of whom says he was just 16 when Combs allegedly assaulted him.
The unnamed John Doe claims Diddy groped his privates at a party in Long Island in 1998.
He said the rapper, aged 28 at the time, told him to remove his trousers during a conversation about breaking into the music business.
Combs allegedly told him the boy it was a rite of passage to becoming a music star, at one point asking him: “Don’t you want to break into the business?”
One of the other John Does claims he was “orally raped” by Diddy in a Macy’s store in May 2008.
He said he was in the stockroom when Diddy and three of his bodyguards entered.
The victim alleged he was struck in the back of the neck before Diddy proceeded to “forcefully, and brutally, orally rape the plaintiff”.
Diddy's downfall
By Forest McFarland, Senior News Reporter
BEFORE Sean “Diddy” Combs’ arrest on Monday night, it had been highly speculated that the rap star would find himself in custody after he was repeatedly hit with disturbing accusations – and had two of his mansions raided by the feds.
His mounting legal troubles finally came to a head on September 17, when he was charged with three federal counts, including sex trafficking, for allegedly forcing victims to take part in drug-fueled sex parties he called “Freak Offs.”
Hours before his arrest, The U.S. Sun exclusively revealed the feds investigating Combs were secretly liaising with Tupac Shakur murder prosecutors on gangland activities.
The development also came after Combs was named 77 times in documents submitted by prosecutors in the Tupac murder case.
Aside from the Tupac probe, Combs was already facing a slew of lawsuits, including one he settled with his ex, Cassie Ventura, after she accused him of rape and abuse.
Disturbing hotel surveillance video from 2016 showed Combs chasing Cassie down and then punching, kicking, and beating her in a hallway.
Two months earlier, in March 2024, two of Combs’ mansions were raided by federal investigators, who seized three AR-15s, drugs, and 1,000 bottles of lube which were part of his “Freak Off” supplies.
In addition to his federal criminal charges, Combs also faces a handful of lawsuits with allegations of sexual assault, harassment, and sex trafficking dating back to the early 1990s.
Music producer Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones filed one suit in February 2024, claiming Combs forced him to hire sex workers and participate in sex acts while he worked on his latest album.
Combs has denied any wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to the federal sex trafficking charges against him, but his battle is far from over.
He faces life in prison if he’s convicted on all counts.