Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been accused of threatening to kill a girl and dangling her over a seventeenth flooring balcony.
In response to a report by Rolling Stone, the style designer Bryana ‘Bana’ Bongolan has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles this week in opposition to the disgraced rapper and music mogul. The swimsuit consists of claims of sexual battery, infliction of emotional misery and false imprisonment, and Bongolan is looking for $10million (£7.9million) in damages.
Combs “firmly denies” the allegations set out by the swimsuit.
Bongolan claims to have witnessed abuse between Combs and his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, earlier than Combs went on to intimidate and threaten Bongolan. She says in September 2016, Combs then dangled Bongolan over a seventeenth flooring balcony whereas screaming at her.
Bongolan’s lawyer James R. Nikraftar has stated: “The one function of dangling somebody over a balcony is to truly kill them or to deliberately terrorize them and rob them of any idea of dominion over their very own bodily autonomy and security. Ms. Bongolan refuses to permit this worry to regulate the remainder of her life and brings this motion to demand that Mr. Combs takes duty for the trauma he deliberately and maliciously inflicted.”
A consultant for Combs instructed Rolling Stone: “Anybody has the best to file a lawsuit, whatever the proof they could or could not have. Since final 12 months, Ms. Bongolan has expressed an intention to sue Mr. Combs and has sought authorized illustration to pursue her claims. Mr. Combs firmly denies these critical allegations and stays assured they are going to finally be confirmed baseless.”
Combs has pleaded not responsible to an indictment that noticed him charged with racketeering and intercourse trafficking, and his trial within the federal prison case is about to start on Might 5 subsequent 12 months. He has been held in a federal jail in Brooklyn since his arrest on September 16, and his first bail denial got here after he supplied a $50million (£38.4million) bond. He was subsequently reportedly positioned on suicide watch.
Combs was denied bail for the third time this week (November 27), with the choose declaring that “the federal government has proven by clear and convincing proof that no situation or mixture of circumstances will moderately guarantee the protection of the group”.
One more reason for the denial of bail is because of prosecutors claiming that Combs has tried to misuse jail assets to affect witnesses in his case and coercing at the very least eight different inmates to make use of their telephones.
One other wave of sexual misconduct lawsuits had been filed in opposition to him by 5 extra nameless accusers earlier this month. Three males and two girls declare they had been drugged and sexually assaulted by the rapper in incidents in New York and Miami courting again to 2001.
These allegations observe an accusation in late October of Diddy allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in 2005. Earlier than that, it was reported that over 120 individuals had come ahead with new allegations – together with 25 minors.
Diddy has – by representatives – denied all allegations in opposition to him to this point. Ought to he be discovered responsible, Diddy might face 15 years to life in jail.
For extra assist, recommendation or extra data relating to sexual harassment, assault and rape within the UK, go to the Rape Disaster charity web site. Within the US, go to RAINN.
