Nash sues Sean Combs in LA over a decade of sexual and physical abuse

Former stylist Deonte Nash filed a civil lawsuit in Los Angeles on Wednesday accusing music executive Sean Diddy Combs of a decade of sexual and physical abuse while employed by Combs and his then-girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges repeated sexual battery, physical assaults, threats, trafficking and emotional abuse spanning roughly 2008 to 2018 and names several of Combs's business entities, including Bad Boy Entertainment and Combs Global, as codefendants.

Nash, who testified for the prosecution during Combs's federal criminal trial earlier this year, says the alleged abuse began shortly after he started working for the music mogul and escalated over time. The 37-page complaint details incidents that include groping, forced sexual contact, repeated unwanted touching, and physical violence. It recounts an episode at a reunion tour party in 2017 in which Combs allegedly grabbed Nash's buttocks and made a sexually charged remark. The filing also cites a 2013 incident it says involved Combs assaulting Ventura and throwing Nash aside when he tried to intervene.

Beyond specific assaults, the lawsuit alleges a pattern of...