Popular NYC Store Accused Of Covering Up Diddy Assault
In the month since Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested and charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution, the much-maligned music mogul’s legal situation has steadily gone from bad to worse. As he faces a seemingly endless string of lawsuits alleging sexual assault, rape, and sexual abuse, Diddy and those connected to him face a steep uphill climb in an attempt to clear their name and prove their innocence. In the most recent series of allegations, Macy’s department store has now been accused of covering up one of Diddy’s alleged assaults in a bid to retain its deal to sell his clothing brand, Sean John Clothing.
The First Of A New Wave Of Lawsuits
On October 14, six new lawsuits were filed against Diddy in federal court in Manhattan. To protect the identity of the victims, the lawsuits were filed anonymously by four men and two women, each accusing the Bad Boy Records founder of a series of abuse, including rape, sexual assault, and molestation. The legal team representing the accusers says that the recently filed lawsuits are the first of what may be up to 100 lawsuits filed against Diddy.
The Alleged Macy’s Incident
In one of the six recently filed lawsuits, the accuser, known only as John Doe, claims that Diddy orally raped him inside the stockroom of a Macy’s department store in Manhattan in 2008. In the lawsuit, John Doe revealed that he was working as an advisor for the clothing brand, Ecko Untld. at the time of the assault. According to John Doe, while he was inside the Macy’s stockroom, Diddy forced him to perform oral sex on him after Diddy’s security team attacked him and even threatened to kill him.
Horrifying Claims In The Lawsuit Filing
During the alleged sexual assault, John Doe claims that Diddy referred to him only as “Ecko.” Following his ordeal, John Doe then reported the attack by Diddy to Macy’s security personnel but claims that the report was then promptly swept under the rug and that he was subsequently banned from the store as well. To make matters worse, after enduring the assault, John Doe states that Diddy “began passing out merchandise to an adoring crowd, as if nothing had happened,” the lawsuit claims.
Cascading Problems
But according to John Doe, things didn’t stop there. Less than a month later, Terry Lundgren, then-CEO of Macy’s, allegedly pressured Ecko Unltd. executives into terminating John Doe’s employment with the company in the hopes of salvaging Macy’s relationship with Diddy because “Macy’s had just signed a multi-million-dollar deal with Sean John Clothing,” the lawsuit alleges. John Doe claims that after he was let go by Ecko Untld., he then lost his apartment in the process since the company had completely paid for it.
Only One Month Since Diddy’s Arrest Changed Everything
John Doe claims that Macy’s was complicit in covering up for Diddy and erasing any paper trail that led back to the reported sexual assault, claiming that “no action was ever taken as a result of the report,” the lawsuit alleges. Since being arrested at a New York City hotel on September 16, Diddy and his legal team have maintained his innocence and claim that the music producer looks forward to having his day in court to finally clear his name, though he’s been denied his chance at securing bail three times.
As of October 16, Macy’s has not commented on the serious allegations regarding the alleged attack or the claims that the department was complicit in covering up the report filed by John Doe.
Source: The Independent
