Sean 'Diddy' Combs Accused of Sexual Misconduct by 120 People

TIME

Attorney Tony Buzbee said  he is representing 120 accusers who have come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul who is awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

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00:00The biggest secret in the entertainment industry that really wasn't a secret at all has finally

00:14been revealed to the world.

00:17The wall of silence has now been broken and victims are coming forward.

00:22Our team has had at this point more than 3,285 individuals contact us with people claiming

00:32to have been victimized by Sean Combs.

00:37After vetting, we now represent 120 individuals who intend to bring civil claims in civil

00:43court against Sean Diddy Combs.

00:46You should know, in this group, it is evenly divided between males and females.

00:53There are 60 males and 60 females who have joined us to pursue these claims as plaintiffs.

01:00In this group, 62% identify as African American, 30% are white, and the remainder are Hispanic

01:08or Asian.

01:10The victims are from more than 25 states, the majority are from California, New York,

01:17Georgia, and Florida.

01:19I want to focus on the ages of these victims.

01:23When you talk about the ages of the victims when the conduct occurred, it's shocking.

01:29Our youngest victim at the time of the occurrence was 9 years old.

01:33We have an individual who was 14 years old.

01:36We have one who was 15.

01:40Twenty-five of the 120 individuals who are plaintiffs in these cases were minors at the

01:46time of the acts complained of.

01:51The time frame of the acts complained of is very wide.

01:54The conduct at issue spans from the years 1991 all the way until this year, 2024.

02:01If you wonder why there are so many alleged victims, that's your answer.

02:04We're talking about more than 25 years of this type of conduct.

02:09Most of these events and incidents occurred at parties, typically after parties, or album

02:14release parties, New Year's Eve parties, Fourth of July parties, something they call a puppy

02:20party, the all-white party, although several of these events occurred at auditions.

02:27Many times, especially young people, people wanting to break into the industry, were coerced

02:33into this type of conduct in the promise of being made a star, or in the promise of

02:40having Sean Combs listen to their tape, or even let them read for Sean Combs.

02:45You should know that several of the individuals, and when I say several, I mean many, who did

02:51in fact seek medical treatment, were drug tested, and drugs were found in their system,

02:58weird drugs, drugs that you probably never heard of.

03:01One in particular that continues to pop up is a drug called Xylazine, or Trank, which

03:09based on our research is known as a horse tranquilizer.

03:14Although these are in fact individual cases, there is a common theme, an MO, if you will.

03:21Typically the victim is lured into a situation where he or she is given a drink.

03:27Usually that drink, reported by these victims, is apparently laced with something.

03:34Once that drink takes effect, the perpetrators perform all kinds of sexual acts on the victims,

03:40many times passing him or her around as other people watch and enjoy the show, and then

03:46leave the victim ashamed, confused, injured, and wondering what happened.

03:52When the victim reaches out, he or she is told not to say anything.

03:56Sometimes there are threats of physical violence, or financial repercussions, or bodily harm.

04:03This type of sexual assault, sexual abuse, and sexual exploitation should never happen

04:10in the United States or anywhere else.

04:14This should have never been allowed to go on for so long.

04:18This conduct has created a mass of individuals who are injured, scared, and scarred.

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