Diddy charged with sex trafficking at parties in latest trial

Sean “Diddy” Combs is being sued again. The Bad Boy mogul is now facing charges of sex trafficking and sexual assault by Adria English, a former adult film star who claims Diddy hired her to work as a “go-go dancer” at a party he was hosting in 2004. He has denied the allegations.

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Diddy then allegedly hired her for other parties, where English alleges her drinks were laced with drugs and she was forced to have sex with guests.

One of those guests was celebrity jeweler Jacob Arabo, with whom English claims she had “forced sex” in exchange for a $1,000 pay raise. He is also named in the lawsuit, along with several of Diddy’s businesses, two media companies and Tamiko Thomas, a woman she claims facilitated sex trafficking and who is described in the document as “the Ghislaine Maxwell to Diddy’s Jeffrey Epstein.”

According to the lawsuit, English claims Diddy “groomed” her for sex trafficking as she attended more and more of his infamous all-night parties — particularly when he learned of her adult film experience, she claims. The plaintiff claims she met the mogul through her boyfriend, who had auditioned to model for Diddy’s Sean John fashion brand.

To get the job, English claims Diddy demanded that her boyfriend and another model perform oral sex on him. When her boyfriend refused, the mogul threatened to blacklist the couple, until English's partner was offered another chance to work as a model if he convinced her to work as a go-go dancer at one of Diddy's parties in the Hamptons.

The allegations of sex trafficking and subsequent sexual assault left English with emotional trauma, including intimacy issues and painful memories. She is seeking unspecified damages.

“No matter how many lawsuits are filed, it will not change the fact that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or sex trafficked anyone,” Diddy’s attorney Jonathan Davis said in a statement. TMZ“We live in a world where anyone can sue for any reason and with no evidence. Fortunately, there is a fair and impartial judicial process to uncover the truth and Mr. Combs is confident that he will prevail in court against these and other baseless accusations.”

This is the seventh high-profile sexual assault trial Diddy has faced in about eight months, the sixth being for forcing former model Crystal McKinney to perform oral sex on him in May 2003. That same month, a video leaked of the mogul assaulting his ex-girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie, who initially filed charges of rape, sex trafficking and physical battery last November, which were later settled out of court.