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Fresh new off the heels of a graphic video of an attack on Cassie Ventura staying introduced to the general public, Diddy is experiencing his seventh sexual-assault lawsuit, his second in this 7 days on your own, United states of america Today studies. Now, a girl is accusing the disgraced mogul of rape and battery about various alleged incidents just after she satisfied him as a Vogue Institute of Technology student in 1994. April Lampros filed the go well with towards Diddy, genuine identify Sean Combs, in the New York County Supreme Courtroom on Could 23. It names Diddy his label, Bad Boy Records and Arista Records as defendants. “Combs promised to mentor her and assist her by introducing her to music and manner industry executives as nicely as aiding her with getting get the job done,” the lawsuit reads. “She felt that if she disobeyed him, he would get absent her dreams of pursuing a occupation in his world. Mr. Combs would also threaten to blacklist her in the sector if she tried using to mess with him in any way.”
The go well with information how Diddy allegedly “love-bombed her” and “showered her with presents and flowers” all through their early romance, in advance of he allegedly turned violent, for each United states Nowadays. In the submitting, Lampros accuses Diddy of raping her in 1995, along with an incident that took area in a vehicle, which she claims a parking attendant witnessed. She also claims Diddy forced her and his girlfriend Kim Porter to get ecstasy and have sexual intercourse with each other before he raped her in 1996, allegations that remember earlier claims designed by Cassie, Lil Rod, and other accusers. An more occasion of sexual assault allegedly took position at her apartment in 2000 or 2001. The filing includes alleged photos of Diddy, Lampros, and a “friend” at Terrible Boy Studios, jointly with an invite to a Father’s Day accumulating and a Valentine’s Working day card.
Lampros’s suit comes soon after a torrent of sexual-assault allegations manufactured from Diddy this year, which commenced when Cassie filed a complaint against him in December, triggering a documented legal investigation into the hip-hop mogul.
