| Sean Combs is Sued for
Sexual Assault at Ciroc Event SDNY
Judge Rules 1 Year Limit Has Run
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Feb 10 – With Sean Combs in
jail in MDC-Brooklyn, on
October 20, 2024 at least five
more civil cases against him
were filed in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
Inner City Press is covering
the cases.
One of them
is by a John Doe, owner of a
family business renting luxury
cars, who says Combs started
assaulting him at a Ciroc
vodka event in 2022 until
"Professional Athlete 1"
stopped it.
The case was
assigned to Judge Ronnie
Abrams - who on October 25
said a renewed motion to
proceed as John Doe should be
filed 30 days after service.
Jump cut to March
11, 2025 when Judge Abrams
docketed: "No later than March
18, 2025, Mr. Buzbee shall
file a letter explaining why
he failed to notify the Court
about this issue earlier and
proposing next steps to
rectify it."
On March 17
Buzbee submitted an order to
withdraw, on Patreon here
On June 24 Judge
Abrams docketed this, on
"Motion for Leave to Appear
Anonymously . filed by John
Doe." Order on Patreon
here.
Jump cut to
February 3, 2026, when Judge
Abrams heard oral argument on
Combs' motion to dismiss.
Combs' lawyer said this sexual
assault case is subject to New
York's 1 year statute of
limitations and must be
dismissed. The plaintiff's
counsel spoke of amending.
Judge Abrams took it under
advisement.
On February 10,
Judge Abrams dismissed the
case: "Because Barzi alleges
that the conduct at issue in
this suit occurred in 2022,
and his Complaint was not
filed until October 2024, his
suit falls outside the
applicable one-year
limitations period for his
claim against Combs.
Furthermore, he has not
adequately pled the elements
of a negligent hiring,
supervision, or retention
claim against the Combs
Businesses. Accordingly, the
Court grants Defendants'
motion and dismisses the
Amended Complaint without
prejudice and with leave to
amend, so long as Barzi has a
good-faith basis to do so."
Full 10-page
order on Patreon here.
Inner City Press will stay on
the case(s).
This case
is Doe v. Combs, et al.,
1:24-cv-7973 (Abrams)
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