{"id":2861,"date":"2026-06-03T21:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/2026\/06\/03\/sean-diddy-combs-may-face-sex-assault-case-as-l-a-prosecutors-review-publicists-claims\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T21:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:34:00","slug":"sean-diddy-combs-may-face-sex-assault-case-as-l-a-prosecutors-review-publicists-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/2026\/06\/03\/sean-diddy-combs-may-face-sex-assault-case-as-l-a-prosecutors-review-publicists-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs May Face Sex Assault Case as L.A. Prosecutors Review Publicist\u2019s Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tImprisoned rap mogul Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs<\/a> could soon face additional legal jeopardy as he serves a 50-month prison<\/a> sentence at a New Jersey federal facility, after the Los Angeles District Attorney\u2019s Office confirmed it is reviewing sexual assault allegations made by a Hollywood publicist to authorities in Florida last year.<\/p>\n

\tOn Tuesday, the office led by Nathan Hochman confirmed Combs is the subject of a probe in L.A. The investigation stems from allegations of sexual battery made by publicist Jonathan Hay, who filed a report in September 2025 in Largo, Florida, just before Combs\u2019 sentencing and after his federal trial ended in a split verdict<\/a>. The case was referred to L.A. authorities because the alleged incidents occurred there in 2020 and 2021. In September 2025, the L.A. County Sheriff\u2019s Department said Hay\u2019s accusations were being reviewed by its Special Victims Bureau. \t<\/p>\n

\tThe two alleged incidents of sexual battery occurred during moments when Hay was alone with Combs while working on remix sessions involving Christopher Wallace, the late rapper Notorious B.I.G.\u2019s son. Hay, present that day as part of a photo shoot, claims the 2020 incident involved Combs masturbating into a shirt belonging to the late Notorious B.I.G. Combs, he claims, \u201cremoved the shirt to uncover his penis and told Hay to come finish him off.\u201d According to Hay\u2019s account, Combs then ejaculated and threw the shirt at him.<\/p>\n

\tHay alleged that in 2021, Combs forced him to perform oral sex. He stated that he had suicidal ideation after the incident.<\/p>\n

\tThe L.A. County District Attorney\u2019s Office said prosecutors are now evaluating evidence submitted by local investigators; no charging decision has been announced. \t<\/p>\n

\tHay told CNN<\/a> he had contemplated coming forward roughly 10 months before Combs\u2019 girlfriend of a decade, singer Cassie Ventura<\/a>, filed the civil case<\/a> that eventually helped trigger last summer\u2019s federal trial \u2014 and which Ventura settled for $20 million the day after it was filed.<\/p>\n

\tHay\u2019s allegations first surfaced in a civil suit filed anonymously in July against Combs, Wallace, and others, in which Hay claimed they \u201cconspired\u201d with the powerful mogul to \u201callow or assist in Combs\u2019 ability to carry out\u201d the alleged sexual battery. Wallace responded with a defamation suit against Hay, claiming Hay was upset that music recorded in 2020 was never released by the Notorious B.I.G.\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n

\tResponding to the D.A.\u2019s office decision this week, Hay said in a statement that he is pleased the case is moving forward.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cStanding as a survivor of the actions involving Sean Diddy<\/a> Combs and Christopher CJ Wallace, I view the validation of my accounts by the LAPD and the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office as a critical juncture,\u201d he said. \u201cThis development represents a substantial advancement in my pursuit of complete accountability. Justice is prevailing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tCombs has denied the allegations in Hay\u2019s suit and all other claims against him. In addition to this potential L.A. indictment, he faces roughly 70 civil complaints related to his alleged conduct over the years, most involving claims of drugging and sexual assault.<\/p>\n

\tCombs and Ventura, who have not been a couple for nearly a decade, are named together in one of those cases. Sex worker Clayton Howard, whom the couple allegedly hired, claims abuse by both Ventura and Combs. Howard alleges in his complaint that he impregnated Ventura during a drug-fueled encounter and contracted a sexually transmitted infection after participating in a \u201cfreak-off\u201d with the couple. \t<\/p>\n

\tIn a declaration requesting that Howard\u2019s legal action be transferred from L.A. to New York, Ventura revealed she has left the country, stating: \u201cI am not a resident of the State of California. I reside outside of the United States. I do not intend to move back to the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tVentura has also filed a countersuit against Wallace, denying his claims.<\/p>\n

\tIn July, a jury found Combs guilty of two federal counts of transportation to engage in prostitution; he was acquitted of the more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking. In October, he was sentenced to 50 months in prison<\/a>, which he is serving in New Jersey while his attorneys appeal the case.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Imprisoned rap mogul Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs could soon face additional legal jeopardy as he serves a 50-month prison sentence at a New Jersey federal facility, after the Los Angeles District Attorney\u2019s Office confirmed it is reviewing sexual assault allegations made by a Hollywood publicist to authorities in Florida last year. On Tuesday, the office led by Nathan Hochman confirmed Combs is the subject of a probe in L.A. The investigation stems from allegations of sexual battery made by publicist Jonathan Hay, who filed a report in September 2025 in Largo, Florida, just before Combs\u2019 sentencing and after his federal trial ended in a split verdict. The case was referred to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1691,1595,65,2,28,1596],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cassie-ventura","category-diddy","category-general-news","category-hollywood","category-news","category-sean-diddy-combs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}