Another woman has accused Sean 'Diddy' Combs of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed under New York state's Adult Survivors Act.
The third such lawsuit to target the rapper has been filed by an unnamed woman. She accuses Combs and R&B singer Aaron Hall of sexually assaulted her and a friend after a music industry event in 1990 or 1991.
The lawsuit alleges that, having gone to Hall's home after the event, the accuser - referred to only as Jane Doe - was coerced into having sex with Combs and, afterwards, as she was getting dressed, “Hall barged into the room, pinned her down and forced Jane Doe to have sex with him". She then learned that, in another room, her friend had also been forced to have sex with both men.
A few days later, it is then alleged, Combs visited the plaintiff's home in an attempt to stop the two women from speaking about the assault. During that altercation, the lawsuit says, he choked his accuser until she passed out.
The Adult Survivors Act provided a twelve month window during which victims of sexual assault or abuse could file new legal proceedings even if alleged incidents occurred sufficiently long ago that a legal claim would usually be barred by the statute of limitations. The deadline for filing lawsuits under the Act was last Friday.
As that deadline approached, three women filed lawsuits making allegations against Combs, including his former partner Cassie Ventura. Although that lawsuit was settled within a day of it being filed. Then, last week, Joi Dickerson-Neal filed a lawsuit accusing Combs of sexually assaulting her in 1991.
Legal reps for Combs have denied all the allegations made against the musician.