Sean Combs hit with two more sexual assault lawsuits

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Two women in separate lawsuits filed Friday allege Combs assaulted them, after he settled a lawsuit with Cassie last week.

Update: This story has been updated with details of a third lawsuit.

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been hit with two more lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault.

On Thursday, a woman who alleged he drugged and sexually assaulted her when she was a college student in 1991. That same day a third woman accused Combs of sexual assault, according to a lawsuit obtained by PEOPLE.

In the first reported complaint, reviewed by EW, the woman, Joi Dickerson-Neal, also alleges Combs videotaped the alleged assault and distributed the tape to others in the music industry. She accuses the media mogul of assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, sex trafficking, and revenge porn.

In the other lawsuit, first reported by Rolling Stone, a Jane Doe alleges that Combs, 54, and singer-songwriter Aaron Hall took turns raping her and a friend in New York City more than 30 years ago. In the lawsuit, Jane Doe alleges that she met Combs and his friend at an event hosted by Uptown Records distributor MCA Records at the company’s offices.

“Combs and Hall were very flirtatious and handsy with Jane Doe and her friend, offering them drinks throughout the night,” the lawsuit states. Later at Hall’s apartment, Jane Doe alleges she "was coerced into having sex with Combs."

“After Combs finished doing his business, Jane Doe laid in bed, shocked and traumatized,” the lawsuit states. “As she was in the process of getting dressed, Hall barged into the room, pinned her down and forced Jane Doe to have sex with him.” According to the lawsuit, the other woman “had been forced to have sex with Combs and Hall in another room.”

Doe also claims that Combs assaulted her again days after the first incident. “He was irate and began assaulting and choking Jane Doe to the point that she passed out,” the complaint alleges. “Combs was searching for Jane Doe’s friend because he was worried that she would tell the girl he was with at the time what he and Hall had done to them.”

The other lawsuit, first reported Thursday morning, notes that Dickerson-Neal was a student at Syracuse University and in New York for a winter break at the time of her alleged assault. She says she "reluctantly" went to dinner with Combs, whom she says she knew through shared acquaintances and having starred with him in a Finesse and Synquis music video, at a restaurant and accompanied him to run errands after.

<p>Taylor Hill/FilmMagic</p> Sean Combs

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Sean Combs

The complaint alleges Combs "intentionally drugged" Dickerson-Neal, leaving her unable to stand or walk, before he assaulted her and recorded it. Days later, DeVanté Swing, member of the R&B group Jodeci, claimed to her that he had viewed the "sex tape," according to the complaint, and said "everyone" had seen it, sending Dickerson-Neal into a "tailspin."

In a statement provided to EW, Combs spokesperson said, quote, “This last-minute lawsuit is an example of how a well-intentioned law can be turned on its head. Ms. Dickerson's 32-year-old story is made up and not credible. Mr. Combs never assaulted her, and she implicates companies that did not exist. This is purely a money grab and nothing more."

Dickerson-Neal cites singer Cassie's latest sexual assault lawsuit against Combs as the impetus that "forced her to face his assault again." The lawsuit was filed under New York's Adult Survivors Act (expiring Thursday night), which gives survivors of sexual abuse a one-year window to sue even if the statute of limitations on their allegations has expired.

“We are privileged to assist our client Ms. Dickerson-Neal as she courageously steps forward in an effort to hold Mr. Combs to account,” Michelle Caiola, an attorney for Dickerson-Neal, said in a statement. "Everyone deserves to be heard and Combs should not be immune from liability because of his wealth and public stature.”

“Our client has not been able to escape the continuing impact of the harm Combs caused her many years ago. Through the Adult Survivors Act, she can avail herself to the courts to finally seek justice,” added Jonathan Goldhirsch, another attorney for Dickerson-Neal.

Cassie filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Combs last week, accusing him of rape, years of control, and physical abuse. Combs "vehemently" denied what he called "offensive and outrageous allegations" in a statement to EW. They settled the lawsuit a day after it was filed but did not share details surrounding the settlement.

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