- Joi Dickerson-Neal filed a criticism alleging rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs drugged and assaulted her in 1991.
- Combs has additionally been accused of sexual abuse by the singer Cassie.
- In her lawsuit, Dickerson-Neal says Combs recorded the sexual assault and confirmed it to “everybody.”
A California lady alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday that music magnate Sean “Diddy” Combs drugged and assaulted her when she was a school pupil in 1991.
The girl, Joi Dickerson-Neal, additionally alleged that Combs recorded the assault and confirmed it to his associates.
The criticism comes on the heels of one other lawsuit filed by a former artist on his file label accusing Combs of sexual abuse. The R&B singer Cassandra Ventura, who performs underneath the title Cassie, stated Combs saved her trapped in a “cycle of abuse” throughout their romantic and enterprise relationship.
Each lawsuits had been introduced underneath the Grownup Survivors Act, a New York regulation that gives victims of sexual abuse a one-year window to file a civil lawsuit, even when the statute of limitations had expired. Thursday is the deadline to file circumstances underneath the statute.
In a press release, a spokesperson for Combs stated Dickerson-Neal “made up” the story, calling it “not credible.” “Mr. Combs by no means assaulted her,” the spokesperson stated.
“This last-minute lawsuit is an instance of how a well-intentioned regulation might be turned on its head.”
“That is purely a cash seize and nothing extra,” the spokesperson added.
Dickerson-Neal’s attorneys didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
In accordance with the criticism, Combs requested Dickerson-Neal out on a date in 1991, when she was learning psychology at Syracuse College. He took her out for hen and waffles at a Harlem restaurant the place Dickerson-Neal labored as a server, then drove her to a music studio.
Dickerson-Neal stated within the lawsuit that she believes Combs drugged her throughout the meal as a result of “when she tried to exit the automobile, her legs felt rubbery and he or she was unable to face.”
Combs then drove her to a home the place he sexually assaulted her, she alleges, filming the assault and displaying it to others. One other musician advised Dickerson-Neal that “everybody” had seen the tape.
The alleged assault despatched Dickerson-Neal right into a “tailspin,” she says within the lawsuit, inflicting her to develop into withdrawn and remoted. She was recognized with scientific melancholy and dropped out of faculty.
Dickerson-Neal is in search of unspecified damages.
Replace November 23, 2023: The story has been up to date to incorporate remark from Combs’ spokesperson.
