A former porn actress has filed a lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs, accusing him of sex trafficking and coercion. Adria English, who performed under the name Omunique, claims that Diddy groomed her into performing forced sexual acts with promises of advancing her singing career.
English alleges she met Diddy in 2004 when her husband applied for a modeling job with Sean John, Diddy’s fashion brand. After her husband was hired, English says Diddy asked her to dance at his parties. Initially, she agreed, but Diddy soon pressured her to take drug-laced drinks and flirt with guests, threatening their jobs if she refused.
She also claims that Diddy promised to help her break into the music industry, assuring her a spot in a hip-hop group. However, English alleges that Diddy began “grooming” her to perform sexual acts on his friends and guests. She states that Diddy directed her to have sex with hip-hop personality Jacob “The Jeweler” Arabov, and she included photos with Arabov in her filing. According to English, Diddy congratulated her after these encounters.
English claims that Diddy paid her $1,000 per night to engage in sexual activities with his guests but threatened to cut her off and blackball her and her husband from the industry if she didn’t comply. She alleges that she was repeatedly passed around to different guests and sexually assaulted.
Tamiko Thomas, an associate of Diddy, is also named in the lawsuit. English accuses Thomas of arranging these sexual encounters, describing Thomas as the “Ghislaine Maxwell” to Diddy’s “Jeffrey Epstein.”
English says she eventually escaped the situation but believes Diddy followed through on his threats to blacklist her and her husband from the industry. She is now seeking unspecified damages from Diddy, his Bad Boy Records company, Tamiko Thomas, and Jacob Arabov.
