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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Ramon Antonio Vargas

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs loses $100m default judgment over sexual assault allegation

Sean Combs in white tuxedo.
Sean Combs in Atlanta, Georgia, on 2 June 2021. Photograph: Paras Griffin/Getty Images

A man who accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting him has won a $100m judgment after the rapper, music producer and businessman failed to contest the allegations in a civil courthouse in Michigan.

An attorney for Combs issued a statement denying that his client knows the plaintiff, Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith. The lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said Cardello-Smith had committed “fraud on the court” and that Combs “looks forward to having this judgment swiftly dismissed”.

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