Diddy sued for $500k as sex worker alleges deception and coercion
Diddy and some hotel employees stand accused of violating the Trafficking Victims Protection Act that protects immigrants.
Legal experts are yet to speak about how this may affect the overall outcome.
Less than a month after Sean Combs, also known as Diddy, jubilantly reacted with 'I'm coming home, baby' after being found not guilty of racketeering conspiracy, new criminal charges against the disgraced hip-hop mogul have surfaced.
On Friday, sex worker Michael Ejiawoko filed a complaint in a Los Angeles court, alleging that in 2018, Combs deceived him into believing he would be engaging in consensual sex work with adult women, when that was not the case, hip-hop news website AllHipHop reports.
According to the website, Ejiawoko alleges that he later discovered that the women had been coerced and drugs were also administered without his or the women's consent. He is demanding $500 000 from Combs for mental and emotional distress and legal fees, among other things.
I do not believe that Diddy is remorseful about all of the horrible things he has done to people. If anything, he feels victimised and unfairly targeted as a black successful man.
— Valencia.Maseko🪬🇵🇸 🇵🇸 (@ValenciaN___) May 20, 2025
According to Ejiawoko's lawsuit, employees at the five-star Las Vegas hotel, The Palazzo and the luxurious London West Hollywood allegedly helped Combs make bookings under the alias Mr Star.
The charges levelled against Combs and his alleged accomplices include sexual battery, civil conspiracy and other violations of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
The Act protects eligible foreign victims by prohibiting forced labour, trafficking concerning peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labour and sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion.
'The hotel staff failed to report or investigate clear signs of illegal conduct,' said Ejiawoko's lawyer, Jonathan Evans.
They escorted Mr Ejiawoko and other participants in the encounters to and from rooms, cleaning and removing paraphernalia used in the encounters, including oils and drug-related items.
Jonathan Evans
The charge of transporting individuals for sex work which Combs was found guilty of carries a maximum jail term of 20 years.
Wdym Diddy is not guilty on most of his charges? pic.twitter.com/TNxikyKuCM
— Hell is a teenage girl. (@hrhbitch__) July 2, 2025
However, a few weeks ago, criminal defence attorney and former Connecticut prosecutor Ryan McGuigan, who shared his professional opinion on the case, predicted that Combs' sentence would most likely be between 21 and 42 months.
There have been no media reports on what McGuigan makes of these new charges and what they could mean for the case, given that Combs' acquittal on the other charges weakened the possible overall outcome.
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