Diddy Hit With Fresh Rape Lawsuit, Accuser Claims He Recorded & Sold Assault Tape As 'Porn'

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been hit with another lawsuit amid his recent arrest for sex crimes.

The rapper was taken into custody last week after a federal indictment on sex crimes-related charges.

He is now being accused of rape and other claims by another female victim in a complaint filed in a federal court in New York on Tuesday.

Diddy's legal troubles continue to mount, with yet another lawsuit filed against the rapper by one of his alleged victims.

The victim, identified as Thalia Graves, alleged in her complaint that the rapper, along with his associate Joseph Sherman, engaged in non-consensual sex with her at the Bad Boy Records studio in New York City back in 2001.

"[Graves] was twenty-five at the time and dating one of Combs' employees, a relationship that Combs exploited to lure [Graves] into meeting him and Sherman alone," the suit reads, per Deadline.

"Once they successfully sequestered [Graves], Combs and Sherman gave [Graves] a drink, likely laced with a drug that eventually caused her briefly to lose consciousness. She awoke to find herself bound and restrained."

According to the suit, Diddy and his co-conspirator bullied Graves into not reporting the sexual assault incident to the authorities.

They allegedly contacted her multiple times over the years and pressured her to stay "silent" with threats of "repercussions," including the possibility of her "losing custody of her son" if she ever revealed the assault.

Since Graves was quite aware of Diddy's connections, she was forced to comply with their wishes to prevent them from following through on their threats.

The suit continued, "Because of their enormous power in the industry, including through their ownership of and positions at the Combs Corporations, Plaintiff knew that they could follow through on their threats."

Another disturbing detail from the complaint revealed that Diddy had allegedly recorded the rape incident, a fact Thalia Graves discovered in late 2023—around the same time the rapper's ex, Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura, filed and swiftly settled her sexual assault lawsuit against the rapper.

It also mentioned that not only had Diddy recorded the assault, but he had it shown to "multiple men, seeking to publicly degrade and humiliate both [Graves] and her boyfriend."

Discovering this sordid act from the Grammy winner took an emotional toll on Graves, who was still quite scarred by the initial assault.

The suit said about Graves, "She was distraught and sunk into a deep depression. She again considered ending her life."

According to the Daily Mail, the suit further states that Graves' ex-partner "disclosed that Combs and Sherman had a pattern and practice of non-consensually recording women engaging in sexual acts and making those videos available to the public, including by selling tapes as pornography."

In addition to the complaint, Graves spoke out against the rapper in a press conference with her attorney, Gloria Allred.

She said, per The Wrap, "The internal pain after being sexually assaulted has been incredibly deep and hard to put into words. It goes beyond just physical harm caused by and during the assault.

Graves also remarked that the pain from the assault left scars "may never fully heal," adding that the "hardest parts" are the "shame and the guilt," which have affected her "ability to function properly."

She pointed out that she has endured physical and emotional problems since the incident, including PTSD, depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and sexual discomfort.

Graves concluded, "The combination of physical and emotional pain has created a cycle of suffering from which it is so hard to break free."

Diddy was arrested on September 16 in New York after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.

His lawyer, Marc Angifilo, had earlier affirmed that they intend to prove his innocence in court, meaning the rapper is not interested in getting a plea deal as of now.

"I believe he's innocent of the charges, and he is going to go to trial, and I believe he's going to win," he told CNN.

Agnifilo had also strongly defended Diddy in a statement after the federal indictment, stating that they were "disappointed with the decision" and that it was an "unjust prosecution" of the music mogul.

The attorney added, "[Diddy] is an imperfect person but is not criminal. To his credit. [He] has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation, and he voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges. Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts."