Macy’s Accused of Covering Up Diddy Scandal to Protect Deal with Brand

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Macy’s has been accused of covering up a sexual assault by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in the latest lawsuit against the disgraced music mogul.In the latest of the seemingly endless lawsuits against Sean “Diddy” Combs, Macy’s is accused of covering of one of the disgraced rapper and music mogul’s alleged sexual assaults in order to protect its interests in a lucrative deal with his clothing brand.

Filed by a John Doe in Ohio this week, the lawsuit alleges that Combs orally raped a man in 2008 while he was working in the stockroom of Macy’s flagship store in Herald Square in Manhattan. The man, who says he worked as an advisor for Combs’ rival clothing company, Ecko Unltd, claims he was “violently attacked” by Combs’ bodyguards, who threatened his life. Combs then allegedly forced him to perform oral sex on him while he called him “Ecko.”

The John Doe says he reported the assault to Macy’s security, but received no follow up and was later “barred from the store.”“Approximately three weeks later, Terry Lundgren, CEO of Macy’s, pressured Ecko Unltd executives to fire plaintiff because Macy’s had just signed a multi-billion-dollar deal with Sean John Clothing,” the lawsuit reads.

The plaintiff says he “believes that the report of the assault was destroyed or otherwise purged from Macy’s records, and no action was ever taken as a result of the report.”

The allegations are the latest against Combs, who was arrested in September after he was indicted by a grand jury on federal charges of racketeering and sex trafficking. Since then, at least six anonymous lawsuits against Combs have been filed in Manhattan, some of which allege molestation of minors as early as 1995.

Meanwhile, a group of over 100 alleged victims are in the process of formalizing legal action against Combs, who has pleaded not guilty to the federal charges against him. He has been held without bail at a federal jail in Brooklyn since his arrest in September.