Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs named in lawsuit accusing his son of sexually assaulting woman on yacht
- Bartender Grace O’Marcaigh said Christian ‘King’ Combs pressured her to drink tequila and attempted to force her to perform oral sex in 2022
- Combs’ lawyer said the lawsuit, which also alleged the rap mogul paid the yacht’s captain to cover up the assault, was full of ‘manufactured lies’
A lawsuit that named Sean “Diddy” Combs as a co-defendant alleges that his son Christian “King” Combs sexually assaulted a woman working on a yacht chartered by his father.
The suit filed on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court said that Sean Combs created the circumstances that led to the assault, and paid to cover it up afterward. It’s the latest in a series of lawsuits accusing the producer and music mogul of sexual misconduct, and it comes amid a federal sex trafficking investigation that led Homeland Security agents to raid his homes in Los Angeles and Miami last week.
Grace O’Marcaigh, who worked as a crew member and a bartender on the boat, said that in late December of 2022, Christian Combs pressured her to drink tequila that she believes was spiked with other drugs. He groped her breasts and genitals and attempted to force her to perform oral sex, the suit alleges.
The AP does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as O’Marcaigh has done. She also consented to being named through her lawyers.
Combs’ lawyer Aaron Dyer did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment from Associated Press.
Dyer said after last week’s raids that Sean Combs “is innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name,” and that the investigation is “nothing more than a witch hunt based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.”