( KTLA) - - The federal sex-trafficking examination involving music magnate Sean "Diddy" Combs is broadening its reach.
Rodney Jones, a music manufacturer who initially took legal action against Combs for sexual assault back in February, is now including Oscar-winning star Cuba Gooding Jr. to that complaint.
Jones, likewise known as Lil Rod, stated the actor sexually harassed and assaulted him, such as by searching him while aboard Combs' private yacht. Jones' original suit declared Combs forced him to acquire sex workers and required him to take part in undesirable sex acts.
That exact same suit declares the Bad Boy Records founder admitted to being responsible for that infamous 1999
New York City bar shooting that wound up getting him, then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez and rapper Jamal "Shyne" Barrow apprehended.
Ultimately, Barrow was charged with the shooting and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Combs was detained on weapons charges.
Shooting victim Natania Reuben said Combs shot her in the face that night.
" I literally enjoyed them pull out the guns; I had a clear viewpoint," she said throughout a look on "Elizabeth Vargas Reports." "I imply, I was literally shot in my nose. I was facing them directly; I watched everything take place."
" Because his name was more significant, he was believed, rather than a victim who gave a first-hand account," she described. "By the grace of God, I made it through."
Reuben submitted a $130 million claim for compensation against Combs in 2008 and settled in June 2011.
Jones' claim is amongst lots of that the rap impresario has actually faced just recently, though he's not alone in his legal concerns.
Meanwhile, in June of 2023, Gooding settled a civil sexual abuse case right before trial. He was implicated of raping a woman in a
New York City hotel 10 years prior.
Law enforcement officials informed Nexstar's KTLA that they have not detained Combs after raiding homes tied to him in
Los Angeles and
Miami on Monday.
They have jailed Combs' alleged drug "mule," who was taking a trip with him. Brendan Paul, 25, was collared on Monday at
Miami's Opa-Locka Airport.
Video shows federal agents intercepting Combs' private aircraft before Paul was to board. He's been scheduled on one count of ownership of drug and marijuana candy.
The
Miami Herald reports the "Last Night" singer was at the airport with Paul; the pair were headed on a spring break trip with Combs' twin children. This was simply hours after both homes were raided.
On the day of the raids, a private aircraft showed up in the Bahamas, which was connected to Combs. The country's prime minister confirmed that Combs was not on that plane.
In the meantime, his attorneys and agents maintain his innocence.
Lawyer Aaron Dyer called the searches "a gross use of military-level force" which Combs is "innocent and will continue to battle" to clear his name.
Dyer released a statement on Tuesday, a day after the raids.
" There is no excuse for the extreme program of force and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his workers and kids were treated."
Throughout the search at Combs' L.A. home in the Holmby Hills area, his boys Justin Combs, 30, and Christian "King" Combs, 25, were among those temporarily apprehended outside.
Combs' location are unidentified at this time.
KTLA has actually connected to Gooding Jr.'s group for talk about these accusations and has actually not heard back.
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