In her suit, she alleges that she was handed a spiked drink at an after-party in the SoHo area of Manhattan, where Mr. Combs and others were partying and “many sexual situations” were underway, making her uncomfortable. She became delirious, the suit says, and Mr. Combs “guided her head down” to perform oral sex on him. She passed out and awoke later at the cast house, and “knew that she had been sexually assaulted, raped” by him, according to the court papers.
Another suit was filed by Justin Gooch, who said that in 1999, when he was 16, he met Mr. Combs at the Tunnel, then a popular dance club in Manhattan. The suit says that Mr. Combs gave him ecstasy and alcohol, and they then went to a bathroom, where Mr. Combs gave Mr. Gooch more drugs and “anally penetrated” him without his consent. According to the court papers, when he finished, Mr. Combs said to him, “That wasn’t so bad, was it?”
Leslie Cockrell, the plaintiff in a third suit filed on Thursday, says that in 1999, she went to a party in the Hamptons, where Mr. Combs gave her a drink and she became lightheaded and nauseous.
The plaintiff in the fourth suit, Aristalia Benitez accuses Mr. Combs “and/or other unknown associates” of assaulting her at a party at a New York restaurant, where she says Mr. Combs gave her what he said was a nonalcoholic drink that she believes contained drugs that caused her to lose consciousness.
In a statement, attorneys for Mr. Combs denied the allegations in all four suits.
“This is yet another example of false claims being filed against Mr. Combs,” the statement said. “No matter how many lawsuits are filed it won’t change the fact that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or sex trafficked anyone — man or woman, adult or minor. We live in a world where anyone can file a lawsuit for any reason.”
