TULSA, Okla. — An Oklahoma woman is joining the list of accusers claiming she was assaulted at one of Sean "Diddy" Combs' famous parties.
The lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York claims Latroya Gibson's sibling won a radio contest to go to a Diddy party, where she was assaulted.
Sean Combs is one of several defendants named in the suit. Others include Bad Boy Entertainment, Atlantic Records, Delta Airlines, the Roger Smith Hotel, the radio station KJAMZ, and several unnamed John and Jane Does.
The lawsuit claims all of the defendants participated or were negligent in the events that led to her assault.
2 News spoke with the attorney of Latroya Gibson.
“Because we believed they knew what type of horrible things Mr. Combs was up to and they delivered fresh victims to him," Ariel Mitchell said.
In 2006, the woman's sibling won the radio contest, which promised them a round-trip flight to New York, a hotel for the night and tickets to Combs' party.
Gibson was 23 years old at the time of the party.
When she and her sibling got to the party, they said they waited in line for 45 minutes. She claims that party staff let people in based on their appearance and attire, not on their spot in line.
The woman said she was eventually let in, but her sibling wasn't.
She said the only option for refreshments were from waitresses handing out premade drinks.
After less than two drinks, the woman claims she started feeling sick and tried to go to the bathroom.
The next thing she reports remembering is waking up in a New York hospital with her shirt torn, no underwear or shoes, and all but $20 of her cash was gone.
She was alone at the hospital, and since smartphones weren't around, she didn't know how to get back to her hotel.
The lawsuit says that after finding matches in her purse from her hotel, she was able to use her remaining $20 to return to the hotel and to her return flight to Oklahoma.
She reported having pain in her genitals but couldn't remember anything that happened.
The day after she returned to Oklahoma, she got a phone call from an anonymous woman.
She claims the woman threatened her not to report what happened because Combs is a celebrity and she would just be wasting her time.
She said she didn't report it further because of fear and confusion. The lawsuit claims she's coming forward now because Combs is in jail, and she feels more safe.
She reported having debilitating anxiety and depression because of the alleged assault, which still affects her to this day.
She's seeking monetary damages for the injury she suffered and the effects stemming from the alleged assault.
We asked Mitchell how her and her clients feel going into the trial.
“We all know most times when you get criminally convicted, the civil trial is a cake walk. Even if he didn’t have a criminal trial, I’m pretty confident in my civil case," Mitchell said.
We will continue to update this story as the case progresses.
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