Rapper 50 Cent has weighed in on the allegations made by Adria English, a former porn star who has filed a lawsuit claiming that she was sex trafficked at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ annual Labor Day “white party.”
In November, Combs’ ex-girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura, accused him of rape and physical abuse during their decade-long relationship. The 37-year-old filed a lawsuit against Combs, with surveillance footage of the rapper attacking Ventura in a hotel hallway later released by CNN.
A slew of sex assault and sex-trafficking lawsuits followed Ventura’s filing. In March, Combs’ Los Angeles and Miami homes were raided by Homeland Security in relation to a sex trafficking investigation in New York. Combs has denied the allegations against him.
Now English has claimed that the music mogul groomed her into sex trafficking between 2004 and 2009, according to court documents. English has also claimed that her boyfriend and another model were asked to perform oral sex on Combs if they wanted to get a job. This is the 10th lawsuit filed against Combs since November.
50 Cent—whose real name is Curtis Jackson—has had a long-running feud with Combs and has taken to Instagram to share his thoughts on the recent filing.
Newsweek emailed a spokesperson for 50 Cent and Combs for comment on Thursday.
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The rapper shared a screenshot of a post from the Instagram account The Neighborhood Talk, which posts entertainment news. “Oop! Diddy Sued For Sex Trafficking After Former Porn Star Says He Demanded Oral Sex From Her Boyfriend In Order For Her To Get A Job With Sean John,” the headline reads.
“WHAT HAPPEN 👀how much s*** was this fool doing? 😳LOL NAH I’m gonna need more episodes for this docu series,” 50 Cent captioned the post. At the time of writing, it had been liked more than 195,000 times.
This post refers to the fact that in December, 50 Cent announced that he is working on a documentary regarding the sexual assault allegations against Combs, developed through his G-Unit film and television company.
Elsewhere in the suit filed by English, she claims Combs demanded that she have sex with Jacob Arabov, otherwise as “Jacob the Jeweler.” She also alleges that as well as the usual fee she was paid for working at Combs’ parties, she received an additional $1,000 after the “forced sexual intercourse” she had with him. Arabov is listed as a defendant in the suit.
Combs’ attorney, Jonathan Davis, has denied these allegations.
“No matter how many lawsuits are filed it won’t change the fact that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or sex trafficked anyone. We live in a world where anyone can file a lawsuit for any reason and without any proof,” he said in a statement shared with TMZ.
“Fortunately, a fair and impartial judicial process exists to find the truth and Mr. Combs is confident he will prevail against these and other baseless claims in court.”
The feud between 50 Cent and Combs began in 2006 when 50 Cent released the diss track “The Bomb.” The song claimed that Combs knew who murdered rapper The Notorious B.I.G., who was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1997.
The pair have publicly traded insults back and forth ever since but it seemed to escalate after the 50 Cent’s ex and mother of his son, Daphne Joy, was named in one of the lawsuits filed against Combs.
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