Case #152703/2025 · Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York
Kendra Haffoney v. Sean Combs et al
- Status
- Open
- Next court date
- Nov 19, 2026Motion to withdraw as counsel (Mot. Seq. 2); oral argument, in person, 02:15 PM (NYSCEF Doc. 16)
- Last filing
- Nov 3, 2026No. 17 · AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE (Motion #002)
- Latest dispatch
- Nov 3, 2026Justice Stroth Signs Sher Tremonte’s Orders to Show Cause on Withdrawing as Combs’s Counsel in 14 New York Supreme Court Cases; Argument Set for Nov. 19
- Judge
- Justice Leslie A. Stroth
Dispatches
November 3, 2026
Justice Stroth Signs Sher Tremonte’s Orders to Show Cause on Withdrawing as Combs’s Counsel in 14 New York Supreme Court Cases; Argument Set for Nov. 19
N.Y. Sup. Ct., N.Y. County · 14 actions before Justice Stroth · Signed Nov. 2, 2026
October 23, 2026
Sher Tremonte Files Proposed Orders to Withdraw as Combs’s Counsel in 14 New York Supreme Court Cases
N.Y. Sup. Ct., N.Y. County · 14 actions before Justice Stroth · Filed Oct. 22, 2026
Parties
Plaintiff
Kendra Haffoney Resident of Delaware; alleges being sexually assaulted on several occasions by the defendants, who employed Plaintiff in New York.
Defendants
VH1 An American cable TV network owned by MTV Entertainment Group, based at 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.
Bad Boy Entertainment An American record label founded by Sean Combs in 1993, with a business address at 1710 Broadway, New York, NY 10019-5254.
Sean Combs A rapper and record executive, currently incarcerated at Metropolitan Detention Center, 80 29th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232, previously resided at 230 W 56th St, New York, NY 10019.
John Does 1-20 Unnamed individuals affiliated with Sean Combs and the corporate defendants, involved in the alleged unlawful actions.
Factual Allegations
Disclaimer: allegations as pled by the plaintiff, summarized with the help of AI.
In 2007, Kendra Haffoney, an aspiring fashion professional with a B.A. from Berkley College, applied and was selected for Season 1 of VH1’s 'I Want to Work for Diddy,' produced by VH1, Bad Boy Entertainment, and Sean Combs. Filming began in New York’s Soho, where she was flown. At an afterparty in Soho around 2008, Combs invited her to a back room with drugs and sexual activity present. Offered a drink that made her delirious, Combs coerced her into oral sex, and she passed out, likely drugged. She awoke in the show’s house with Combs present, feeling sore and assaulted. Later, at his Los Angeles mansion during filming, additional sexual assaults occurred. These incidents left her humiliated, depressed, and with lasting emotional and physical distress, damaging her professional reputation.
Prayer for Relief
Plaintiff seeks compensatory damages, punitive damages, statutory damages, attorneys’ fees, costs, interest, and other just remedies exceeding lower court jurisdictional limits for Defendants’ illegal actions.
Causes of Action
FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION Violation of the Gender Motivated Violence Protection Act
N.Y. ADC. LAW § 8-903, § 8-904 (Sean Combs, John Does 1-20)
Court Dates
| Date | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2025 | Other | Motion for admission pro hac vice (Mot. Seq. 1); submissions only, no appearance; fully submitted - no opposition |
| Nov 19, 2026 | Hearing | Motion to withdraw as counsel (Mot. Seq. 2); oral argument, in person, 02:15 PM (NYSCEF Doc. 16) |
Docket
| Date | No. | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2025 | 1 | SUMMONS + COMPLAINT. Bryson, I. | View PDF |
| Mar 7, 2025 | 2 | NOTICE OF MOTION (Motion #001) *Corrected*. Bryson, I. | View PDF |
| Mar 7, 2025 | 3 | RJI -RE: NOTICE OF MOTION (Motion #001). Bryson, I. | View PDF |
| Apr 2, 2025 | 4 | AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE. Bryson, I. | View PDF |
| Apr 22, 2025 | 5 | DECISION + ORDER ON MOTION (Motion #001). Court User | View PDF |
| Apr 22, 2025 | 6 | AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE. Bryson, I. | View PDF |
| Apr 28, 2025 | 7 | STIPULATION - TIME TO ANSWER. Wolff, E. | View PDF |
| May 20, 2025 | 8 | STIPULATION - TIME TO ANSWER. Wolff, E. | View PDF |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 9 | ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ( PROPOSED ). Wolff, E. | View PDF |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 10 | AFFIDAVIT OR AFFIRMATION IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED OSC/EXPARTE APP. Wolff, E. | View PDF |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 11 | EXHIBIT(S) — Kelly v. Combs, No. 24-CV-8024 (VEC), 2026 WL 3061748 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 13, 2026). Wolff, E. | View PDF |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 12 | EXHIBIT(S) — Doe v. Combs, et al., No. 24-CV-7778 (JLR), ECF No. 91 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 20, 2026). Wolff, E. | View PDF |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 13 | EXHIBIT(S) — Doe v. Combs, et al., No. 24-CV-9852 (JLR), ECF No. 67 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 20, 2026). Wolff, E. | View PDF |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 14 | EXHIBIT(S) — Combs v. Burgess, et al., No. 25-CV-650 (JPC), ECF No. 130 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 21, 2026). Wolff, E. | View PDF |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 15 | EXHIBIT(S) — Guzel v. Combs, et al., Index No. 152568/2025, NYSCEF Doc. No. 181 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. County Oct. 22, 2026). Wolff, E. | View PDF |
| Nov 2, 2026 | 16 | ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE (Motion #002). Court User | View PDF |
| Nov 3, 2026 | 17 | AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE (Motion #002). Wolff, E. | View PDF |
Attorneys
Ian M. Bryson
Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC
for Kendra Haffoney
Timothy J. Prol
Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC
for Kendra Haffoney
Erica A. Wolff
Sher Tremonte
for Sean Combs