He pleaded not guilty to the charges and has adamantly denied any accusations of sexual abuse.

Combs is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn ahead of his May trial.

Sure!, Combs childhood friends and early Bad Boy Records producers.

Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2023

Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2023Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images/Sean “Diddy” Combs

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Mr. Combs brings this lawsuit to hold Defendants accountable for the extraordinary damage their reckless statements have caused.

(Combs denied that he ever sexually assaulted anyone and denied the existence of any such tapes.)

Combs also named Burgess and his attorney Mitchell as defendants in the case.