Sean “Diddy” Combs has secured another legal victory while behind bars, as a New York judge dismissed a sexual battery lawsuit filed by a man who claimed the music mogul drugged and assaulted him at a nightclub. The decision comes as Combs faces numerous civil lawsuits alongside his federal criminal charges.
The lawsuit was filed in February by a John Doe plaintiff represented by attorney Tony Buzbee. The accuser claimed he was a 23-year-old aspiring artist in 2015 when he scored a performance at a Los Angeles nightclub where Combs was present. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff alleged he was given a drink that made him unconscious and later woke up to find Combs engaging in unwanted sexual contact with him.
