Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a new lawsuit.
The rapper, 54, allegedly assaulted the boy in a New York City hotel room in 2005.
A second new lawsuit accuses the jailed hip-hop mogul of assaulting a 17-year-old would-be contestant on the reality television series Making the Band in 2008.
They are the latest in a wave of lawsuits in which accusers allege they were sexually assaulted by Combs at parties and meetings over the last two decades.
Combs’ lawyers denied the two new claims and accused the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Anthony Buzbee, of seeking publicity. Mr Buzbee says he is representing more than 150 of the rapper’s alleged victims, and has filed at least 17 lawsuits.
“Mr Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process,” an emailed statement said. “In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone – man or woman, adult or minor.”
Combs is currently in a New York City jail after pleading not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges contained in an indictment unsealed after his arrest on 16 September.
