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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs moves to secure a default win in his defamation suit against a woman who failed to respond to the lawsuit over alleged sex tapes.
In a lawsuit filed before his conviction on prostitution charges last year, Sean “Diddy” Combs has moved to secure a default win against Courtney Burgess, who failed to respond to the lawsuit over alleged sex tapes. According to filings made by his lawyers last week, they asked the court to rule in Combs’ favor after Burgess failed to respond. Burgess had publicly claimed that the rap mogul possessed videos showing him in sexual encounters with several celebrities, including two alleged minors.
Combs has denied the allegations and filed a defamation suit accusing Burgess of making up the story to capitalize on the public frenzy already surrounding him. Burgess has said he still stands by his claims.
Burgess claimed he had access to “explicit recordings” that involved Combs in sexual encounters with supposedly well-known figures. He also said a friend had given him flash drives that once belonged to Combs’ late ex-wife, Kim Porter, and that he had testified before a grand jury in New York last year. He had been approached by the press for comment on more than one occasion, and did not shy away—so it’s strange that Burgess apparently did not respond to Combs’ attorneys’ lawsuit.
Nevertheless, Combs’ attorneys told the court that Burgess was properly served, was competent to respond, and did not do so. Therefore, they ask for a default judgement to be made. Should the court agree, it would spell a win for Combs, who is currently serving a 50-month term at a low-security federal prison in New Jersey.
His lawyers still hope to have the conviction overturned, arguing at an appeal hearing on April 9 that the so-called “freak-offs” at the center of the government’s case against Combs were immaterial under the Mann Act, which criminalizes transporting someone across state lines for prostitution. Should his conviction stand, Combs is scheduled for release on April 15, 2028.
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