Sean “Diddy” Combs accused of sexually abusing a college student in new lawsuit

A woman who claims Sean “Diddy” Combs subjected her to violence and abuse for several years in the 1990s has filed a lawsuit in New York, accusing the rapper of sexual assault, battery and gender-based violence.

The woman, who met Combs in 1994 while she was a college student, described several “terrifying sexual encounters” with him, including being forced to take ecstasy and having sex with Combs’ late ex-girlfriend Kim Porter.

The woman’s lawsuit, filed Thursday in Manhattan state court, follows a series of allegations against the controversial hip-hop mogul. A former model accused Combs of sexually harassing her in his New York recording studio in 2003 in a separate lawsuit filed earlier this week.

The 51-year-old woman stated in the lawsuit that while she was studying at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, she met Combs, who showered her with gifts and promised to help her realize her dream of a career in the fashion industry.

According to the lawsuit, the relationship developed into an abusive and coercive one.

She said Combs raped her in a Manhattan hotel room in 1995. She lost consciousness and woke up the next morning “naked, sore and confused,” the lawsuit says.

On another occasion, she said, Combs forced her to perform oral sex on him in a parking garage in front of a parking garage employee.

A message seeking comment on the woman’s allegations was sent to an attorney for Combs.

The woman and former model’s lawsuits come days after CNN aired surveillance video showing Combs attacking singer Cassie in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. Combs released a video on Sunday in which he admitted to attacking Cassie in the hotel hallway, saying he was “sincerely sorry” and that his actions were “inexcusable.”

A lawsuit filed by Cassie in November alleging beatings and abuse was settled a day after it was filed. This led to increased scrutiny of Combs, and more lawsuits were filed in the months that followed. It also sparked a federal sex trafficking investigation that led to raids on Combs’s mansions in Los Angeles and Miami.