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Former porn star claims Diddy trafficked her to party guests
By Marjorie Hernandez West Coast News Editor For Dailymail.Com and Kamal Saltan For The Daily Mail
21:00 03 Jul 2024, updated 23:55 03 Jul 2024
A former porn star is suing Diddy for billions over claims he trafficked her to have sex with party guests and threatened to blackmail her if she did not comply.
Adria English, whose stage name was Omunique, claimed she first met the musician in 2004 when her boyfriend was auditioning for a Sean John modeling gig.
She alleges she worked parties hosted by Diddy in which she would drink alcohol laced with narcotics like ecstasy and would be asked to flirt with guests.
English said the disgraced rapper, 54, ‘groomed’ her into sex trafficking and told her to have sex with Jacob Arabov, also known as ‘Jacob the Jeweler’.
The lawsuit, filed in New York on Wednesday, claims she had ‘forced sexual intercourse’ with him and was paid an extra $1,000 compared to the usual fee for working the parties.
Jacob and a woman called Tamiko Thomas – who is accused of facilitating the sex trafficking operation and Diddy’s entertainment company Bad Boy – have been listed as defendants in the lawsuit.
She is suing the former Bad Boy mogul and his alleged co-conspirators for $50 billion, according to the federal lawsuit obtained by DailyMail.com.
The former porn star took a photo with Jacob following the alleged assault before Diddy congratulated her on having sex with him, according to the lawsuit.
‘Plaintiff was coerced by Defendant Combs into consuming copious amounts of, allegedly laced, alcohol prior to being coerced and forced into having sexual intercourse with Defendant Jacob,’ the court document states.
She claimed she was later ‘passed off’ to other guests at Diddy’s parties who sexually assaulted her.
English named Thomas in the lawsuit and compared her to Ghislaine Maxwell and Diddy to Jeffrey Epstein.
‘Defendants Thomas and Combs passed off Plaintiff to other Defendants, outside of Defendant Jacob named as Defendant Does, to be sexually assaulted as part of their ongoing corrupt sex trafficking organization,’ the lawsuit states.
‘Without Defendant Thomas, a woman using her inherent good will as a woman to gain the trust of another woman, coordinating and acting as an avatar for Defendant Combs, Defendant Combs would be unable to execute his corrupt sex trafficking organization.’
She claims the rapper promised to help advance her career by helping her join a girl group as a way into the music industry.
But English said he made forceful demands and threatened to blacklist her and her boyfriend from the entire industry if they did not do what he said.
English said the first Diddy party she attended in 2004 had no requirements for physical sexual contact and ‘seemed to be a legitimate employment opportunity’.
But on later visits to his Hampton Estates, she claims she and ‘other sex trafficked individuals’ were taken into a room and provided clothes to wear for the parties.
English claims she was told to provide lap dances and be sexually flirtatious with the guests.
‘Despite being forced to drink copious amounts of alcohol and consume illicit narcotics, the encounters Plaintiff was forced to endure were so excruciating that Plaintiff remembers them as they still haunt her to this day,’ the lawsuit states.
‘Plaintiff performed to the expectations of Defendant Combs, was personally thanked for her obedience by Defendant Combs and was subsequently invited for future employment at the “White Parties”.’
English said the only way to escape was to return to California which she did in 2009.
She has suffered emotional trauma, intimacy issues and painful memories as a result of the alleged sex trafficking, according to the lawsuit.
‘Being sex trafficked and abused has led Plaintiff into a tailspin of anxiety and depression,’ the court document states.
‘In or about 2010, Plaintiff was hospitalized for mental illness as a direct cause of her being trafficked by Defendants.
‘In the ensuing years, Plaintiff has also experienced alcohol and drug addiction, as she attempted to cope with the emotional trauma of being assaulted and trafficked.’
Combs’ attorney, Jonathan Davis, maintains the allegations are false.
‘No matter how many lawsuits are filed it won’t change the fact that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or sex trafficked anyone,’ Davis told DailyMail.com. ‘We live in a world where anyone can file a lawsuit for any reason and without any proof.
The defense attorney added: ‘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.’
In February, a music producer filed a lawsuit alleging Diddy coerced him to solicit prostitutes and pressured him to have sex with them.
Another of Diddy’s accusers was a woman who said the rap producer raped her two decades ago when she was 17.
Combs and his attorneys have denied all of the lawsuits’ allegations.
The rapper is among the most influential hip-hop producers and executives of the past three decades.
A video of him viciously beating his ex Cassie Ventura came to light in May.
The rapper took to Instagram to apologize, saying: ‘I hit rock bottom, but I make no excuses. So difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life, sometimes you got to do that. I was f***ed up.’
‘I mean I hit rock bottom, but I make no excuses, my behavior in that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video, I’m disgusted.’
‘I was disgusted then when I did it, I am disgusted now. I went and I sought out professional help, I got into going to therapy, going to rehab,’ he added.
‘Had to ask God for his mercy and grace. I’m so sorry. But I am committed to be a better man each and every day. I’m not asking for forgiveness, I’m truly sorry.’
Cassie sued Combs last year alleging rape and a range of other offenses. They settled out of court in November for an undisclosed amount.