Diddy's criminal case is over, but rapper still faces dozens of civil suits packed with disturbing claims
A Manhattan jury cleared Sean 'Diddy' Combs of the most serious charges in his federal sex-trafficking trial but he still faces scores of civil lawsuits – where the burden of proof is lower than in criminal cases.
Diddy, 55, is staring down the barrel of 66 civil lawsuits, according to Vulture, a woman who compared his erect penis to a 'Tootsie Roll.'
3 Sean 'Diddy' Combs appears in court.
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How those cases play out could put a significant dent in his estimated $400 million fortune.
The suits — filed by both men and women — allege all kinds of sexual impropriety, from harassment to assault to rape to sexual battery and more dating back to 1991.
Central to his criminal trial was the rapper's alleged penchant for raucous 'freak-off' parties, marathon sex romps rife with drugs and often infamously featuring a kiddie pool full of heated baby oil. The civil suits also come packed with salacious claims.
Many claimed they were drugged by Combs or his associates before being forced to engage in sex acts, some while attending one of his lavish parties or taking part in an audition.
One woman even claimed the rapper dangled her from a 17-story balcony.
3 Music producer Rodney 'Lil Rod' Jones has filed one of the many lawsuits against Sean 'Diddy' Combs.
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One such civil case — filed under the alias Jane Doe — claimed she was sexually assaulted by Combs in 2001, and later compared the length and girth of his penis to a 'large Tootsie Roll,' court documents show.
Another suit filed by Rodney 'Lil Rod' Jones Jr., a Chicago record producer, alleges Diddy enlisted him to acquire drugs and prostitutes to 'perform sex acts to the pleasure of Mr. Combs.'
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One anonymous filing under the pseudonym John Doe claims Diddy angrily grabbed his buttocks in 2006 while he was a male model auditioning to be in a music video under the rapper's record label, Bad Boy Entertainment.
He's also being sued by the co-founder of the label, Kirk Burrowes, who claims in his suit that he was regularly forced to watch Diddy engage in sex acts with interns, employees and prospective artists. He also alleged Combs demanded he watch him masturbate and ordered him to hire more gay male interns.
Burrowes says in 1996 he was threatened with violence when Combs allegedly stormed into his office demanding he sign over his 25% stake in the label.
Justin Gooch, who filed a civil suit against Diddy earlier this year, claims he was 16 years old in 1999 when the rapper plied him with ecstasy pills, ketamine and alcohol before raping him in a bathroom stall.
3 Diddy also is being sued by the co-founder of the label, Kirk Burrowes, who claims that he was regularly forced to watch Diddy engage in sex acts with interns, employees and prospective artists.
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According to the complaint, after the alleged assault was over, Diddy said to him 'That wasn't so bad, was it?'
These cases represent just a smattering of the civil suits Diddy and his lawyers will have to navigate in the months and years ahead.
Diddy's criminal case came to a close Wednesday as he was acquitted of the most serious charges — racketeering and sex trafficking — which could have seen him in prison for the rest of his life. He was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
Former federal prosecutor Mitchell Epner told The Post Diddy is likely to face a mere 15-21 months in prison for his conviction, rather than years, when he's sentenced in a few months.
Since he's been in jail for nearly 10 months already, Epner said he could potentially have already served much of his time by the time the sentence is handed down.
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