by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, June 23– With Sean Combs in jail in MDC-Brooklyn, on October 20 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 who states that at a 2022 award show after party in LA, he was sexually assaulted by Combs "and several others, including as of yet unnamed Celebrity A." Complaint on Patreon here.
The case was assigned to Judge Jesse M. Furman - who like some but not all SDNY Judge getting these cases has said that a justification for pseudonymous status must be filed.
Docketed on January 7, Judge Furman ordered proof of service, and that "If unaware of the identity of counsel for Defendant, counsel receiving this order must forthwith send a copy of this Order to that party personally." MDC... Order on Patreon here
But on June 23, Combs' continued residence in MDC Brooklyn as deemed not necessarily enough as Judge Furman ordered responses, noting that "Plaintiff merely alleges his and Defendant Sean Combs’s states of residence, not their states of citizenship. Id. ¶¶ 32, 23 (alleging that Plaintiff resides in California); id. ¶ 24 (alleging that Combs “resides in New York City” and “is otherwise currently incarcerated in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn”). But for the purpose of diversity jurisdiction, “a statement of the parties’ residence is insufficient to establish their citizenship." Full order and deadlines on Patreon here
This case is now Rose v. Combs, et al., 1:24-cv-7974 (Furman)
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