Sean “Diddy” Combs accused of sexually abusing and drugging NYC college student in 1990s, lawsuit says

A woman who says Sean “Diddy” Combs subjected her to violence and abuse for several years in the 1990s has filed a lawsuit in New York accusing the rapper of sexual assault, battery and gender-based violence.

April Lampros, who met Combs in 1994 when she was a college student, described several “terrifying sexual encounters” with him, including being forced to take ecstasy and having sex with Combs’ deceased ex-girlfriend. Kim Porter.

“I am confident that justice will prevail and the veil will be removed so that no other woman will have to endure what I did,” Lampros said in a statement provided by her lawyer to CBS News.

Lampros’ lawsuit, filed Thursday in Manhattan state court, comes after a series of allegations against the hip-hop mogul. A former model accused Combs of sexually assaulting her in his New York recording studio in 2003, in a separate process filed earlier this week.

Lampros, 51, said in the lawsuit that she was a student at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology when she met Combs, who showered her with gifts and promised to help her achieve her dream of a career in fashion.

The relationship became abusive and coercive, according to the lawsuit.

Lampros said Combs raped her in a Manhattan hotel room in 1995. She passed out and woke up the next morning “naked, in pain and confused,” according to the lawsuit.

On another occasion, Lampros said, Combs forced her to perform oral sex on him in a parking lot.

“She could see the gas station attendant witnessing this horrific attack,” the lawsuit alleges.

Combs also allegedly forced Lampros and Porter to have sex in his apartment in 1996 after he shoved ecstasy pills down their throats, according to the lawsuit.

“Ms. Lampros vehemently opposed this idea, but Mr. Combs quickly reminded her that she had no control over the situation as he could cause her to lose her job,” the lawsuit said.

Porter died of pneumonia in 2018.

According to the lawsuit, Lampros also allegedly “discovered that Mr. Combs recorded and released a tape of him having sex with her.”

A message seeking comment on Lampros’ allegations was sent to an attorney for Combs.

The Associated Press typically does not identify sexual assault victims by name unless they identify themselves publicly, as Lampros has done.

The lawsuits filed by Lampros and the former model come days after CNN aired security video showing Combs attacking singer Cassie in the hallway of a hotel in Los Angeles in 2016. Combs on Sunday released a video admitting that he attacked Cassie in the hotel hallway, saying he was “truly sorry” and that his actions were “inexcusable.”

On Thursday, Cassie shared a statement on social mediathanking his supporters for their “show of love.”

“Domestic violence is THE problem. She turned me into someone I never thought I would become,” she said. “With a lot of hard work, I am better today, but I will always be recovering from the past.”

A lawsuit filed by Cassie in November, alleging beatings and abuse, was settled the day after it was filed. This led to increased scrutiny of Combs, with additional lawsuits filed in the following months, along with a federal criminal sex trafficking investigation that led to raids on Combs’ mansions in Los Angeles and Miami.