Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused in a newly filed civil lawsuit of threatening an alleged rape victim into silence by invoking the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, as reported [1] by The New York Post.
The lawsuit, filed this week in Manhattan Supreme Court, was brought by Steve Otis, who claims he was working as a male escort in 2012 when Combs allegedly sexually assaulted him inside a Midtown Manhattan hotel suite after drugging him.
According to the court filing, Otis alleges that after the encounter, Combs issued a direct threat intended to ensure his silence.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs threatened alleged rape victim to stay quiet or he would ‘Tupac’ him: suit https://t.co/wx2XftRq2E [2] pic.twitter.com/6goCgoJvmR [3]
— New York Post Metro (@nypmetro) January 28, 2026 [4]
“You better not say a word to anybody about this,” Combs allegedly told him, according to the lawsuit. The filing further claims Combs said:
“I’m not f—ing playing with you. If I can get Pac hit, what the f–k do you think can happen to you?”
The lawsuit describes a night in which Combs allegedly ordered Otis to engage in sexual activity with a woman “for multiple hours,” including acts the suit characterizes as degrading.
The filing alleges the encounter involved intercourse without a condom and ejaculating inside and on the woman at Combs’ direction.
After the encounter ended, Otis claims he went into the bathroom, where Combs allegedly demanded that he remain in the suite.
According to the filing, Combs then grabbed Otis’ penis while masturbating. The lawsuit alleges Combs inserted his finger and then his penis into Otis’ anus without consent.
“For roughly five minutes,” the filing states, Otis “continually told Combs to stop, screaming ‘no’ because he was in pain.”
Following the alleged assault, the lawsuit claims Combs again threatened Otis’ life, explicitly referencing his purported involvement in Tupac Shakur’s killing, which occurred in Las Vegas in 1996.
