Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed a $50 million dollar defamation lawsuit against Courtney Burgess, his lawyer, Ariel Mitchell and NewsNation owner Nextstar Media Inc.
Burgess claimed to have videos of the rapper sexually assaulting celebrities and minors who were clearly inebriated. Burgess was later subpoenaed by federal prosecutors and testified in front of a grand jury about the alleged videos.
The defamation suit, which was filed on Wednesday in New York claims Burgess, Mitchell and Nextstar engaged in “willful scheme to fabricate and broadcast outrageous lies.” The suit goes on to say that these falsehoods were leveraged “to gain social media fame, enrich themselves, and strip Mr.