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A woman named Joi Dickerson-Neal filed a complaint against Diddy alleging he drugged and assaulted her when she was a college student in 1991.
The woman, Joi Dickerson-Neal, also alleged that Combs recorded the assault and showed it to his friends.
Brief profile of Joi Dickerson Neal
Joi Dickerson Neal was a psychology student at Syracuse University in 1991 when she met Combs.
She worked as a waitress at Wells’ Restaurant in Harlem.
Dickerson Neal also worked in the music industry, and found a job with Stress Management, a DJ Management company that represented DJ Funkmaster Flex and others.
Joi Dickerson Neal date with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Joi says that she had friends and acquaintances in common with Combs, and had appeared briefly in one of his music videos.
She claims that he pressured her to a date, so on January 3, 1991 she agreed to meet him at the restaurant where she worked, Wells’.
She said that Combs already had a reputation for womanizing, and Sister Soulja, a rapper from the Bronx, warned her to be cautious.
Dickerson-Neal said that she chose the restaurant as she knew the staff and felt safe, but alleges that Combs slipped something into her drink, leaving her woozy as they left.
She got into his car, and they went to a record studio and an apartment. While in the car, he pressured her to smoking marijuana with him, she claims.
She alleges that he took her to an apartment, and she passed out: waking the next morning unaware of exactly what had happened but with pain and a sense of shame.
Dickerson-Neal said she did not go to the police, but told her best friend.
The lawsuit
She claims Diddy pressured her for a date, and then slipped something into her drink before taking her to an apartment, sexually assaulting her and filming it.
She alleges he shared the video widely, and says she was told by DeVante Swing, a member of R&B group Jodeci, that ‘everyone’ had seen the footage.
Dickerson-Neal claims she was traumatized by the encounter and dropped out of college, failing to complete her degree and abandoning her music career dreams.
She is seeking unspecified damages.
