Diddy’s former Bad Boy president, Harve Pierre, has been sued for sexual assault by his ex-assistant.
Pierre allegedly groomed and sexually assaulted the female employee — whose identity has been kept secret — in the mid-2010s, according to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone.
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In her suit, which was filed in New York County Supreme Court, the alleged victim claims that the record executive “sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions from 2016 to 2017,” causing her “physical, emotional and psychological injuries, along with pain and suffering.”
She is seeking punitive damages and wants to be “fully and fairly” compensated.
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Bad Boy Entertainment, Bad Boy Records and Combs Enterprises are also named as co-defendants in the suit, and are accused of negligence and gender violence for failing to “properly supervise” Pierre. Diddy himself is not named as a co-defendant.
In a statement to Rolling Stone, a Bad Boy spokesperson said: “We have recently become aware of a lawsuit filed in New York by a former employee. The allegations are from many years ago that were never brought to the attention of the company.
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“Neither the plaintiff nor the executive are current employees of the company. We are now investigating the allegations, and our top priority is the safety and well-being of our employees.”
Pierre and Diddy became friends in the late 1980s when they were students at Howard University. The executive began working at Bad Boy in the early 1990s and “has over 70 executive producer/A&R album credits and 40 music video editor credits” to his name, according to his LinkedIn profile.
After leaving the label in 1995, he returned as president until his departure in 2017.
The lawsuit against Pierre was filed less than a week after Cassie sued Diddy for raping and abusing her during their decade-long relationship.
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The mogul (real name Sean Combs) vehemently denied the allegations. The following day, he and Cassie “amicably” settled the lawsuit, with his lawyer Ben Brafman stating that his decision to settle “is in no way an admission of wrongdoing.”
“Mr. Combs‘ decision to settle the lawsuit does not in any way undermine his flat-out denial of the claims,” he added. “He is happy they got to a mutual settlement and wishes Ms. Ventura the best.”
