Sean Combs

A music producer has sued Sean Combs in a new bombshell lawsuit, alleging the hip-hop mogul groped and sexually harassed him, pushed him to take drugs and stiffed him out of $50,000 for his work on the recently Grammy-nominated The Love Album: Off the Grid.  Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones filed his 70-page lawsuit in the Southern District of New York on Monday, which includes a cover sheet that includes a trigger warning for “sexually explicit images, aftermath of a shooting, redacted images of sexual intercourse and…

Sean Combs has filed his formal denial of claims he “gang raped” a 17-year-old girl at his Manhattan recording studio in 2003. In new court paperwork submitted Tuesday, Combs refuted accusations that he, his longtime lieutenant Harve Pierre and a third unidentified man trafficked the teen across state lines, plied her with “copious amounts of drugs and alcohol” and took turns raping her in a bathroom of his Daddy’s House Recording Studio. “(Combs) never participated in, witnessed, or was or is presently aware of…

Four women have sued Combs in recent months, all alleging that he sexually assaulted them Sean “Diddy” Combs will not attend the Grammy Awards this year, a rep for the rapper told The Hollywood Reporter, with Combs sitting out for music’s biggest night as he faces several allegations of sexual abuse. A rep for Combs did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone’s request for comment. Combs received a nomination for Best Progressive R&B album for the 2023 project The Love Album: Off…

Hulu is no longer making a reality show centered around Sean Combs and his family, Rolling Stone has learned, as even more companies sever business ties with the hip-hop mogul following accusations of sexual abuse and physical violence. The project — which was under the working name Diddy+7 — was being produced by James Corden’s production company Fulwell 73 for Hulu. While Combs was reportedly spotted with camera crews several times earlier this year, the show was still in “nascent stages,” according to a source…

As Sean “Diddy” Combs continues to face fallout over four different sexual abuse lawsuits filed against him in the past month, whether or not he’ll be welcome at 2024 Grammy Awards ceremony could now be in flux, according to a statement from the Recording Academy. “We are taking this matter very seriously and we are in the process of evaluating it with the time and care that it deserves,” the organization said in a statement to Rolling Stone. Combs is currently a nominee in the Best Progressive R&B Album…

As Sean Combs faces a growing list of sexual-abuse lawsuits and steps aside from his chairman role at Revolt, fallout is mounting in another corner of his empire, with more than a dozen companies distancing themselves from his recently launched e-commerce platform Empower Global. A total of 18 brands have confirmed to Rolling Stone that they have severed ties with the online marketplace for Black-owned businesses after R&B singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and three other women accused the producer turned…

Singer-songwriter Tiffany Red has penned an open letter to Sean Combs to corroborate the claims of abuse singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura leveled against the hip-hop mogul in her bombshell abuse lawsuit. In the suit, filed in November and settled within a day, Ventura alleged Combs controlled and isolated her, would routinely beat her, and forced her to engage in sexual acts with other men during their yearslong relationship. Throughout the filing, Ventura referred to numerous friends, assistants, security guards, and…

Singer-songwriter Tiffany Red has penned an open letter to Sean Combs to corroborate the claims of abuse singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura leveled against the hip-hop mogul in her bombshell abuse lawsuit. Filed in November and settled within a day, Ventura alleged Combs controlled and isolated her, would routinely beat her, and forced her to engage in sexual acts with other men during their years-long relationship. Throughout the filing, Ventura referred to numerous friends, assistants, security guards and Bad Boy…

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has temporarily stepped down as chairman of Revolt, the TV network he co-founded, amidst a wave of sexual assault allegations, Rolling Stone has confirmed.  No further details about the decision were given, such as who would take up Combs’ role in the interim and when he might return. TMZ first reported the news, saying Combs — who has denied the allegations against him — decided to temporarily step down last week.  Combs has been hit with three sexual assault lawsuits in recent weeks. The…

Five days after Sean Combs and Cassie reached a settlement in the singer’s lawsuit against Combs, in which she accused him of rape, sex trafficking, and physical abuse, the rapper and producer is the subject of another lawsuit. The new suit, filed Thursday in the Supreme Court of the State of New York County of New York, accuses Combs of drugging and sexually assaulting a former Syracuse University college student in 1991 and filming the alleged incident. The suit alleges that Combs then showed the video to others in…