Sean "Diddy" Combs was accused in a lawsuit on Wednesday of gang-raping a 17-year-old girl in 2003.

Sean “Diddy” Combs was accused in a lawsuit on Wednesday of gang-raping a 17-year-old girl in 2003, marking the fourth sexual assault allegation lodged against the producer in recent weeks.

The plaintiff, identified as Jane Doe, alleges that she was flown on a private jet from Michigan to Combs’ recording studio in New York, where she was raped by three people, including Combs and Harve Pierre, the president of Bad Boy Entertainment.

According to the suit, Combs and his associates plied her with “copious amounts” of drugs and alcohol. The suit alleges that Combs raped her over a bathroom sink while she went in and out of consciousness, and that Combs then watched as a third man also raped her.

            • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
              5·
              11 months ago

              Seventeen year olds can’t consent. They’re incapable under the law. So even if she was into it, she literally couldn’t say yes. So it’s rape.

              If that’s something you disagree with, then work to get the law changed. But until that, they’re rapists and don’t blame the victim.

              • interceder270@lemmy.world
                106·
                11 months ago

                I wasn’t talking about the law.

                I had sex at 17 with an adult and have 0 regrets. It’s pretty normal. I think I would’ve had more regrets if I refrained from doing it because people like you think that’s what I should do, lol.

                To put things into perspective and why it’s always good to talk specifics, I was 17 and she was 20. I guess she’s a shitty person who raped me and should be in prison, lol. We ended up being together for years, it was a great relationship :)

                But I guess from your ‘logic’, if this occurred in a different jurisdiction (or if I had waited 2 months for my 18th birthday,) then she would be off the hook for any and all judgement.

                It’s funny watching you people always pivot to the law as though every law is just and people are good based on how well they obey laws.

              • deranger@lemmy.world
                11·
                11 months ago

                I saw your deleted reply; no I don’t think it’s appropriate, see my comment.

                First off: there is no federal age of consent law. You weren’t “going off” anything.

                What you said is factually untrue. You’d see that with a quick search. That’s all I’m saying.

                No, I don’t think it’s appropriate. It is, however fucked up, still legal.

        • lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee
          111·
          11 months ago

          I mean, having sex with people of certain ages is illegal for a reason so it doesn’t actually matter if she was “willing” if she was under the age of consent. Also, drugging a person removes their ability to make an informed decision to consent so again, even if she did agree to it, her consent wasn’t valid on that point either. In other words, she wasn’t capable of consenting so, ya know, rape.

          • interceder270@lemmy.world
            411·
            11 months ago

            I’m not talking about convicting the perpetrator. Please stop assuming, lol.

            Legally speaking, there is no ambiguity.

            But in reality, there is. If you can’t understand that, it’s probably because you don’t want to.

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      24·
      11 months ago

      You know, everyone keeps saying “the worst part is the hypocrisy,” but I disagree. I think the worst part was the raping.

      (I feel kind of bad making this joke in this thread, but on the other hand… Norm. So…)