Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is serving four years in federal prison for using prostitutes in freak-offs, is being investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in connection with new sexual assault allegations. A record producer alleges Combs assaulted him on two occasions.
The sheriff's Special Victims Unit launched the investigation because one of the incidents occurred in East Los Angeles, according to department spokeswoman Nicole Nishida. The producer reported the incidents to the police in Largo, Florida.
Florida-based music producer John Hay revealed in media interviews that he was the “John Doe” plaintiff in a civil lawsuit filed in July alleging assault.
The producer, who was not named by authorities investigating the allegations, alleged that he was subjected to sexual acts in 2020 and 2021 while working on a music remix project by Biggie Smalls, also known as Christopher Wallace, which brought him into contact with Bad Boy Records and company executive Combs.
A spokesperson for Combs did not immediately respond to The Times' request for comment on the investigation.
The lawsuit claims that in December 2020, the producer was in a warehouse in Los Angeles that housed some of Notorious BIG's clothing. The items were donated to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame later that year, when Biggie would finally be inducted.
Combs “provided drugs to everyone present. Everyone was running around the warehouse and tripping over the drugs,” the lawsuit alleges. Combs “began viewing pornography on his cell phone, grabbed one of Biggie's shirts off a rack, and began masturbating with it in front of plaintiff,” the lawsuit states.
Combs later threw the shirt over the producer's lap and arm, laughed and said, “Rest in peace, Biggie” before leaving the room.
In an incident that occurred in March 2021, the plaintiff claims he was set up. He claims in the lawsuit that Biggie's son, Christopher “CJ” Wallace Jr., and music producer Willie Mack lured him to a meeting.
But upon arrival, her head was covered and Combs appeared and began yelling and ordered everyone to leave, the lawsuit alleges. Combs then allegedly attempted to “force plaintiff to perform oral copulation with Combs, while plaintiff's head was still covered.”
“I'm pushing for criminal charges to be brought against Combs at the state and federal level,” Hay told ShockYa earlier this month in an interview in which he claimed he was the plaintiff in the civil suit.
According to a police report first obtained last month by People magazine, Hay reported the allegations on September 20 of this year to police in Largo, Florida.
Gary Dordick, the producer's attorney, said, “We intend to present the client's case to a jury in California and are confident that the truth will prevail.” Dordick said in a message to the Times that he would have no further comment given that Wallace filed a defamation lawsuit last week.
Wallace, son of Biggie Smalls and singer Faith Evans, sued Hay for defamation in federal court in Florida last week, calling Hay's recent interviews “a calculated smear campaign” that included false claims that he attended Combs' so-called parties and “conspired to lure Hay to a location where Combs allegedly assaulted him.”
An attorney for Mack could not immediately be reached for comment.
Wallace says in his defamation lawsuit that Hay worked on the remix project, titled “Ready to Dance,” with Wallace and Mack in 2020. A single was released, but the remaining songs were not, due to a lack of interest.
According to the lawsuit, Hay was upset by the decision not to release music he worked on and began accusing Mack of “inappropriate and abusive behavior” in 2021. But Hay never made an allegation of assault, the lawsuit claims.
Combs is currently incarcerated at the Fort Dixon Federal Correctional Institution, a low-security federal penitentiary in New Jersey.
