Sean “Diddy” Combs filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday in New York federal court docket towards Nexstar Media Inc., (NewsNation), Courtney Burgess and lawyer Ariel Mitchell, in response to paperwork obtained by Fox Information Digital.
Diddy accused the defendants of “fueling a media frenzy, fabricating outlandish claims and stirring up baseless speculation” about him for months over alleged intercourse tapes involving the disgraced music mogul and extra celebrities, in response to the lawsuit.
He’s looking for $50 million in damages.
“In this pitiful spectacle, all pretense of objectivity has been abandoned, as a global audience feasts at the all-you-can-eat buffet of wild lies and conspiracy theories,” docs said.
“Defendants are among the worst perpetrators in this offensive scenario. They eagerly court every opportunity to broadcast blatant falsehoods, pretending they have proof that Mr. Combs engaged in heinous acts, knowing that no such proof exists.”
“Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is taking a stand against the malicious falsehoods that have been fabricated and amplified by individuals seeking to profit at his expense,” Diddy’s lawyer, Erica Wolff, mentioned in a press release supplied to Fox Information Digital.
“These defendants have willfully fabricated and disseminated outrageous lies with reckless disregard for the truth. Their falsehoods have poisoned public perception and contaminated the jury pool. 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.”
Diddy’s authorized workforce alleged Burgess “falsely claimed that he possessed videos of Mr. Combs involved in the sexual assault of celebrities and minors.”
They asserted that Burgess, who was subpoenaed by federal prosecutors to testify in entrance of a grand jury, “repeated this false claim many times to anyone who would listen, including reporters for major news outlets (including NewsNation, which recklessly repeated and amplified his lies as if they were true),” in response to the lawsuit.
Mitchell, Burgess’ lawyer, allegedly “knew that her client’s claims were false, or at a minimum was utterly reckless in disregarding their falsity,” docs said.
“Because no such tapes exist, and because Mitchell never saw any video depicting Mr. Combs sexually abusing anyone, adult or minor, Mitchell’s many false assertions that Burgess possessed such videos were either knowingly blatant falsehoods or recklessly false statements made as the direct result of Mitchell’s inexcusable failure to investigate her client’s outrageous lies.”
Representatives for Burgess didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
Diddy was charged with racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking by pressure, fraud or coercion, and transportation to have interaction in prostitution in a federal indictment unsealed on Sept. 17.
Authorities alleged Diddy ran a legal enterprise via his companies, together with Unhealthy Boy Leisure, Combs Enterprises and Combs World, amongst others.
He used “firearms, threats of violence, coercion and verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse” to satisfy his sexual wishes, in response to the unsealed indictment obtained by Fox Information Digital.
Decide Arun Subramanian scheduled Combs’ trial to start on Might 5.
The prosecution expects the federal government’s case to take three weeks to put out, whereas Combs’ authorized workforce estimated needing one week to argue the rapper’s protection.
Whereas the “Last Night” singer has maintained his innocence, if discovered responsible he faces a minimal of 15 years behind bars or a most sentence of life in jail.
