Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against a man who publicly claimed to have videos depicting the mogul sexually assaulting inebriated celebrities and minors, which his lawyers say could negatively influence his upcoming trial.

Sean "Diddy" Combs has filed a defamation lawsuit against one of his accusers, their attorney and NewsNation. According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly, Diddy, 55, filed the lawsuit in New York against Courtney Burgess and his attorney Ariel Mitchell on Wednesday,

Burgess appeared on NewsNation to double down on his claim that he was in possession of nearly a dozen flash drives containing Combs’ alleged sex tapes.