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Sean Combs’ Rape Accuser Sued for Defamation by Bodyguard

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' rape accuser Thalia Graves is being sued by Combs' former bodyguard Joseph Sherman for defamation after he denied claims that he sexually assaulted her

Joseph Sherman sued Thalia Graves in New York federal court on Friday, after she filed suit against him and Combs in late September, alleging the two drugged, bound and violently raped her at the Bad Boy Entertainment founder’s recording studio, Daddy’s House, in 2001. Graves claimed that years of trauma compounded when she learned in late November 2023 — days after Casandra “Cassie” Ventura filed her bombshell sex trafficking lawsuit against Combs — that, per the lawsuit, “Combs and Sherman had video-recorded the horrific rape twenty-two years before and had shown the video to multiple men.” Graves claimed that she had learned of the tape from an ex-boyfriend, who also allegedly told her that the video was sold as pornography. Sherman claims he has suffered reputational and financial harm from the accusations, and is suing Graves, Allred, and other parties under multiple counts, including defamation, emotional distress, negligence and abuse of process, among others.

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