Within the newest authorized setback for Sean “Diddy” Combs, a Michigan inmate has received a $100 million default sexual-assault judgment in opposition to the embattled producer and entrepreneur, who has been slammed with a number of sexual-misconduct allegations over the previous yr.
In response to Detroit’s Metro Occasions and court docket paperwork, the award was issued Monday by a Lenawee County Circuit Courtroom Choose following a short lived restraining order in opposition to Combs granted to Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, 51, who it describes as “Michigan inmate recognized for his lengthy historical past of difficult the judicial system with civil lawsuits.” The lawsuit claims that Combs drugged and sexually assaulted Cardello-Smith in 1997 at a celebration in Detroit; the decide set out a cost schedule of $10 million per thirty days, beginning October 1.
The default judgment was reached after Combs failed to look for a digital listening to on Monday.
The go well with states that Cardello-Smith encountered Combs whereas he was working at a Detroit-area restaurant. The 2 met a gaggle of girls at a celebration and had been having intercourse with them when Cardello-Smith says he was he felt a male hand touching him, which he claims was Combs. He stated Combs later supplied him a drink, which was spiked and precipitated him to cross out. He stated he awoke and noticed Combs having intercourse with a lady; Combs allegedly stated to him, “I did this to you too.”
In response to the Metro Occasions, Cardello-Smith, who’s serving an unrelated sentence, is a self-taught pupil of civil and felony statutes.
Cardello-Smith claims that in August Combs supplied him $2.3 million {dollars} to dismiss the lawsuit, however he declined and stated he would proceed with the authorized motion. Combs allegedly responded, “You know the way we get down”; Cardello-Smith stated he responded, “I disagree with the way you get down.”
Whereas Combs has denied many of the a number of sexual-misconduct allegations leveled in opposition to him, in June he admitted to assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura after video footage leaked of a 2016 incident in a resort. He apologized and stated he was “fucked up.”
A rep for Combs didn’t instantly reply to Selection’s requests for remark.