Sean “Diddy” Combs Sues Man Who Says He Has Footage Documenting Sexual Assaults

Sean “Diddy” Combs is suing a man who claimed to be in possession of flash drives containing footage of the rapper’s “freak-off” parties. According to documents obtained by Pitchfork, Diddy has filed a defamation lawsuit in a New York federal court against Courtney Burgess and Burgess’ lawyer, Ariel Mitchell, who also represents Diddy accuser Ashley Parham. Also named in the complaint is media company NewsNation, which broadcast an interview with Burgess in November.

Burgess claims that the flash drives were given to him by Diddy’s former partner Kim Porter before her death in 2018, and that they contain footage of Diddy sexually assaulting minors; he has also said that other celebrities, including a then-underage Justin Bieber, appear in the tapes, with some being assaulted by Diddy.

Diddy’s lawsuit describes Burgess and Mitchell as “fueling a media frenzy, fabricating outlandish claims and stirring up baseless speculation about Mr. Combs.” In addition, in a statement, Diddy’s attorney, Erica Wolff, said “This complaint should serve as a warning that such intentional falsehoods, which undermine Mr. Combs’s right to a fair trial, will no longer be tolerated.”