In 2005, the parents of a 10-year-old boy from Los Angeles sought to help their son’s burgeoning career and flew with him to New York to meet people in the music industry.
Sean Combs told a consultant the family hired that he wanted to meet with the boy alone, according to a new civil lawsuit filed Monday in New York.
In a hotel room, the plaintiff performed several rap songs for Combs who told the boy, who is referred to as John Doe in the suit, that he could “make him a star,” the lawsuit said.
“Combs asked Plaintiff how badly he wanted to be a star, and what Plaintiff would do to get to be one. Plaintiff responded, as might any ten-year-old child, that he would ‘do anything,'” the lawsuit said.
At this point, according to the lawsuit, one of the other people present gave the boy a soda, which made him feel “a little funny.”
“After Plaintiff consumed his soda and began feeling its effects, Combs told Plaintiff to move closer to him, which Plaintiff did. Combs then abruptly pushed Plaintiff down and said words to the effect of ‘you have to do some stuff you don’t want to do sometimes,'” according to the lawsuit, which then goes on to describe an alleged sexual assault.
The incident was alleged in one of two new lawsuits filed against Combs on Monday.
In a separate civil lawsuit, Combs is accused of sexually assaulting a then-17-year-old male auditioning for the reality show “Making the Band” under the guise of questioning how the teen would “handle situations involving sexual pressure.”
The lawsuit said Combs, during a three-day audition, groped and fondled the teen while he “emphasized his power to control Plaintiff’s future in the music industry.”
