Update, Nov. 24, 2023 at 9:37 AM:
Two more women filed lawsuits accusing music mogul Sean Combs of s**ually assaulting them. The complaints were filed under the Adult Survivors Act (ASA), a New York law which waived the statute of limitations for s**ual assault for one year. The law expired at midnight on Thursday, Nov. 23.
The new lawsuits come after former Bad Boy Records artist Casandra “Cassie” Ventura settled a lawsuit with Combs for a rumored 8 figures.
A new lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Supreme Court of the State of New York County of New York, claims Combs drugged and s**ually assaulted Joi Dickerson-Neal, a former Syracuse University college student, and filmed the alleged incident in 1991.
In the Complaint, obtained by Rolling Stone, Combs took Dickerson-Neal to dinner at a now-shuttered Harlem restaurant in January 1991. Afterwards, he drove her to a recording studio, but she was unable to get out of the car and walk because she was drugged.
The rapper then took Dickerson-Neal to an apartment, where he allegedly s**ually assaulted her and recorded the act, according to the Complaint.
“Days later, singer DeVante Swing, a member of R&B group Jodeci, revealed to Dickerson-Neal that he and “everyone” in the recording studio had seen the video.
Swing said he wanted to stand up to Combs, but he feared losing his record deal. Swing and his group Jodeci were in the studio recording their album, Forever My Lady, which was released in May 1991 on MCA Records.
Also in the studio at the time was singer Al B. Sure!, who co-produced the album alongside Swing.
Dickerson-Neal fell into a deep depression and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
She filed police reports in New York and New Jersey, but investigators told her they could not proceed without witnesses – and no one in the music industry wanted to speak out against Combs.
Dickerson-Neal was so traumatized by the encounter that she dropped out of college, failed to complete her degree and abandoned her music career aspirations.
She was inspired to file a lawsuit after Cassie settled her lawsuit with Combs within 24 hours.
In a third lawsuit, an anonymous accuser alleges that Combs and singer-songwriter Aaron Hall (pictured) took turns r*ping her and a friend in 1990 or 1991 – and that Combs turned violent during an incident days later.
In the filing, obtained by Rolling Stone, Jane Doe alleges she and her friend met Combs and Hall at an event hosted by MCA Records at the company’s offices in New York.
“Combs and Hall were very flirtatious and handsy with Jane Doe and her friend, offering them drinks throughout the night,” the filing reads.
The party moved to Hall’s apartment, where “Jane Doe was offered more drinks and was coerced into having sex with Combs,” the filing claims.
Afterwards, Jane Doe lay in bed, “shocked and traumatized.” As she was getting dressed, Hall barged into the room, pinned her down and forced Jane Doe to have s*x with him.”
After getting dressed and fleeing the apartment, the woman spoke to her friend and learned she had also “been forced to have s*x with Combs and Hall in another room.”
“Upon information and belief, when Combs finished with Jane Doe, he and Hall switched,” the filing states. A couple days after the alleged assaults, Combs allegedly visited the home where Jane Doe and her friend were staying and turned violent.
“He was irate and began assaulting and choking Jane Doe to the point that she passed out,” the complaint alleges. “Combs was searching for Jane Doe’s friend because he was worried that she would tell the girl he was with at the time what he and Hall had done to them.”
The third accuser’s lawsuit names Combs, Hall, MCA Records and Geffen Records as defendants.
In a statement to TMZ, Combs’ legal representative called the new lawsuits “purely a money grab and nothing more.”
Former Bad Boy Records president Harve Pierre (left) and the record label founded by Combs (right) were sued by Pierre’s former personal assistant in a new Complaint filed Wednesday.
The lawsuit filed in New York County Supreme Court by “Jane Doe” claims Pierre r*ped her “on multiple occasions in New York City and other locations throughout the country” from 2016 to 2017.
In unrelated news, Macy’s will no longer carry the Sean John clothing line in its stores after a two decade partnership with Combs.
The clothing line is being phased out by Macy’s a week after Combs settled an explosive lawsuit with his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura for a rumored 8 figures.
An insider connected with the retail giant tells RadarOnline.com exclusively that the music mogul’s line won’t be available on the department store’s website, effective this month.
The insider emphasized the decision to “phase out” the clothing label was made before Cassie’s lawsuit.
According to the source, retail stores are “always evaluating” and deciding “what’s relevant” to consumers — and “people are no longer buying Sean John.”
Combs is pictured at his Sean John fragrance launch at Macy’s Herald Square on September 26, 2016 in New York City.
The continued fallout from the lawsuit has cost Combs an employee at Revolt TV.
On Monday, popular podcaster Dawn Montgomery announced she is leaving her role at Revolt TV.
“I won’t be signing on to do the 3rd season of @revolttv’s ‘Monuments To Me’ podcast,” Montgomery wrote on Twitter/X.
“I am a SA survivor & I cannot be a part of a show that’s supposed to uplift black women while @Diddy leads the company. Believe Black women.”
