Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs whines about ‘hysterical media circus’ in new filing demanding identities of accusers

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allegations against him only continue to pile up. “This case is unique, in part because of the number of individuals levying allegations against Mr.

Combs due to his celebrity status, wealth and the publicity of his previously settled lawsuit,” the court filing states. “This has had a pervasive ripple effect, resulting in a torrent of allegations by unidentified complainants, spanning from the false to outright absurd.”The request to unveil the names of the alleged victims came just one day after Combs was hit with a fresh wave of explosive sexual assault lawsuits by six people — including four men listed as “John Does” and two women identified as “Jane Does.”Combs’ lawyers noted in the fresh filing that the attorney representing the latest accusers had recently claimed at a press conference that he was repping 120 alleged victims and a toll-free number he’d set up to deal with additional cases had been inundated with 12,000 calls in a day.“These accusations came on the heels of more than a dozen lawsuits previously filed and currently pending, several of which have already been discredited but only after irreparably damaging Mr.

Combs’s character and reputation,” Combs’ lawyers argued in the filing.“These swirling allegations have created a hysterical media circus that, if left unchecked, will irreparably deprive Mr.

Combs of a fair trial, if they haven’t already,” they continued, adding that the allegations were “outrageous and deeply prejudicial.”In the letter to Judge Arun Subramanian, Combs’ lawyers argued they needed to know the names of his accusers to properly prepare for his criminal trial, slated for May 5.They noted that without the names, the Bad Boy Records founder “will be unable to tell which of his prior.