Case #154859/2024 · Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York
April Lampros v. Sean Combs et al
- Status
- Open
- Next court date
- Nov 19, 2026Motion to withdraw as counsel (Mot. Seq. 5); oral argument, in person, 02:15 PM (NYSCEF Doc. 105)
- Last filing
- Nov 2, 2026No. 106 · AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE (Motion #005)
- 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
April Lampros Alleges an abusive, coercive relationship with Combs and a sexual assault in New York City.
Defendants
Sean Combs U.S. citizen, resident of New York during relevant times, currently domiciled in California and Florida.
Bad Boy Records Global music company headquartered at 1710 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.
Arista Records Global music company, subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment, headquartered at 888 7th Ave, Fl 38, New York, NY 10106.
Sony Music Entertainment Global music company headquartered at 25 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10010.
John and Jane Does 1-10 Unknown individuals/employees who aided or abetted the alleged conduct.
ABC Corps. 1-10 Unknown entities that employed plaintiff or aided/abetted the alleged conduct.
Appeal
April Lampros v. Sean Combs et al (Appeal)
No. 2025-04380 · Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Department · filed July 16, 2025 · Pending
Factual Allegations
Disclaimer: allegations as pled by the plaintiff, summarized with the help of AI.
April Lampros met Sean Combs in 1994 while a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Initially, Combs mentored her, offering industry access, gifts, and invitations to events like his Father's Day celebration and Bad Boy parties in New York. Their relationship turned abusive, with four alleged sexual assaults: (1) In 1995, Combs raped her at the Millennium Hotel in NYC after pressuring her to drink; (2) In 1996, he forced oral sex in a parking garage near his Manhattan apartment; (3) In 1996, he forced her and Kim Porter to take ecstasy and raped her at his apartment; (4) In 2000-2001, he assaulted her at her apartment after she rejected him. Combs allegedly threatened her career, blacklisted her, and got her fired from a job in 1998 via Kim Porter’s influence. In 2023, Lampros learned Combs recorded and shared a sex tape of her from 1997 without consent.
Prayer for Relief
Compensatory damages (lost wages, earnings, etc.), damages for mental pain and emotional distress, punitive and exemplary damages, attorney’s fees and costs, prejudgment and post-judgment interest, and other relief deemed just and proper.
Causes of Action
FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION Battery
New York Penal Law Article 130 (Sean Combs)
SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION Assault/Sexual Assault
N.Y.C. Admin. Code §§ 10-1101, et seq. (Sean Combs)
THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 214j (All Defendants)
FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION Violation of New York City Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act
N.Y.C. Admin. Code §§ 10-1101, et seq. (All Defendants)
Court Dates
| Date | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2024 | Other | MOTION TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT (Mot. Seq. 2); submissions only, no appearance; adjourned |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Other | Motion to Dismiss (Mot. Seq. 3); submissions only, no appearance; adjourned |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Hearing | MOTION TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT (Mot. Seq. 2); oral argument, in person, 10:00 AM; adjourned |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Hearing | Motion to Dismiss (Mot. Seq. 3); oral argument, in person, 10:00 AM; adjourned |
| Mar 5, 2025 | Hearing | Motion to Dismiss (Mot. Seq. 3); oral argument, in person, 10:00 AM; fully submitted |
| Mar 5, 2025 | Hearing | MOTION TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT (Mot. Seq. 2); oral argument, in person, 10:00 AM; fully submitted |
| Nov 19, 2026 | Hearing | Motion to withdraw as counsel (Mot. Seq. 5); oral argument, in person, 02:15 PM (NYSCEF Doc. 105) |
Docket
| Date | No. | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2024 | 1 | SUMMONS + COMPLAINT | View PDF |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 2 | PROOF OF SERVICE — Sony Music | View PDF |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 3 | PROOF OF SERVICE — Bad Boy Records | View PDF |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 4 | STIPULATION - TIME TO ANSWER | View PDF |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 5 | NOTICE OF APPEARANCE (PRE RJI) | View PDF |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 6 | NOTICE OF APPEARANCE (PRE RJI) — Notice of Appearance of Elise M. Bloom | View PDF |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 7 | NOTICE OF APPEARANCE (PRE RJI) — Notice of Appearance of Noa Baddish | View PDF |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 8 | EXPARTE ORDER (PROPOSED) (Motion #001) — ORDER PURSUANT TO C.P.L.R. 2004 (EXTENSION OF TIME TO ANSWER OR MOVE) | View PDF |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 9 | AFFIDAVIT OR AFFIRMATION IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED OSC/EXPARTE APP (Motion #001) — AFFIRMATION OF NOA M. BADDISH, ESQ. IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION FOR AN EX PARTE ORDER EXTENDING THE TI... (truncated) | View PDF |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 10 | EXHIBIT(S) - A (Motion #001) — Summons and Complaint | View PDF |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 11 | EXHIBIT(S) - B (Motion #001) — Email Correspondence | View PDF |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 12 | EXHIBIT(S) - C (Motion #001) — Text Message Correspondence | View PDF |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 13 | RJI -RE: OTHER EX PARTE APPLICATION (Motion #001) — Request for Judicial Intervention | View PDF |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 14 | ORDER - EXPARTE (Motion #001) — Order Signed by Judge Tsai on 7/3/2024 | View PDF |
| Jul 5, 2024 | 15 | AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE (Motion #001) | View PDF |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 16 | NOTICE OF MOTION (Motion #002) — NOTICE OF MOTION TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT | View PDF |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 17 | MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT (Motion #002) — MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENTS MOTION TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT | View PDF |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 18 | AFFIDAVIT OR AFFIRMATION IN SUPPORT OF MOTION (Motion #002) — AFFIRMATION OF ELISE M. BLOOM, ESQ. IN SUPPORT OF SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENTS MOTION TO DISMISS THE CO... (truncated) | View PDF |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 19 | EXHIBIT(S) - 1 (Motion #002) — Summons & Complaint | View PDF |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 20 | EXHIBIT(S) - 2 (Motion #002) — Local Law No. 73 of the City of New York for the Year 2000 | View PDF |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 21 | EXHIBIT(S) - 3 (Motion #002) — 11/30/2000 Report of the NYC Council Committee on General Welfare Jointly with the Committee on Wome... (truncated) | View PDF |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 22 | EXHIBIT(S) - 4 (Motion #002) — Excerpt of 5/23/2022 NYS Assembly Chamber Transcript | View PDF |
| Aug 19, 2024 | 23 | NOTICE OF MOTION (Motion #003) | View PDF |
| Aug 19, 2024 | 24 | MEMORANDUM OF LAW (Motion #003) — Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Dismiss | View PDF |
| Aug 19, 2024 | 25 | AFFIRMATION (Motion #003) — Affirmation of Erica A. Wolff | View PDF |
| Aug 19, 2024 | 26 | EXHIBIT(S) - A (Motion #003) — Exhibit A to the Affirmation of Erica A. Wolff | View PDF |
| Aug 19, 2024 | 27 | EXHIBIT(S) - B (Motion #003) — Exhibit B to the Affirmation of Erica A. Wolff | View PDF |
| Aug 19, 2024 | 28 | EXHIBIT(S) - C (Motion #003) — Exhibit C to the Affirmation of Erica A. Wolff | View PDF |
| Aug 19, 2024 | 29 | EXHIBIT(S) - D (Motion #003) — Exhibit D to the Affirmation of Erica A. Wolff | View PDF |
| Aug 19, 2024 | 30 | AFFIRMATION (Motion #003) — Affirmation of Samantha Luevanos | View PDF |
| Aug 19, 2024 | 31 | EXHIBIT(S) - A (Motion #003) — Exhibit A to the Affirmation of Samantha Luevanos | View PDF |
| Aug 19, 2024 | 32 | EXHIBIT(S) - B (Motion #003) — Exhibit B to the Affirmation of Samantha Luevanos | View PDF |
| Sep 2, 2024 | 33 | NOTICE OF CROSS-MOTION (Motion #002) | View PDF |
| Sep 2, 2024 | 34 | MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION AND IN SUPPORT OF CROSS-MOTION (Motion #002) | View PDF |
| Sep 2, 2024 | 35 | AFFIDAVIT OR AFFIRMATION IN SUPPORT OF CROSS-MOTION (Motion #002) | View PDF |
| Sep 2, 2024 | 36 | ORDER ( PROPOSED ) (Motion #002) | View PDF |
| Sep 2, 2024 | 37 | AFFIDAVIT (Motion #002) | View PDF |
| Sep 9, 2024 | 38 | MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT (Motion #002) — MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT'S MOTION TO DISMISS AND I... (truncated) | View PDF |
| Sep 9, 2024 | 39 | EXHIBIT(S) - A (Motion #002) — Proposed Amended Complaint | View PDF |
| Sep 9, 2024 | 40 | LETTER / CORRESPONDENCE TO JUDGE (Motion #003) | View PDF |
| Sep 9, 2024 | 41 | MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN REPLY (Motion #003) — Reply Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Dismiss | View PDF |
| Sep 9, 2024 | 42 | AFFIRMATION (Motion #003) — Reply Affirmation of Erica A. Wolff | View PDF |
| Sep 9, 2024 | 43 | EXHIBIT(S) - A (Motion #003) — Exhibit A to the Reply Affirmation of Erica A. Wolff | View PDF |
| Sep 9, 2024 | 44 | EXHIBIT(S) - B (Motion #003) — Exhibit B to the Reply Affirmation of Erica A. Wolff | View PDF |
| Dec 11, 2024 | 45 | AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE (Motion #002) | View PDF |
| Dec 16, 2024 | 46 | AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE (Motion #003) | View PDF |
| Dec 16, 2024 | 47 | LETTER / CORRESPONDENCE TO JUDGE (Motion #002) — Defendant Sony Music Entertainment's Notice of Supplemental Authority | View PDF |
| Dec 16, 2024 | 48 | EXHIBIT(S) - A (Motion #002) — Exhibit A: 12/5/2024 Opinion and Order | View PDF |
| Dec 16, 2024 | 49 | AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE (Motion #002) | View PDF |
| Jan 27, 2025 | 50 | LETTER / CORRESPONDENCE TO JUDGE (Motion #003) — DEFENDANTS SEAN COMBS AND BAD BOY RECORDS NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY | View PDF |
| Jan 27, 2025 | 51 | EXHIBIT(S) - A (Motion #003) — Exhibit A: 01/22/2025 Memorandum Opinion | View PDF |
| Jan 29, 2025 | 52 | LETTER / CORRESPONDENCE TO JUDGE (Motion #002) — DEFENDANT SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT'S NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY | View PDF |
| Jan 29, 2025 | 53 | EXHIBIT(S) - A (Motion #002) — 1/22/2025 Memorandum Opinion | View PDF |
| Jan 29, 2025 | 54 | AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE (Motion #002) | View PDF |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 55 | NOTICE OF APPEARANCE (POST RJI) | View PDF |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 56 | LETTER / CORRESPONDENCE TO JUDGE (Motion #003) — DEFENDANTS SEAN COMBS AND BAD BOY RECORDS NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY | View PDF |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 57 | EXHIBIT(S) - A (Motion #003) — Exhibit A: 08/05/2024 Bensky v. Indyke Opinion and Order | View PDF |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 58 | EXHIBIT(S) - B (Motion #003) — Exhibit B: 01/23/2025 ORear v. Diaz Opinion and Order | View PDF |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 59 | AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE (Motion #003) | View PDF |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 60 | LETTER / CORRESPONDENCE TO JUDGE — Plaintiffs Response to D's Letter Correspondence Regarding the outlier order and opinion concerning... (truncated) | View PDF |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 61 | EXHIBIT(S) - A — 20+ active Cases against Sean Combs filed under the GVML | View PDF |
| Mar 4, 2025 | 62 | LETTER / CORRESPONDENCE TO JUDGE (Motion #002) — DEFENDANT SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT'S NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY | View PDF |
| Mar 4, 2025 | 63 | EXHIBIT(S) - A- (Motion #002) — March 3, 2025 Memorandum & Order | View PDF |
| Mar 4, 2025 | 64 | AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE (Motion #002) | View PDF |
| Mar 13, 2025 | 65 | LETTER / CORRESPONDENCE TO JUDGE — PLAINTIFFS JOINT OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS NOTICES OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY | View PDF |
| Jul 8, 2025 | 66 | DECISION + ORDER ON MOTION (Motion #002) | View PDF |
| Jul 8, 2025 | 67 | DECISION + ORDER ON MOTION (Motion #003) | View PDF |
| Jul 8, 2025 | 68 | NOTICE OF ENTRY (Motion #002) | View PDF |
| Jul 16, 2025 | 69 | NOTICE OF APPEARANCE (POST RJI) | View PDF |
| Jul 16, 2025 | 70 | NOTICE OF ENTRY (Motion #003) | View PDF |
| Jul 16, 2025 | 71 | NOTICE OF APPEAL | View PDF |
| Jul 16, 2025 | 72 | EXHIBIT(S) - A — Notice of Entry dated July 16, 2025 | View PDF |
| Jul 18, 2025 | 73 | ANSWER — Defendant Sean Combs's Verified Answer and Affirmative Defenses to the Complaint | View PDF |
| Jul 18, 2025 | 74 | NOTICE OF APPEARANCE (POST RJI) | View PDF |
| Dec 10, 2025 | 75 | DEMAND FOR: — REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS | View PDF |
| Dec 10, 2025 | 76 | DEMAND FOR: — First Request for Documents | View PDF |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 77 | DEMAND FOR: — First Set of Interrogatories | View PDF |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 78 | NOTICE OF DEPOSITION UPON ORAL EXAMINATION | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 79 | ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ( PROPOSED ) (Motion #004) | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 80 | MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT (Motion #004) | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 81 | AFFIDAVIT OR AFFIRMATION IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED OSC/EXPARTE APP (Motion #004) | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 82 | EXHIBIT(S) - 1 (Motion #004) — December 15, 2025 Opinion and Order in Gardner v. Combs | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 83 | EXHIBIT(S) - 2 (Motion #004) — June 26, 2025 Memorandum Order in Jakes v. Youngblood | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 84 | EXHIBIT(S) - 3 (Motion #004) — April 3, 2024 Opinion and Order in Zunzurovski v. Fisher | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 85 | EXHIBIT(S) - 4 (Motion #004) — March 24, 2025 Opinion and Order in Jones v. Combs | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 86 | EXHIBIT(S) - 5 (Motion #004) — July 22, 2025 Memorandum of Law in Dixon v. Cartagena | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 87 | EXHIBIT(S) - 6 (Motion #004) — July 18, 2025 Correspondence | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 88 | EXHIBIT(S) - 7 (Motion #004) — December 4, 2025 Correspondence | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 89 | EXHIBIT(S) - 8 (Motion #004) — Electronic Notice of Filing for Plaintiffs Request for Admissions | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 90 | EXHIBIT(S) - 9 (Motion #004) — Electronic Notice of Filing for Plaintiffs Request for Documents | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 91 | EXHIBIT(S) - 10 (Motion #004) — Electronic Notice of Filing for Plaintiffs Set of Interrogatories | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 92 | EXHIBIT(S) - 11 (Motion #004) — Electronic Notice of Filing for Plaintiff's Notice of Deposition | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 93 | EXHIBIT(S) - 12 (Motion #004) — December 26, 2025 Correspondence | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 94 | EXHIBIT(S) - 13 (Motion #004) — December 29, 2025 Correspondence | View PDF |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 95 | EXHIBIT(S) - 14 (Motion #004) — September 19, 2025 Notice of Removal in Burrowes v. Combs | View PDF |
| Jan 7, 2026 | 96 | STIPULATION - DISCOVERY — Stipulation Regarding Withdrawal of Discovery Demands and Stay of Discovery | View PDF |
| Jan 8, 2026 | 97 | ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE - DECLINED/WITHDRAWN (Motion #004) | View PDF |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 98 | ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ( PROPOSED ). Tremonte, M. | View PDF |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 99 | AFFIDAVIT OR AFFIRMATION IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED OSC/EXPARTE APP. Tremonte, M. | View PDF |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 100 | EXHIBIT(S) — Kelly v. Combs, No. 24-CV-8024 (VEC), 2026 WL 3061748 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 13, 2026). Tremonte, M. | View PDF |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 101 | EXHIBIT(S) — Doe v. Combs, et al., No. 24-CV-7778 (JLR), ECF No. 91 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 20, 2026). Tremonte, M. | View PDF |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 102 | EXHIBIT(S) — Doe v. Combs, et al., No. 24-CV-9852 (JLR), ECF No. 67 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 20, 2026). Tremonte, M. | View PDF |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 103 | EXHIBIT(S) — Combs v. Burgess, et al., No. 25-CV-650 (JPC), ECF No. 130 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 21, 2026). Tremonte, M. | View PDF |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 104 | EXHIBIT(S) — Guzel v. Combs, et al., Index No. 152568/2025, NYSCEF Doc. No. 181 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. County Oct. 22, 2026). Tremonte, M. | View PDF |
| Nov 2, 2026 | 105 | ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE (Motion #005). Court User | View PDF |
| Nov 2, 2026 | 106 | AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE (Motion #005). Tremonte, M. | View PDF |
Attorneys
Tyrone A. Blackburn
T. A. Blackburn Law, PLLC
for April Lampros
Michael Tremonte
Sher Tremonte
for Sean Combs, Bad Boy Records
Erica A. Wolff
Sher Tremonte
for Sean Combs, Bad Boy Records
Katie Elizabeth Renzler
Sher Tremonte
for Sean Combs, Bad Boy Records
Benjamin Jared Shack Sackler
Sher Tremonte
for Sean Combs
Michael Bass
Sher Tremonte
for Sean Combs
Elise M. Bloom
Proskauer Rose LLP
for Sony Music Entertainment
Noa Michelle Baddish
Proskauer Rose LLP
for Sony Music Entertainment