NEW YORK.- A woman who claims that rapero Sean “Diddy” Combs subjected her to violence and abuse for several years in the 1990s she presented a demand in New York accusing the rapper of sexual assaultaggression and gender violence.
April Lampros, who met Combs in 1994 as a college student, described several “scary” sexual encounters with him, including being forced to take ecstasy and having sex with Combs’ late ex-girlfriend, Kim Porter.
Lampros’ lawsuit, filed Thursday, May 23 in state court in Manhattan, comes after a series of accusations against the embattled hip hop mogul. A former model accused Combs of sexually assaulting her at her New York City recording studio in 2003 in a separate lawsuit filed earlier this week.
Abuse
Lampros, 51, said in the lawsuit that she was a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City when she met Combs, who showered her with gifts and promised to help her achieve her dream of a career in fashion. .
The relationship became abusive and coercive, according to the lawsuit.
Lampros said Combs raped her in a Manhattan hotel room in 1995. She passed out and woke up the next morning “naked, sore and confused,” according to the lawsuit.
On another occasion, Lampros said, Combs forced her to perform oral sex on him in a parking lot in full view of a worker.
Combs forced Lampros and Porter to have sex with each other in his apartment in 1996 after he had shoved ecstasy pills down their throats, according to the lawsuit.
“Ms. Lampros openly opposed this idea, but Mr. Combs quickly reminded her that she had no control over the situation, as it could cause her to lose her job,” the lawsuit says.
Porter died of pneumonia in 2018.
Background
A message seeking comment on Lampros’ allegations was sent to an attorney for Combs.
The Associated Press does not typically identify victims of sexual abuse by name unless they identify themselves publicly, as Lampros has done.
The lawsuits filed by Lampros and the former model come days after CNN aired security video showing Combs attacking singer Cassie in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. Combs released a video on Sunday in which He admitted that he attacked Cassie in the hotel hallway, saying that he was “truly sorry,” and that his actions were inexcusable.
A lawsuit filed by Cassie in November alleging beatings and abuse was settled a day after it was filed. This brought increased scrutiny to Combs, with additional lawsuits filed in the following months, along with a federal criminal sex trafficking investigation that led to raids on Combs’ mansions in Los Angeles and Miami.
FUENTE: AP
