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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Sean diddy combs files defence against rape allegation - Caught on Camera

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs pictured in June 2022.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs pictured in June 2022. Photograph: Paras Griffin/Getty Images

Sean Combs, the rapper and mogul known as Diddy, has filed a defence against allegations that he and two others sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl at a recording studio in 2003.

New paperwork filed on Tuesday, reported by Rolling Stone, wholly denied the allegations from the unnamed plaintiff, who is suing Combs, and called for the lawsuit to be dismissed. The documents state that Combs “never participated in, witnessed, or was or is presently aware of any misconduct, sexual or otherwise, relating to plaintiff in any circumstance whatsoever”. Combs has previously denied a range of sexual assault allegations against him, saying on X: “I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth.”

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