| As Sean Combs Is Sued for
Sexual Assault of John Doe with
Celebrity Deadlines for Service
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Jan 7 – With Sean Combs in
jail in MDC-Brooklyn, on
October 20 at least five more
civil cases against him were
filed in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York. Inner
City Press is covering the
cases.
One of them
is by a John Doe who states
that at a 2022 award show
after party in LA, he was
sexually assaulted by Combs
"and several others, including
as of yet unnamed Celebrity
A." Complaint on Patreon here.
The case was
assigned to Judge Jesse M.
Furman - who like some but not
all SDNY Judge getting these
cases has said that a
justification for pseudonymous
status must be filed, adding
that "to ensure that the Court
has no conflicts that would
require recusal, Plaintiff
shall promptly file, under
seal, a declaration disclosing
his identity (and the identity
of any other party that is not
named in the Complaint) to the
Court." Celebrity A…
Note: This logic
would apply to all of the John
and Jane Does, in the other
cases...
Docketed on
January 7, Judge Furman
ordered proof of service, and
that "the initial pretrial
conference currently scheduled
for January 15, 2025, see ECF
No. 13, is ADJOURNED to March
12, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Finally,
Plaintiff is directed (1) to
notify Defendants' attorneys
in this action by serving upon
each of them a copy of this
Order and (2) to file proof of
such notice with the Court by
January 10, 2025. If unaware
of the identity of counsel for
Defendant, counsel receiving
this order must forthwith send
a copy of this Order to that
party personally." MDC...
Order on Patreon here
This case
is John Doe v. Combs, et al.,
1:24-cv-7974 (Furman)
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