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Thalia Graves participates in an interview on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello/ AP
By ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press
upgraded on September 25, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP)– Another female took legal action against Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday, declaring that the music magnate and his head of security raped her and tape-recorded it on video at his New York recording studio in 2001.
The claim submitted in federal court in New York, the most recent of numerous comparable matches versus Combs, comes a week after he was jailed and a federal sex trafficking indictment versus him was unsealed.
Thalia Graves declares that when she was 25 and dating an executive who worked for Combs in the summer season of 2001, Combs and Joseph Sherman drew her to a conference at Bad Boy Recording Studios. She stated they selected her up in an SUV and throughout the trip offered her a beverage “most likely laced with a drug.”
According to the claim, Graves passed out and woke up to discover herself bound inside Combs’ workplace and lounge at the studio. The 2 males raped her, slapped her, knocked her head versus a swimming pool table and neglected her screams and weeps for assistance, the suit declares.
At a press conference in Los Angeles with among her lawyers, Gloria Allred, Graves stated she has actually experienced “flashbacks, headaches and invasive ideas” in the years because.
“It has actually been hard for me to rely on others to form healthy relationships and even feel safe in my own skin,” Graves stated, sobbing as she checked out from a declaration.
She stated it is “a discomfort that reaches into your really core of who you are and leaves psychological scars that might never ever totally recover.”
Combs stays imprisoned without bail in New York on federal charges declaring that he ran a huge network that helped with sexual criminal activities and dedicated stunning acts of violence, utilizing blackmail and other methods to secure Combs and those near him.
He pleaded innocent to racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. His lawyer stated he is innocent and will combat to clear his name. His agents did not instantly react to an e-mail looking for discuss the current suit. There was no instant indicator from the claim or from Combs’ agents whether Sherman had a different lawyer who might discuss the claims.
The suit was submitted under the New York City Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, and comes throughout a two-year window that suspends legal due dates and permits sexual attack victims to take legal action against over abuse that may otherwise be too old to pursue.
Allred decreased to state whether her customer had actually spoken with private investigators in Combs’ criminal case.