Sean 'Diddy' Combs And Bodyguard Raped Woman In 2001, Sold And Shared Video, Suit Says

A woman has accused Sean “Diddy” Combs and his bodyguard of drugging and raping her in the summer of 2001 and distributing footage of the alleged crime, according to a graphic lawsuit filed in New York City on Tuesday.

Thalia Graves’ lawsuit adds to a litany of rape and abuse claims against the media mogul and comes after his recent arrest in New York City on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. Graves, who was 25 in 2001 and dating one of Combs’ employees, an executive at Bad Boy Records, claimed that Combs requested a meeting with her to discuss her boyfriend’s performance.

Upon arrival, Combs offered Graves a glass of wine, which she presumes was spiked because she soon felt “lightheaded, dizzy, and physically weak” after just a few sips. Then he and bodyguard Joseph Sherman, also known as Big Joe, took her to the Bad Boy studio in New York City, where she eventually lost consciousness and the rape occurred, the lawsuit says.

[Editor’s note: Descriptions in the lawsuit are graphic, and some readers may find them disturbing.]

According to the 26-page complaint, when Graves regained consciousness, she was naked and bound at the wrists by what felt like a grocery bag. When Graves screamed for help, Sherman slammed Graves’ head against a pool table, and Combs then entered the room naked.

Graves, who is 4 feet, 11 inches tall and, at the time, weighed 103 pounds, claimed in the lawsuit that Combs put lubricant on his penis, bent her over the pool table, causing her feet to be lifted off the floor, and sodomized her. When she tried to escape his grasp, the suit says, he would smash her head onto the pool table.

“During the brutal attack, Plaintiff vomited into her mouth and on the table. At one point, she