Less than a week after settling a lawsuit with former Bad Boy artist Cassie, Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing more sexual assault allegations. https://t.co/AGOPdVqzYv
— Variety (@Variety) November 24, 2023
In a complaint filed, Joi Dickerson-Neal alleged that Combs “drugged, sexually assaulted and abused” her and that she was the victim of “revenge porn” created and distributed by the rapper in 1991. The suit — which also names Combs’ companies Bad Boy Entertainment and and Combs Enterprises as defendants — was filed under the Adult Survivors Act, which allowed alleged victims of sexual abuse a one-year period to file civil suits for offenses beyond the typical statute of limitations. Thursday marked the final day to file a complaint under the act.
Dickerson-Neal is suing Combs for “substantial and lifetime injuries” that she says resulted from the alleged assault, including “severe depression and suicide ideation.”
Dickerson-Neal is demanding a trial by jury and compensation for her “mental and emotional injury, distress, pain and suffering and injury to her reputation.”
In a statement to CNN, a spokesperson for Combs called the allegations “made up and not credible,” adding that the suit is “purely a money grab.”
“This last-minute lawsuit is an example of how a well-intentioned law can be turned on its head. Mr. Combs never assaulted her, and she implicates companies that did not exist.”
