Dejoan Bledsoe v. Sean Combs et al

In the summer of 2009, Dejoan Bledsoe, an 18-year-old musician, attended a small industry party at the Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Sean Combs approached Bledsoe, offered him an alcoholic drink, and discussed his music career, hinting at a potential Bad Boy Records contract. After consuming the drink, Bledsoe felt lightheaded and began slipping in and out of consciousness, realizing it was laced with drugs (allegedly GHB and/or ecstasy) by Combs or his agents. Combs’ security escorted Bledsoe to a separate hotel room, where Combs forcibly anally raped him. Throughout the night, Bledsoe recalls being in bed with Combs and two others (a man and a woman) engaging in group sexual activity while he faded in and out of consciousness. The next morning, Bledsoe awoke in pain, bleeding from his anus, gave Combs a fake phone number, and left. The assault caused physical pain, mental anguish, and ended Bledsoe’s music career aspirations due to fear and shame. Bledsoe alleges this fits Combs’ decades-long pattern of drugging and sexually assaulting victims, enabled by his businesses.

Plaintiff seeks compensatory damages for physical injuries, emotional distress, psychological harm, anxiety, humiliation, pain and suffering, and other harms; punitive damages; attorneys’ fees and costs; pre- and post-judgment interest; attachment of Defendants’ New York property/assets under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 64; and any other relief deemed just by the court.

The action is discontinued.