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(NewsNation) — This week the nation was stunned when Tony Buzbee, a Houston lawyer, announced he is representing 120 people — 60 men and 60 women — who say they have experienced sexual misconduct by Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is currently awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
And the allegations were explosive.
More Diddy allegations from lawyer Tony Buzbee
Among the most explosive claims Buzbee made:
- One victim was just 9 years old. The child had been introduced to Combs in hopes of getting the minor a recording contract. “(The child) was taken to an audition in NYC at Bad Boy records … this individual was sexually abused by Sean Combs and other people at the studio in the promise to both his parents and the boy of getting a record deal.” (Question from me: Why aren’t these parents being charged as well? Why didn’t they call the cops immediately? Why isn’t Child Protective Services involved?)
- Another minor was allegedly told Combs would make him a star, but needed to visit Combs privately without his parents. Combs allegedly made the victim perform oral sex.
- Another minor, 15, was allegedly flown to New York City to attend a party with drugs, and then taken to a private room in the presence of Combs where this female minor was (gang) raped.
- One woman, 26, was allegedly given one drink in Combs’ SUV, then woke up the next day not knowing what happened, but with pain and damage to both her vagina and anus.
- A pregnant woman refused alcoholic beverages at a dinner in Miami — but did have a nonalcoholic beverage, which according to her was laced with drugs. The woman “blacked out, and woke up in the same bed allegedly with Combs in his mansion in Miami. Her vagina and anus were torn and sore.”
More rumors swirl around alleged Diddy tapes
These are just the allegations out there. I have heard from several sources that there is a video floating around with Combs having sex with a “major” music star who was underage — as well as another Hollywood staple allegedly engaging in sexual intercourse with multiple people.
It’s seedy. It’s horrific. And even worse: The tapes are out. The lawyers are seeing them, and copies were made of Combs’ vast porn library and they are being offered up at high prices.
And the alleged perpetrators — the men who had sex with unconscious or drugged up victims — as well as the bodyguards who threatened the victims afterward, will also be named.
As Buzbee said: “I imagine there’s a myriad of people who are nervous. You can’t hide skeletons in the closet forever.”