Two weeks have passed since the searches at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ homes, and although new information has not been widely disclosed to the public, behind-the-scenes action continues. Fox 5 NY’s Lisa Evers interviewed a former federal prosecutor regarding the status of the investigation.
For years, lawyers for Diddy have opposed allegations made by a woman who claimed that he drugged her during a date when she was nineteen and sexually assaulted her afterward in Harlem while she was still a college student. On Friday, his legal team filed a motion to dismiss certain claims on the grounds that they were not covered under applicable law at the time of the alleged incident, according to AP reports.
The latest accusations against Diddy are part of a larger pattern of allegations made by multiple women over the years. Joi Dickerson-Deal asserted in her claim that Diddy deliberately drugged her and then sexually assaulted her after their date when she was nineteen. She also accused him of filming the alleged assault and sharing it with several industry friends without her consent, which falls under New York’s revenge porn laws passed in 2019.
Diddy has denied these allegations and claimed that Dickerson is attempting to exploit a provision in New York law extending statutes of limitations for certain claims. The Associated Press typically does not reveal the identities of individuals who claim they have been sexually abused unless they choose to do so publicly, as Dickerson did.
In another lawsuit settled by Diddy shortly after it was filed last November, his former lover and musician collaborator, R&B artist Casandra “Cassie” Ventura accused him of subjecting her to a years-long relationship characterized by beatings and rape while she was signed under his label at the age of nineteen.
The New York State Human Rights Law has been amended as part of legislation passed on November 17, 2023, which extends the statute of limitations for filing claims of unlawful discrimination from one to three years starting with the date that allegedly violating acts took place (except in cases involving sexual harassment). The previous deadline was a year. Women represent around ninety percent of revenge porn victims, and this form of abuse often involves individuals taking screenshots or recordings without consent for blackmail purposes. In some instances, they force the person to fulfill certain demands.
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