To keep it 1,000 percent, Black moguls are having the worst October ever—and it probably won’t get any better. On Tuesday, attorney Tony Buzbee (Buzbee Law Firm) joined AVA Law Group in a press conference to share that 120 people against Sean “Diddy” Combs in a new lawsuit. Now, court records reveal that failed to pay previously agreed-upon settlements to three different women.
Variety Simmons owes a total of $3 million to: journalist Sil Lai Abrams, Wendy Carolina Franco and Sherri Abernathy. The confessions of judgment were filed Wednesday (Oct. 2) in New York County Supreme Court.
The documents were part of undisclosed settlement agreements that the women entered into with Simmons last year. Part of the settlement includes Simmons paying “for claimant’s alleged personal, physical injuries and sickness,” by Oct. 1.
If the mogul defaults in any of the payments, the plaintiffs are entitled to an expedited means to obtain judgments in New York state court to collect their money. Simmons agreed to pay $1,265,000 to both Abrams and Abernathy, respectively. Franco also supposed to receive $515,000 according to the terms of the settlement.
The documents do not distinctly explain why the settlements were initially made—as Simmons didn’t confess to any wrongdoing—though Abrams has said Simmons raped her in 1994. Over the last ten years, nearly two dozen women have accused Simmons of sexual assault. The came this past February from a Jane Doe who said that Simmons.
