Diddy's Ex Bodyguard Hits Accuser with Defamation Lawsuit

Two months ago Bad Boy Entertainment CEO, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, and his bodyguard, Joseph Sherman, were accused of rxping a woman at Bad Boy recording studios, twenty-four years ago, in a lawsuit filed by Gloria Allred [click here if you missed that].

Now the bodyguard has filed a defamation of character lawsuit against the accuser and her attorney...

From NBC News

A former body guard for Sean Combs has filed a defamation lawsuit against a woman who in September accused him of physically and sexually assaulting her in 2001.

Joseph Sherman called the allegations in Thalia Graves’ lawsuit “utterly and entirely false,” in documents filed Thursday in federal court in Manhattan. He is also suing Graves’ attorneys, including Gloria Allred. Both women spoke at a news conference to discuss the lawsuit in September. They declined comment Monday.

Sherman’s attorney, Darnell Crosland, said in a statement Monday that his client was among “the thousands of men who have been falsely accused” in the #MeToo movement and who continue to suffer as a result.

“And these wrongly accused men aren’t the only victims of false claims, in fact, the thousands of women who are truly sixually assaulted are hurt by these financially motivated claims, because no one hears their cries,” he said. “The defendants in this lawsuit need to be held responsible for their actions and they need to understand that a ‘cash grab’ based on false claims hurts more people than they can imagine in more ways than they can imagine.”

Sherman is seeking compensatory and punitive damages and a jury trial.