Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Accuser Drops Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Names from Sexual Assault Lawsuit

• A person who has accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexual assault and humiliating him at a celebration in Miami in 2015 has eliminated Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s names from his lawsuit
• The couple’s attorneys have been capable of show that they weren’t in attendance on the celebration
• The accuser, Joseph Manzaro, alleges that he was drugged and brought to a house on Star Island, after which later paraded round at one other celebration the place he was compelled to put on a penis masks
  

A person who has accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexual assault and humiliating him at a 2015 celebration whereas Beyoncé and Jay-Z have been current has now eliminated the couple’s names from his lawsuit.

The accuser, Joseph Manzaro, filed an modification to his lawsuit in Florida on Friday, April 11. He eliminated Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s names from his grievance, which was obtained by PEOPLE.

Manzaro alleges within the authentic grievance that he was drugged and brought to a house on Miami’s Star Island, owned by Gloria and Emilio Estefan, for Combs’ son Christian’s birthday in April 2015. As soon as there, Manzaro claims Gloria noticed him in a “deteriorating state” and instructed somebody to name an ambulance, earlier than Emilio allegedly ushered her away, in response to the grievance.

Manzaro additionally alleges that he was drugged, taken from the house and paraded round one other celebration whereas being made to put on a penis masks. The grievance described the occasion as a “freak-off.”

Web page Six reported that Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s attorneys provided data that proved the couple weren’t in attendance on the time. A 2015 article from New York College’s newspaper reported that Jay-Z was making an look on the faculty on the time, and shortly after, he and Beyoncé went on trip in Hawaii, per photographs printed by The Day by day Mail.

Manzaro claims within the grievance that he was drugged and transported through an underground tunnel to Combs’ mansion by former porn star Adria English, who can also be named as a defendant.

A earlier model of the grievance alleges that Manzaro was taken to a room with Jay-Z and Beyoncé, the latter of whom expressed confusion and requested why a “half-naked” man with a intercourse toy strapped to his face was standing in entrance of her. This declare was faraway from the grievance.

One of many different defendants named within the grievance allegedly responded that it was a “punishment,” and that “Diddy needs him to see what we do to snitches.”

Jay-Z’s lawyer Alex Spiro gave a press release to PEOPLE, wherein he mentioned that the musician was not in Florida on the time of the alleged assault.

“[Jay-Z] wasn’t in Florida at the moment to witness this incident — he was engaged in simply findable public actions that show he was not at this occasion,” Spiro mentioned within the assertion. “That is extra nonsense that erodes the belief in our ‘justice’ system.”

Manzaro’s grievance alleges that Combs later particularly ordered that Manzaro be degraded in entrance of others on the celebration earlier than the plaintiff was stripped after which wearing a thong and “a black leather-based masks with a rubber dam forcibly inserted and zipped closed over his head.”

“A locking intercourse gadget was affixed to the masks, which protruded from his mouth,” the grievance alleges. “Plaintiff was then subjected to degrading and non-consensual acts.”

The grievance additional claims that Gloria once more requested an ambulance, however was as soon as extra silenced by Emilio.

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In a press release to PEOPLE on Saturday, April 12, Combs’ authorized workforce denied the allegations leveled by Manzaro.

“This grievance demonstrates the wicked lengths plaintiffs will journey to garner headlines in pursuit of a payday,” the assertion mentioned. “No sane particular person studying this grievance may credit score this story. Mr. Combs appears to be like ahead to having his day in court docket, the place these lies — and the perverse motives of those that instructed them — shall be revealed.”

Emilio was named a defendant within the grievance. Gloria, Beyoncé and Jay-Z — in addition to LeBron James, whom Manzaro alleges noticed him on the occasion — weren’t named as defendants.

PEOPLE reached out to attorneys for Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Manzaro for touch upon Saturday, April 12, however didn’t obtain a direct response.

Combs has been sued by dozens of individuals accusing him of sexual misconduct and has denied the allegations. He has additionally pleaded not responsible to federal intercourse crime prices and is ready to go on trial in Could 2025.

In case you or somebody you realize has been sexually assaulted, please contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.