US EditionDiddy Wins Another Civil Case: Judge Dismisses John Doe Sexual Battery Lawsuit
A New York judge dismissed the lawsuit due to the five-year statute of limitations expiring before the 2025 filing, despite a 2019 law extending the limit to 20 years.
- On Tuesday , Justice Leslie Stroth dismissed the John Doe civil sexual battery suit against Sean 'Diddy' Combs, ruling it was time-barred under New York law this month.
- Because the suit was filed in February, the court found the action untimely under both New York law and California law , blocking revival of the claim.
- The plaintiff alleged that he was given a drink, blacked out, and woke to `unwanted sexual contact` with Sean 'Diddy' Combs, naming Bad Boy Entertainment and Combs Enterprises in the 2015 Los Angeles, California incident.
- Despite this dismissal, Sean 'Diddy' Combs remains jailed at Brooklyn federal lock-up and awaits federal sentencing set for October 3, 2025, while civil suits proceed or have been dismissed separately.
- The dismissal highlights persistent challenges survivors face under inflexible time limits, as the court found no statutory tolling or revival under AB 2777, leaving California claims untimely.
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Diddy might actually walk away unscathed from his legal nightmare as judge dismisses sexual battery case against rapper
Sean “Diddy” Combs has secured another legal victory while behind bars, as a New York judge dismissed a sexual battery lawsuit filed by a man who claimed the music mogul drugged and assaulted him at a nightclub. The decision comes as Combs faces numerous civil lawsuits alongside his federal criminal charges. The lawsuit was filed in February by a John Doe plaintiff represented by attorney Tony Buzbee. The accuser claimed he was a 23-year-old asp…
A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an anonymous man against Sean "Diddy" Combs. The anonymous plaintiff alleged that the rapper drugged and sexually assaulted him at a Los Angeles afterparty in 2015, but the Manhattan judge ruled that the statute of limitations had expired.
The case was filed in 2023 for a 2015 incident, but the five-year statute of limitations makes the lawsuit invalid.
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