Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in new lawsuits

Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused in one of two lawsuits filed Monday (October 28) of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a New York hotel room in 2005.

The second lawsuit accuses the jailed hip-hop mogul of a similar attack on a 17-year-old aspiring reality TV contestant Making the band in 2008.

The lawsuits filed in New York Supreme Court are the latest in a wave of lawsuits in which accusers allege they were sexually assaulted by Combs at parties and gatherings over the past two decades.

Attorneys for Combs denied the two new claims Monday and accused the plaintiffs' attorney, Anthony Buzbee, who also represents plaintiffs in previous lawsuits, of seeking publicity.

“Mr. Combs and his legal team have complete confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process,” it said in an emailed statement. “In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone — male or female, adult or minor.”

Combs, 54, is being held in a New York City jail after pleading not guilty to federal sex-trafficking charges contained in an indictment unsealed the day after his Sept. 16 arrest. The charges include allegations that he coerced and abused women and silenced victims through extortion and violence.

The 10-year-old boy, who was not identified in the lawsuit, was an aspiring actor and rapper who had traveled with his parents from California to meet with music industry representatives. During a hearing for Combs, he was given a drug-laced soda by a Combs associate and sexually assaulted by the Bad Boy Records founder, according to the lawsuit.

The boy eventually passed out. When he awoke, Combs threatened to harm the child's parents badly if they told anyone what happened, the affidavit said.

In a second lawsuit, a 17-year-old unidentified man said Combs forced him to perform sexual acts with Combs and a bodyguard during a three-day audition for the TV show “Making the Band,” which Combs produced.

When the would-be contestant expressed reservations, he was disqualified from the competition and unable to return to the music industry for seven years, according to the filing.

Both lawsuits were filed under New York's Gender-Based Violence Victims Protection Act, which allows survivors to file lawsuits even after the statute of limitations has expired.

Via AP News.