Doe v. Combs et al

In October 2001, John Doe, an actor from Texas, traveled to Manhattan for a music video role audition, staying at the Hotel Newton. He met a casting director and Sean Combs' bodyguard at a hotel near Central Park, where Combs interviewed him, asking him to remove his shirt. After declining alcohol but accepting a strange-tasting Diet Coke (suspected to be laced with GHB/ecstasy), he passed out. He awoke to Combs anally sodomizing him, held down by the bodyguard, and later endured oral assault by another man, suffering broken teeth and rectal injuries. Traumatized, he fled, lost a prized jacket, and required medical repairs, battling lasting depression.

Plaintiff seeks: (a) compensatory damages for physical injuries, emotional distress, psychological harm, anxiety, humiliation, pain and suffering, family and social disruption, and other harms, in an amount to be determined at trial; (b) punitive damages in an amount to be determined at trial; (c) attorneys’ fees and costs under applicable statutes; (d) pre- and post-judgment interest on damages, fees, and costs; (e) attachment of Defendants’ real property and assets in New York per Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 64; and (f) any other relief the Court deems just and proper.