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Sean 'Diddy' Combs Ordered to Pay $100 Million to Michigan Inmate in Default Judgment

Sep 11, 2024, 12:48 PM

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been ordered to pay $100 million to Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, a 51-year-old Michigan inmate, in a default judgment for a sexual assault case. Cardello-Smith accused the hip-hop mogul of drugging and sexually assaulting him at a party in Detroit in 1997. The judgment was issued after Combs tried to settle the case for $2.3 million, which Cardello-Smith rejected. The court's decision comes almost 30 years after the alleged incident.