Diddy Accused of Rape, Revenge Porn, and Drugging in New Lawsuit
A week after the R&B singer Cassie sued rapper and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs for rape and years of abuse (and settled a day later), another accuser filed a lawsuit against the mogul, alleging he drugged and raped her in 1991 when she was a college student.
The woman filed her complaint Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court—just before the expiration of the Adult Survivors Act, which for the past year has allowed people to pursue claims against alleged abusers regardless of the statute of limitations.
On Thursday night, the woman was identified to The Daily Beast by her lawyers as Joi Dickerson-Neal, who alleges Combs “videotaped his crime and distributed the tape to others in the music industry, causing severe harm to Ms. Dickerson-Neal’s reputation, career prospects, and emotional well-being.” Dickerson-Neal knew Combs through mutual friends, her lawyers said, adding she also appeared alongside him in the 1990 music video for “Straight From The Soul,” by Finesse and Synquis.