Sean “Diddy” Combs is at present behind bars at a detention facility in New York as he awaits sentencing and his authorized troubles are nonetheless mounting. A brand new lawsuit filed by Thalia Graves alleges that Diddy and a bodyguard brutally assaulted her and that the incident was filmed.
As reported by CNN, Thalia Graves, 48, held a press convention alongside Gloria Allred on Tuesday (September 24) in Los Angeles. Graves was a former resident of Queens who encountered Diddy round 1999 and 2000 as her boyfriend on the time was part of the Unhealthy Boy Information government group.
In her lawsuit, Graves says that in the summertime of 2001 whereas at her mom’s dwelling, she entered right into a car with Combs and his bodyguard Joseph “Massive Joe” Sherman and accepted a glass of wine. She alleges within the swimsuit that after having the wine, she started to really feel unusual after consuming the beverage.
Graves mentioned that she ultimately handed out from the wine, which she alleges was tainted with medication, and awoke bare in a Manhattan studio together with her arms tied behind her. She goes on to say that Combs sexually assaulted her and used pressure to maintain her stationery as she tried to withstand. She added that Sherman sexually assaulted her in addition to she regained and misplaced consciousness.
Whereas flanked by Allred, the present Texas native mentioned that the encounter with Diddy left her bodily and emotionally broken.
“The mix of bodily and emotional ache has created a cycle of affected by which it’s so onerous to interrupt free,” Graves mentioned, by means of tears. “I need to proceed on this journey in the direction of restoration and therapeutic. I’m glad that he’s locked up, however that’s a brief feeling of reduction.”
Whereas Combs’ authorized group has but to reply to Graves’ 26-page grievance, Sherman issued an announcement saying that Graves’ assertion of him assaulting her have been “false and baseless accusations” and added that Graves is seeking to money in on a monetary settlement.
“These accusations should not solely false however damaging to my character,” Sherman mentioned. “I’ve by no means met the accuser, and I used to be not working with Sean Combs in the course of the time in query. I will likely be pursuing authorized motion to handle this defamation and shield my identify.”
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