Bad Boy co-founder claims Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs pinned him to bed and simulated intercourse
Bad Boy Entertainment co-founder Kirk Burrowes has sued Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs, claiming he created a work environment that involved serial sexual harassment and physical aggression. Burrowes filed the lawsuit on February 28th, in which he accused Combs of groping his crotch and buttocks and being made to witness Combs have sexual acts with employees and interns in the Manhattan workplace.
Burrowes believes Combs planned the encounters to break him down for submission. In the lawsuit, he recalled a business trip in 1995, claiming Combs was naked when they met for a meeting in his hotel room. He allegedly told Burrowes to watch as he masturbated and, in another instance, “pinned him down onto a bed and simulating intercourse until he ejaculated,” after stopping him from leaving an apartment.
Before being fired in 1997, the final alleged abuse took place in 1996 when Combs threatened him with a baseball bat in his office and forced him to sign over his 25% stake in Bad Boy “or face violent repercussions.”
Combs’ legal team denied Burrowes’ allegations in a statement to Rolling Stone. “This latest lawsuit filed by Kirk Burrowes, filed by none other than Tyrone Blackburn, is another frivolous attempt to re-litigate claims that have been repeatedly thrown out of court over the past 30 years,” the statement said.
They continued, “Despite repeated dismissals, Burrowes and Blackburn are intent on wasting the court’s time and resources by refiling dismissed claims and now dragging Mr. Combs’ 80 year old mother into this.“
The latest lawsuit comes shortly after Burrowes sued Combs’ mother, Janice Combs, for fraud. He claims she “secretly” and “unlawfully” took control of his 25% ownership stake in the label after her son forced him into signing over his share.
“[Janice] carefully maintained a facade of integrity, portraying herself as an innocent bystander while orchestrating plaintiff’s financial and professional downfall behind the scenes,” the filing read. “Through false assurances and calculated deceit, defendant [Janice] led plaintiff to believe that she had no knowledge of the fraudulent transfer, effectively suppressing any opportunity for plaintiff to reclaim his rightful stake in [Bad Boy].”
Combs is currently jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after being charged with sex trafficking and racketeering. He’s been behind bars since the Department of Homeland Security raided his homes in September and is set to begin his trial on May 5th.