More details have emerged regarding the assault Sean 'Diddy' Combs is accused of perpetrating at the end of last month. As previously reported, one Gerard Rechnitzer claims he was attacked by the hip hop star in the early hours of 25 Feb at LA's Roosevelt Hotel, and has now filed a suit to the Los Angeles Superior Court seeking compensatory and punitive damages.
In the lawsuit, Rechnitzer says that he and his girlfriend were outside the hotel's club, Teddy's, when he ran into the rapper. He claims that Combs was talking to the girlfriend, and, when Rechnitzer approached, Combs shouted at him "in a threatening and ominous matter". Following this, the suit alleges that Combs "intentionally, wilfully, knowingly and unlawfully attacked, assaulted and battered" Rechnitzer, causing him to fall back several feet and hit a parked car. Combs is also accused of pushing the man's girlfriend and attempting to spit on another female member of Rechnitzer's group.
Combs' lawyer Benjamin Brafman says that the suit is "completely baseless", adding in a statement: "It's just another example of an opportunist seeking to fabricate a lawsuit based on a flat-out lie to try to take advantage of Mr Combs' celebrity status. Mr Combs did not hit anyone and Mr Rechnitzer suffered no injuries or damages whatsoever. There is no case. It is that simple".