Diddy hotline gets 12K calls in just 24 hours as more cases build against rapper
An attorney running a 'Diddy hotline' has claimed he has received around 12,000 calls about the disgraced rapper.
The music executive was arrested last month and has been held behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, New York, since pleading not guilty after being charged with racketeering, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs recently issued a statement from jail after news broke that attorney Tony Buzbee would be representing 120 alleged victims who have come forward with accusations of sexual assault against the producer.
The crimes are said to span over 25 years, with men and women - some of whom were underage at the time of the alleged incidents - coming forward against Diddy.
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Following this news, an attorney for Combs told LADbible Group on Tuesday (1 October): "As Mr. Combs’ legal team has emphasised, he cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus. That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors.
"He looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation."
After consistent denial of all charges against him and being denied bail twice, the case against the 54-year-old is continuing to build as Buzbee spoke to Law&Crime on Wednesday (2 October), the day after the press conference, where he announced that he will be representing the alleged victims in court.
The attorney revealed that he had opened a 'Diddy hotline' that was run by 'almost 100 people' working on receiving calls, for people to report any crimes or abuse they may have experienced.
Buzbee said that they received '12,000 calls in about 24 hours' on the hotline, adding: "Our Herculean task is to try to sift through every one of these calls and make sure that we're identifying those who are victims and those who are witnesses and collect evidence."
Having revealed that the cases they built with the 120 accusers have been filed against Diddy, they are still 'trying to make sure that when we file the cases' and 'that we include every potentially liable party'.
It is said that this alleged abuse took place over a 25-year period, as Buzbee explained: "This is an important matter that we intend to aggressively pursue.
"We will leave no stone unturned to find all potentially liable parties, to include any individual or entity who participated in or benefited from this egregious behaviour."
In addition to all of this, the attorney claimed that the assaults will involve 'many powerful people' and reveal 'many dirty secrets', as previous attendees of Diddy parties have recently spoken about what they witnessed.
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Joshua Nair