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Like Harvey Weinstein earlier him, Sean “Diddy” Combs could look bicoastal justness complete activity crimes allegations.
“In nan autumn of 2025, LAPD and LASD each presented a abstracted sexual assault investigation for 1 unfortunate to nan LA County District Attorney’s Office,” a spokesperson for Nathan Hochman told Deadline Tuesday. “We are reviewing nan case.”
The lawsuit successful mobility is that of euphony shaper Jonathan Hay. Last November, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed a probe had been opened into Hays’ claims of intersexual artillery by Combs against him successful nan West Coast metropolis backmost successful 2020. The Los Angeles Police besides were looking into nan allegations successful their ain investigation.
No timeline yet connected nan DA’s office’s reappraisal of nan reports from nan LAPD and LASD, I hear. Also, moreover arsenic Combs and his defense squad await immoderate improvement aliases determination on their fast-tracked entreaty of his NYC criminal condemnation of July 2025, Hochman’s agency looks focussed connected assessing nan LA lawsuit solely successful its ain lane.
In California, intersexual artillery tin beryllium either a felony aliases misdemeanor depending connected discourse and nan accused’s criminal history. If DA Hochman did determine to property charges against nan Bad Boy Records laminitis and went nan felony route, Combs could beryllium sentenced to respective years successful a Golden State situation if recovered guilty. In nan highly improbable script that nan DA opted to complaint nan All About nan Benjamins performer pinch a misdemeanor, heavy pocketed Combs would astir apt get a max of six months successful nan clink and immoderate small-ish fines, if that.
With sordid tales of a LA County2020 masturbation (on a garment that belonged to Combs’ expected adjacent friend nan legendary and agelong deceased Notorious B.I.G.) incident and forced fellatio successful Florida successful 2021 by Diddy, Hay first went to tribunal pinch his allegations past fall. A counterclaim by CJ Wallace, nan boy of Christopher “B.I.G.” Wallace, saw a now contested default judgement against Hay successful May. The younger Wallace was named successful nan second 2021 incident.
Reps for Combs did not respond precocious Monday to Deadline’s petition for remark connected nan DA’s reappraisal of nan constabulary reports. That soundlessness is simply a acold outcry from nan vehament denial Diddy’s civil lawyer Jonathan Davis offered up past fall. “Let maine make it perfectly clear: Mr. Combs categorically denies arsenic mendacious and defamatory each claims that he sexually abused anyone,” Davis said astatine nan time. “He looks guardant to vindicating himself successful court, wherever specified matters are decided — and not successful nan media — based connected admissible, worldly evidence, not rank speculation and unsubstantiated allegations.”
Combs is presently incarcerated for astatine slightest 2 much years pending entreaty astatine nan comparatively cushy FCI Fort Dix successful New Jersey aft a New York assemblage jury recovered him blameworthy past twelvemonth of 2 counts of proscription to prosecute successful prostitution. Attempts astatine securing a pardon from his aged pal Donald Trump person proved a bust truthful acold for nan eager Combs.
In April, Combs saw his $100 cardinal defamation suit against NBCUniversal over nan Peacock documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy tossed out. Despite threats of suing Netflix and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson complete nan wide watched Sean Combs: The Reckoning, Diddy has done thing connected that scathing bid arsenic of today.
While his lawyers person raised Hell complete the 4 twelvemonth (with clip served) condemnation imposed by U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian and slammed him earlier nan trio of entreaty judges pinch overreached accusations and more, nan truth is Combs escaped a overmuch worse fate.
If, astatine nan conclusion of nan often gut wrenching proceedings of freak-offs, Cassie Ventura beatings, supplier binges, threats and alleged pavilion danglings, nan NYC assemblage had recovered Diddy blameworthy of racketeering conspiracy and activity trafficking, arsenic nan prosecutors successful nan U.S. Attorneys’ Office had hoped, nan now 56-year-old erstwhile precocious livin’ aggregate Grammy victor could person received a life sentence. As it is, successful nan April oral arguments connected Combs’ appeal, his ineligible squad sought a lesser condemnation (A.K.A. get retired of jailhouse now card) astatine a minimum for their client.
The trio of appellate tribunal judges person not issued a determination successful nan Combs matter yet.
