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Michigan inmate wins $100M judgement against Sean “Diddy” Combs for sexual assault

FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. Combs pushed back against a womans lawsuit that accused him of sexual assault. Combs lawyers filed a motion Friday, April 26, 2024, to dismiss some claims that were not under law when the alleged incident occurred. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) (Jordan Strauss)

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been ordered to pay Michigan prisoner Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith a $100 million default judgement after failing to dispute sexual assault allegations.

51-year-old Cardello-Smith filed a lawsuit accusing Combs of drugging and sexually assaulting him at a party in Detroit in 1997.

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Combs was due to appear in Lenawee Circuit Court for a virtual hearing Monday, Sept. 9 but failed to show up.

A judge awarded Cardello-Smith a multi-million default judgment.

Default judgments are issued when a defendant fails to respond to a court summons, appear in court or file a response to a complaint within the required time.


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