Sean 'Diddy' Combs could face new charges after sexual battery allegations
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office is reviewing allegations made against Sean 'Diddy' Combs.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs could face new sexual battery charges after allegations made by a celebrity publicist.
The 56-year-old rap mogul is currently serving a 50-month federal prison sentence after being convicted of transportation for prostitution, but it's now reported that he may face new criminal probe.
Venusse D. Dunn, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office's chief of communications, has told the Daily Mail newspaper that the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department have both laid out separate presentations on investigations into the alleged victims claims.
It's said the case, which has been made by celebrity publicist Jonathan Hay, is currently under review.
Hay previously filed a lawsuit against Combs in July 2025, and in the civil complaint he has accused the rapper of sexual battery in 2020.
In a statement to the newspaper this week, Hay described himself as a "survivor" of Combs, and said: "Having my painful experiences heard and validated by the LAPD and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is an undeniable turning point."
He added: "This progress marks a significant victory in my fight for total accountability.
"I am certain that justice will be achieved and that full responsibility will be enforced."
In November 2025, Combs' civil attorney Jonathan Davis issued a statement in response to Hay's lawsuit.
He told CNN at the time: "As Mr. Combs’s legal team has repeatedly stated for over a year now, he cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a media circus.
"Let me make it absolutely clear, Mr. Combs categorically denies as false and defamatory all claims that he sexually abused anyone.
"He looks forward to vindicating himself in court, where such matters are decided – and not in the media – based on admissible, material evidence, not rank speculation and unsubstantiated allegations."
In his original lawsuit late last year, Hay alleged that Combs had masturbated in front of him onto a shirt which belonged to the rapper's late friend and hip-hop icon Notorious B.I.G., AKA Christopher Wallace.
Hay also accused Combs of forced oral sex in 2021.
CJ Wallace, the son of B.I.G., filed a counterclaim which resulted in a now-contested default judgement against Hay last month.
Combs was previously due to be released from prison on June 4, 2028 after originally looking at a May 2028 release, but the date shifted again over the past few of months.
In March, the Federal Bureau of Prisons website showed Combs was looking at an April 25 release from the Fort Dix low correctional facility, but it then listed the date as April 15, moving up by 10 days.
Combs has been behind bars since his arrest in September 2024, while he was convicted in July 2025 on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
The rapper’s eight-week trial earlier last year resulted in acquittals on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, but he was convicted on prostitution-related offences.
