SEAN “Diddy” Combs is accused of raping a woman in “revenge” for suggesting he was involved in the murder of Tupac Shakur.
In a lawsuit filed in California, Ashley Parham also claims the musician threatened to slash her face with a knife in retaliation for her comments.
Combs has not responded to the allegations, but has consistently denied all claims of sexual harassment.
He also previously denied involvement in the drive-by shooting that killed rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996.
The murder has never been solved, although former gang member Duane “Keffe D” Davis was charged with murder last year. Davis, whose trial is due to begin in March 2025, previously claimed Combs offered US$1 million (£769,000) to kill Shakur.
In legal documents filed in California on Tuesday, Parham said he came to Combs’ attention after meeting one of his friends at a bar in 2018.
The friend “tried to impress” people by video calling Combs, but Parham refused to get involved because he believed the rapper was “connected to the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.”
In the lawsuit, she claims Combs overheard her comments and said he would “pay” for them.
About a month later, the friend invited him to his home asking for help with his cancer medication, and Combs showed up out of the blue, he claims.
Parham alleges the rapper then approached him “with a knife and held it to the right side of his face [nya] and threatened to give him the ‘Glasgow smile’ in response to his previous statement.”
Combs then tore off her clothes and “violently” raped her using a television remote control, according to the documents.
During the incident, Combs allegedly told him his life was in his hands and that, if he wanted to, he would never be seen again.
Parham alleges she was then raped by several people, “until finally she lost control of her body and could not move”.
Parham said she eventually tried to escape but was confronted by Combs, who offered her money to say the rape was voluntary, she claims.
He ran to a neighbor for help, the lawsuit says, when shots were fired at him. They had called the police, after hearing a commotion next door.
Parham said she notified the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Department that she had been gang raped by Combs and his associates, but no further action was taken.
He went to hospital three weeks later and staff called local police. However,. Parham claims nothing in his police report resulted in an investigation.
He sued Combs and six others on charges of sexual abuse and battery, torture, unlawful confinement, and kidnapping, and demanded a jury trial.
The BBC has contacted his lawyers for comment and is seeking responses from his co-defendants.
Parham’s case is the latest in more than a dozen claims of rape, sexual assault and physical abuse that have been filed against Combs over the past year.
Six new cases were filed in New York on Monday, including allegations he molested a 16-year-old boy at a party at his home.
Responding to the cases, the star’s lawyer told the BBC Combs had “never sexually abused anyone – adult or minor, male or female”.
They also described the previous lawsuit as an “attempt to make money” and a “clear attempt to seek publicity.”
Combs is currently being held in a detention center in New York, pending trial on federal criminal charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.
On Tuesday, his lawyers filed a request seeking the identities of his accusers, in preparation for a trial scheduled to begin on May 5, 2025.
They added that the number of anonymous allegations against Combs had “irreparably damaged his character and reputation.”
“These swirling allegations have created a hysterical media circus that, if left unchecked, will inevitably deprive Combs of a fair trial, if one has not already occurred,” the plea states.
The music mogul’s attorneys also argued for him to be released on bail, citing the “horrific” conditions he faces at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
However, prosecutors opposed it because of the risk of witness intimidation.
The musician, who was one of the most influential producers in hip-hop in the 1990s, is known for solo songs like I’ll Be Missing You and his work with Notorious BIG on songs like Juicy and Mo’ Money, Mo ‘ Problems.
He took the unusual step of posting to Instagram from prison on Tuesday, wishing his two-year-old daughter a happy birthday. (BBC/Z-3)
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