| Sean Combs Is Sued for
Sexual Assault at Ciroc Event John
Doe Must Be Named or Dismissed
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
June 24 – 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, owner of a
family business renting luxury
cars, who says Combs started
assaulting him at a Ciroc
vodka event in 2022 until
"Professional Athlete 1"
stopped it.
The case was
assigned to Judge Ronnie
Abrams - who on October 25
said a renewed motion to
proceed as John Doe should be
filed 30 days after service.
Jump cut to March
11, when Judge Abrams
docketed: "No later than March
18, 2025, Mr. Buzbee shall
file a letter explaining why
he failed to notify the Court
about this issue earlier and
proposing next steps to
rectify it."
On March 17
Buzbee submitted an order to
withdraw, on Patreon here
On June 24 Judge
Abrams docketed this, on
"Motion for Leave to Appear
Anonymously . filed by John
Doe. Factors one and seven
weigh in Doe's favor, while
the remaining eight point the
other way. Doe has thus not
sufficiently demonstrated that
[his] interest in anonymity
outweighs the prejudice to
Defendants and the customary
and constitutionally-embedded
presumption of openness in
judicial proceedings.
Alexander, 2025 WL 784913, at
*5. Accordingly, the motion to
proceed anonymously is denied.
Within seven days of this
order, Doe shall file an
amended complaint with his
true name. Failure to do so
will result in dismissal of
this action without
prejudice." Order on Patreon
here.
This case
is, for now, John Doe v.
Combs, et al., 1:24-cv-7973
(Abrams)
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