Sean “Diddy” Combs requests dismissal of Jane Doe sexual misconduct lawsuit

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From Bernie Zilio

Trigger Warning: Explicit description of sexual assault ahead.

Sean “Diddy” Combs wants Jane Doe’s sexual misconduct lawsuit against him dropped.

According to TMZ, the rapper asked that the lawsuit be dismissed without prejudice, arguing that the statute of limitations under the law under which Doe is suing has expired.

Through his lawyers, Combs also insisted that the lawsuit contains no important details beyond her alleged attack.

Additionally, he feels she added a “trigger warning” to her file to increase interest in her allegedly salacious claims.

“The scant amendments to the original statement of claim cannot remedy the falsehoods and irremediable deficiencies in the new statement of claim. “As with the original complaint, it does not state a viable claim and must be dismissed,” Combs’ filing reads, according to TMZ.

“Plaintiff cannot claim what day or time of year the alleged incident occurred, but claims to miraculously accurately remember the most sensitive details. Accordingly, this case should now be dismissed with prejudice to protect the Combs defendants from further reputational damage and before further waste of party and judicial resources.”

Doe filed her lawsuit in December 2023 – shortly after Combs settled his rape and abuse lawsuit filed by ex-girlfriend Cassie – alleging he sex trafficked, drugged and sexually assaulted her in 2003, when she was 17 Group raped.

Doe claimed she met Harve Pierre, the former president of Combs’ record label Bad Boy Entertainment, at a Detroit nightclub. Pierre allegedly told her that she was “hot” and that Combs would like to get to know her.

Pierre then allegedly called Combs and called Doe with the producer, who told her to fly to New York City with Pierre.

She agreed; However, she claimed she was forced to give Pierre – who had smoked crack cocaine – oral sex before they boarded.

Upon landing, Doe claimed she was taken to Combs’ recording studio, where she was plied with drugs and alcohol by Combs, Pierre and a third assailant who had flown with her and Pierre.

“While at the studio, Ms. Doe was raped by Mr. Combs, the third assailant, and Mr. Pierre, in that order,” her complaint said.

Doe claimed that Combs removed her underwear and forced himself on her as she “hung” over a sink.

He then allegedly “watched as the third assailant, who Ms. Doe had not even realized had begun having sex with her, raped Ms. Doe when she told him to stop.”

Afterward, Pierre allegedly “took his turn raping Ms. Doe and then forcibly forced her to give him oral sex, leaving Ms. Doe choking and having difficulty breathing.”

Doe claimed she “fell into the fetal position” and her “vagina was in pain.”

She added that after the alleged gang rape she could “barely stand up” and was helped into a car that took her back to the airport. She said she had “limited” memories of her return to Michigan.

Doe’s lawsuit included various photographs “taken in the studio that evening that left no doubt that Ms. Doe was with Mr. Combs in Mr. Combs’ New York studio the night she was raped.”

Combs is being sued by three other women and a man over similar claims, all of which he has vehemently denied.

The mogul is also at the center of a federal sex trafficking investigation; Both his homes in Los Angeles and Miami were raided by Homeland Security in March.

However, he was not accused of any crime.

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.