as Disgrace music mogul Shawn Diddy comes prepares to appear in court to argue for bail a third time new people are coming forward with disturbing allegations against him I'm going to dig into five new lawsuits filed this week and the impact if any they could have UND Diddy's federal case welcome to sidebar presented by law on crime I'm Jesse Weber well when it comes to Shawn Diddy Colmes the lawsuits just keep on coming and particular when you talk about Texas lawyer Tony Busby he has filed five new lawsuits in federal courts on Tuesday with some
of the most horrific claims yet against the embattled rapper the accusations come from both men and women some just teens when they say they Combs attacked them others in their late 30s the claims are all related to alleged conduct in New York and Miami two places where Combs had lived and worked for decades and they're just as equally as disturbing as what we've heard in the past and we know that Tony Busby has filed a number of lawsuits already against sha combes he says he represents over a hundred alleged victims of Shawn comes and just
to take a step back you know by now what we're talking about right the criminal charges that sha comes is facing out of the southern district of New York a grand jury indictment led to charges of racketeering conspiracy transportation to engage in prostitution sex trafficking prosecutors claiming that Colmes used his influence as the head of Bad Boy Records and his other businesses his significant wealth as influence his power to host freak offs these elaborate sexual orgies that involved illegal drugs and male prostitutes and coercion and force and there were entire camera setups and the government
says that Colmes would go to any lenss legal or illegal to satisfy his sexual desires we know that the rapper was arrested in New York in September he's been locked up ever since in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn his defense team is actively trying to get him out of there they are going to be trying for a third time to get in bail this time in front of Judge Arun subber Marian we're actually going to be doing a whole separate episode that's coming out tonight too on what you can expect from that bail hearing
and also we're going to cover that live for you on Friday on Long crime as well you can check it out on our YouTube page but as we now know he's not just facing the criminal charges he is also facing all these lawsuits a barrage of civil lawsuits the floodgates they really seemingly opened after his ex-girlfriend Cassandra Ventura filed that bombshell lawsuit against him claiming that com objected her to a decade of physical mental and sexual abuse Colmes adamantly denied the claims but you remember he settled that lawsuit with Cassie the very next day and
then there was The Surge of lawsuits after that with several other people coming forward to say that while Colmes appeared to be everybody's favorite celebrity rapper appearing on talk shows guest starring on TV shows and movies behind the scenes they say he was essentially a ruthless criminal well on Tuesday attorney Tony Busby filed these five new complaints and they share a common theme they share a common theme with the others that he has filed on behalf of clients who say that Combs abuse them they all talk about com's alleged drug use the claim that he
and his associates would drug or lace drinks with GHB or ecstasy that he would give them to unsuspecting victims at parties and auditions allegations that not only he but his associates his bodyguards participated in forced sexual acts and all the plains they have filed anonymously against not only comes but also his companies like Bad Boy Entertainment Bad Boy Productions now before I get into this I have to stress something Colmes has always denied any wrongdoing or criminal activity okay he and his attorneys have said that if anything sexual did happen it was consensual and remember
he hasn't been found liable in a court of law yet he hasn't been found guilty in a court of law yet and I think the argument would be it was it may seem strange to you and I you and I might not engage in these kinds of freak off sessions but it's not necessarily illegal by the way with stories like this our content these Diddy allegations I think it just goes to show you how important personal safety is and I don't know if you think about it a lot but do you know where that becomes
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lawsuit I have to tell you are so disturbing that there's just some of this complaint I'm not going to get into that's actually with respect to I think the other lawsuits too certain details I'm just not going to share but I do have to talk about certain details it's important to know what we're saying it's important to know what the people are saying why they're saying it and what the protections are under the law so with that caveat let's go into this now one of the latest lawsuits is from a John Doe who lives in
Texas the complaint says in the late '90s and early 2000s plff was an actor regularly traveling across the United States for auditions and roles on stage and Screen after finding out about a role playing a police officer in a music video plff exchange phone calls with a female casting director in New York in October 2001 he traveled to Manhattan to meet with her now we don't know John Doe's age at the time he says he met Shawn Colmes but we know that he was an adult but we've told you about other lawsuits where people claim
that when they were children maybe sometimes when they were auditioning for Shan Colmes they were sexually assaulted they were drugged so keep that in mind but going back to this lawsuit so John Doe goes to New York he goes to a hotel near Central Park and it's there where he meets up with someone appearing to be Shan com's bodyguard or an assistant of some kind and they talk about John Do's background and his fitness routines and when comes comes in he asked John Doe questions about himself and his trip to New York and he reportedly
wants to know if John Doe is there by himself meaning did he have any friends in New York and John Doe told him no process that for a second because then he says comes allegedly gave John Doe the once over and said he'll do a very ominous statement given what the plaintiff says happened next because the complaint reads once plff sat back down the casting director offered him an alcoholic drink which heed BL she then offered him a Diet Coke and a glass which he drank but noted that it tasted strange at that point plain
if realized the casting director was the only female in the room the conversation continued regarding the music video and shooting schedule But as time passed plaintiff began to feel dizzy and nauseous he asked to use the bathroom because he felt like he might pass out shortly after that plff did in fact pass out based on information and belief Colmes by himself or through his agents employees previously laced plaintiff's drink with drugs including but not limited to GHB Andor ecstasy that theme of ledge drugging is a constant through line in both the criminal allegations and the
Civil allegations and we have to warn you that this next part is incredibly tough the complaint reads plain if came to in a Twilight State still dizzy and nauseous but semiconscious and disoriented as plff tried to get his bearings he realized he was laying face down across a large ottoman with his head and arms hanging off of one side and the lower half of his body hanging off the other his pants were pulled down to his ankles and his shirt was pulled over his head he felt a great deal of pain and realized as he
looked back that he was being anally sodomized by Combs his vision was blurry but he recognized com's chest tattoo and the large gold chain with a jeweled cross on it that comes wore during the interview L of tried to fight him off but felt dizzy and sick whenever he tried to move additionally com's bodyguard was holding plaintiff down by the arms John do then describes further alleged assaults in graphic detail claiming multiple men raped him that day he says he could hear other people in the room laughing and talking believes that he saw camera flashes
at one point and John do claims that he passed out multiple times before he was finally able to regain control of his body and get up the complaint says embarrassed and violated plain have tried to cover himself up and started looking for his clothes once he found his pants shirt and shoes he ran for the door without his underwear and also without one of his prize possessions a commemorative leather jacket that he got from working as a stuntman on the film RoboCop plff never saw that jacket again as he ran out he heard someone near
the door laugh and say hope you had fun he goes on to say that the doormen helped plof get a cab and he returned to his room at his hotel where plan vomited and cried all night replying the trauma of what had just happened he feared others disbelief Andor the perpetrator's retaliation if he told anyone the aftermath of the assault plane have struggled with intense emotional pain and mental health issues feeling disgusted and deeply depressed PL if has experienced a significant impact on his personal life he has never married and often struggles to maintain relationships
due to the assault now John Doe is suing under the New York victims of gender motivated violence protection act this is something we've talked about before so even though this alleged assault happened in 2001 John 's legal team is arguing that the gmva would apply in this case where the requirement that the crime of violence be committed because of gender or on the basis of gender and do at least in part to an animus based on the victim's gender that is satisfied they say because defendant comes forced plaintiff to engage in a sexual interaction without
consent now there is a look back window to sue for these kinds of claims because when under normal circumstances the statute of limitations would have expired and you can't bring a lawsuit people can use this now to to Sue and they can sue until February 2025 and this protection by the way not only allows plaintiffs to recover damages but they can also recover attorney fees and costs that's an advantage here now I want to move on to another lawsuit this one is from a Jane Doe who lives in Maryland now and accuses sha comes of
sexual assault in 2001 her complaint states that in 2001 plff who was 18 years old at the time and her cousin attended a Halloween party held at Club New Yorker in Manhattan Colmes and his Entourage also attended the party and provided drinks to plff and her friends throughout the night during the Halloween party one of com's security guards escorted plaintiff and two friends to a large black SUV limousine parked within walking distance of the club they entered the vehicle and saw com sitting in the back at least six members of com's security team were also
in the limousine one of the men handed plain of a drink minutes later she began feeling dizzy intoxicated and disoriented she felt as though she was unable to control her own actions based on information and belief Colmes by himself or through his agents employees previously Lac the drink with drugs including but not limited to GHB Andor ecstasy so you can see similar language here comes allegedly ordered her to perform oral sex on one of his security guards and then she also claims that she was forced to perform oral sex on Combs too quote in the
aftermath of the assault plane have struggled with intense emotional pain and mental health issues feeling disgusted and deeply depressed with symptoms of post-traumatic stress and she is also suing for violations of New York City victims of gender motivated violence protection act another Jane Doe says that she was attacked this time in 2004 also in Manhattan she says she was a 17-year-old model at the time and went to a modeling gig where she was approached by two men who gave her a flyer for a party the lawsuit says that the party turned out to be one
of defendant com's Infamous Fourth of July parties at his estate in the Hamptons comes Hampton's parties regularly attracted aist celebrities from across the entertainment fashion and business worlds and this one was no different the event was lavishly decorated featured live performances music performances and boasted top tier food and beverages an atmosphere of opulence and luxury full of celebrities many unsuspecting individuals like plff were recruited to attend these parties when plff arrived com staff at the front door required her to hand over her purse and her cell phone prior to entering now this is something that
we've heard before that guest that com's parties had to surrender their phones and sometimes even it was reported they had to sign non-disclosure agreements before they were allowed in the complaint continues plff recognized numerous celebrities in attendance as she walked around the party servers circulated through the rooms of the mansions with trays of drinks and plff decided to have one shortly after drinking it plff began to feel laded and disoriented now what's alarming about that is if that's true she just took a random drink and it was potentially laced I mean that's the insinuation right
and that's different than a drink being deliberately handed to her so again if true were all the drinks at this party just laced with drugs that was my initial impression from this quote as she grew increasingly disoriented plaintiff searched for a place to sit she stumbled to a couch and promptly lost Consciousness when she awoke plaintiff's underwear was missing and she felt throbbing pains in her private areas let me just say that at this point plff was alone and she could not find the who had accompanied her to the party in a state of panic
she began to hyperventilate and cry the complaint goes on to state that coms in two of his bodyguards approached plff and threatened her Colmes told plff that she would be in danger if she spoke about what had occurred stating that he ran New York and would ruin her at this point plff recognized that at least Colmes had sexually assaulted her while she was unconscious she feared for her life lff was coerced into agreeing not to contact the police in exchange for the return of her purse and phone she agreed out a fear of what would
happen if she did not in the aftermath of the assault PL if experienced and continues to experience intense emotional pain and mental health issues including post-traumatic stress disorder depression and anxiety and Jane do also cited the gmva as her cause of action moving on to the fourth new lawsuit a plff who now lives in Georgia makes claims that he says happened much more recently 202 22 when he was 39 years old says he went to a diddy party at a large home in New York City went with friends drank alcohol that was provided to him
and John Doe says he blacked out when plff regained Consciousness he was in a dark bedroom with black walls on a bed with black sheets everything around him was dark plff was horrified to find Combs on top of him sodomizing him plff in a State of Shock and confusion forcefully fought Combs off and fled the room making his way to a nearby bathroom despite still being in a days disoriented State plff fled the house in an effort to escape the situation as quickly as possible he didn't return to the party after the assault but plaintiff
was traumatized by the assault and continues to experience severe emotional distress as a result of what he endured at com's hands John Doe is also filing under the gmva but there is something I have to tell you about this lawsuit and that is that that lawsuit was just dismissed yes the judge said that the plaintiff here failed to get the Court's permission to file this anonymously as a John Doe this is an issue we've seen before in other cases against Shan Colmes where courts have said the plaintiffs they have to reveal their identities if they
want this to proceed here it seems to be an issue that this plaintiff never even got permission from the court to do so so we'll see what happens next now this brings us to the fifth lawsuit and this actually doesn't cite the gmva as a cause of action instead a Florida John Doe is suing all the plains for assault and sexual assault and his lawsuit States in 2022 plff mingled and spent time with Associates of com's businesses at a popular Miami nightclub he did not consume alcohol at the nightclub after spending some time with these
individuals and Associate of coms invited plaintiff to an after hours event being hosted by comes at a residential home after arriving plaintiff entered the residence and joined the other partygoers plaintiff saw about 45 to 50 people many of whom were recognizable public figures while mingling and making small talk with others an associate of Colmes approached plff indicating that Colmes wanted to meet with him the associate took plff upstairs where comes greeted him with a drink and offered a tour of the house plain if obliged began Following comes around the home the tour came to an
end in a bedroom bedroom smelled strongly of marijuana five other individuals three men two women apart from Combs and plff were inside of the room as well as plain and comes entered the room Colmes demanded the women perform sexual dances and Ma on the other three men around this time plain suddenly felt weak and disoriented unlike anything he had ever experienced with alcohol before as plaintiff's condition worsened and he began to fall in and out of Consciousness plaintiff knew he had been drugged John do says he passed out when he awoke he was naked and
he says that he saw Colmes sexually assaulting him pler calls coms telling him this is what you want all while wearing quote a disturbing smile John do says that he passed out again and when he woke up he was still in the bedroom but he was alone plain woke the next morning in the same bedroom alone almost immediately as if someone could see inside of the room through a camera or other device a member of com's security team entered handed plaintiff his clothes and instructed him to get dressed and prepared to leave the residence that's
interesting and frightening because we've heard from various people in these civil lawsuits that coms had had cameras all over his house and was obsessive about filming things but again this John Doe is suing for assault and sexual assault under Florida law defending Colmes with the assistance and conspiracy of his businesses intentionally or knowingly caused physical contact including the sexual assault with plaintiff when defending Colmes knew and should have known that plaintiff would regard such contact as offensive by the way you Sue with the businesses not just Sean Colmes obviously he's very wealthy but you go
after the businesses they have deeper Pockets too by the way one of the reasons he might be suing for assault and sexual assault is there might not be a statute of limit ation issue this is just a few years ago and you also might say these assault claims taking everything as true are more straightforward to prove by the way speaking of Tony Busby he has gotten himself into a bit of hot water recently we've talked about this because in Prior lawsuits that were filed by him on behalf of alleged victims he has named people like
celebrity a or celebrity B who in one case allegedly participated in assaults and Busby had previously promised that he was going to expose aess people that were allegedly involved in com's criminal activity but so far that hasn't happened and an anonymous prominent person says that is because Tony Busby is extorting the high-profile people this person identified as John Doe says that Tony Busby is making up false stories about serious crimes like sexual assault and rape and then threaten to tell the public and file lawsuits if these people don't pay up it's basically extortion settle or
you get named settle or you get exposed and there was a lawsuit that was filed in Los Angeles on Monday by this John Doe and he described himself as just a high-profile individual who knows P Diddy and he's attended events with him he's being represented by Quinn Emanuel a very powerful law firm and the firm released a statement about the lawsuit saying Busby has established a pattern of leveling baseless fabricated and malicious allegations at high-profile individuals and threatening to name them publicly if they fail to pay exorbitant sums of money Busby then uses this money
to fund his lavish lifestyle he's deployed these threats in letters statements to the press his website and on social media in recent months to try to shake down these well-known individuals Tony Busby denied the accusations fired back saying the lawsuit is just an attempt to stop him from doing his job and he released a statement to the Houston Chronicle saying these claims are without legal Merit that they're laughable he said we won't allow the powerful and their high dollar lawyers to intimidate or silence sexual assault survivors it is obvious that the frivolous lawsuit filed against
my firm is an aggressive attempt to intimidate or silence me and ultimately my clients that effort is a gross miscalculation I'm a US Marine I won't be silenced or intimidated and I actually spoke with former prosecutor Melba Pearson this week about this and how she would fight this if it were her it is standard in terms of reaching out and saying Hey listen I've been contacted by you know someone who uh was is looking to file a lawsuit against you whatever here's where we think we're going you know do you want to settle let's let's
settle right now before we even put anyone through this drama before we have to make this Survivor testify before we have to do depositions and go through the whole process maybe we could just settle right off the bat that that's that's normal right yeah but then but that fear and and I'm with you on that Jesse that fear of I could fight this but I'm going to lose so much more in the long run that could be a deterrent and would make someone pay up but at the same token I'm ful that if you are
wrongfully being accused of this I mean if it was me heaven forbid I think I would go on the offensive and like name myself I would come out and say listen I have been you know Tony Busby reached out to me saying that so and so alleged that I did XYZ to them I category deny it and basically you come out on the offensive before anything gets filed so that could maybe deter the case from moving forward possibly and by the way you can check out out that full interview with Melba over on our Long
cribe YouTube channel love talking to Melba she's the best so for now it's unclear what impact if any these explosive lawsuits will have on Shan colm's federal case it's very likely that the government investigators have spoken with these alleged victims or they will be as they build their racketeering and sex trafficking case against sha Colmes obviously if there's a superseding indictment that could all change but for now by the way Colmes only faces potential civil liability for these alleged acts in these lawsuits not criminal charges but we will see what happens next that's all we
have for you right now here on sidebar everybody thank you so much for joining us and as always please subscribe on Apple podcast Spotify YouTube wherever you get your podcasts I'm Jesse Weber speak to you next time [Music]
