Diddy Accuser Reveals Identity in Refiled Lawsuit
Chelsea Lovelace, who met Diddy in 2020, initially filed her suit last September.
A woman who claimed Diddy sexually assaulted her throughout their four-year relationship has refiled a lawsuit against the mogul using her real name, according to Rolling Stone.
Chelsea Lovelace, who met Diddy in 2020, initially filed her lawsuit last September using a a Jane Doe pseudonym. Lovelace told Rolling Stone she chose to refile under her real name to choose “healing over hiding.”
“There was a time I truly believed we shared something real. In my heart, for a time, I believed he genuinely cared about me,” Lovelace told the publication. “That we both cared for one another in a way that meant something. But over time, that illusion shattered.”
Lovelace said she “wrestled” with God, her heart, and her own silence when making the division to come forward.
“Filing this lawsuit—first as Jane Doe, and now as myself—is not an act of revenge,” she said. “It is an act of release. Of standing in my truth. Of choosing healing over hiding. This is about dignity. This is about accountability. This is about the countless times I told myself to be quiet and stay loyal—until silence became too heavy to bear.”
Lovelace alleges when she would meet up with Diddy in various cities, he would make her put on show for him that included smothering herself in warm baby oil before having sex for hours.
She alleges that the last time she saw him in person, in July 2024, he drugged and sexually assaulted her.
Joseph Ciaccio, the lawyer representing Lovelace, said that his firm “stands by our client’s brave decision to publicly identify herself in the civil case against Sean Combs.”
“Her choice to step forward speaks volumes about her strength and resolve,” he said.
Lovelace said she believe’s in “God’s timing.”
“I believe that light exposes what needs to be healed,” she said. “And I believe that the truth, even when it hurts, is the beginning of freedom.”
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