Diddy Files $100 Million Defamation Lawsuit Over Sexual Assault Allegations

Diddy Files $100 Million Defamation Lawsuit Over Sexual Assault Allegations
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Sean “Diddy” Combs has escalated his legal battle by filing a $100 million defamation lawsuit against Courtney Burgess, his attorney Ariel Mitchell, and NewsNation’s parent company, Nexstar Media, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on August 6, 2025. The suit, an amendment to a prior $50 million claim filed in January 2025, accuses the defendants of orchestrating a “deliberate scheme” to spread false claims that Burgess possessed videos of Combs committing sexual assaults, including against minors and celebrities, causing “severe reputational harm” and potentially jeopardizing his upcoming May 2025 trial on sex trafficking charges. Combs, currently detained at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, denies the allegations, asserting no such videos exist.

The lawsuit stems from Burgess and Mitchell’s October 2024 NewsNation interview, where they claimed Burgess held 11 flash drives, allegedly from Combs’ late ex-girlfriend Kim Porter, containing videos of Combs’ so-called “freak off” parties. Combs’ legal team argues these claims are fabricated, noting that Porter’s family denounced a related memoir as fake, leading to its removal from Amazon. The filing further alleges Mitchell falsely claimed a police report corroborated a 2018 rape accusation against Combs, which the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office deemed “unsubstantiated,” involving two white men, not Combs. As Combs awaits trial, having been acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking but convicted on lesser prostitution-related charges, his attorneys seek a jury trial to address the “torrent of lies” they claim threatens his right to a fair trial.

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