RAPPER Sean 'Diddy' Combs is fighting back with a $50 million lawsuit against claims a witness has tapes of him sexually assaulting celebrities and minors. The 55-year-old has been charged with racketeering , sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution after his arrest last September. It came after a string of allegations against the rapper, producer and music executive.
Now, Combs who has been behind bars at New York’s Metropolitan Detention Centre since his arrest has filed a defamation lawsuit. The music mogul named Nexstar Media Inc, music manager Courtney Burgess and his attorney Ariel Mitchell accusing them of "fabricating outlandish claims and stirring up baseless speculation," per Fox News . In the suit filed on Wednesday in New York City, he accused all three defendants of fuelling the public's desire for "wild lies".
Last year, Burgess was subpoenaed to testify against the rapper, where he claimed he had videos on almost a dozen flash drives showing Combs' alleged sex tapes. The videos allegedly show male and female celebrities as well as minors. He claimed to have been given the tapes by the late model and actor Kim Porter, the mother of Combs' four children.
Combs' lawsuit alleges that Burgess "falsely claimed that he possessed videos of Mr Combs involved in the sexual assault of celebrities and minors." It added that the videos do not exist and that Burgess continued to repeat these false claims which were then shared by Nexstar's company News.
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