Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday of raping a woman in a New York recording studio together with his then-bodyguard and recording the alleged assault more than 20 years ago.

The legal battle comes about a week after the death of 54-year-old Combs. Charged with federal crimes He is said to have used his business empire as a criminal enterprise. The public prosecutor accuses him of sexually and physically abusing women in so-called “freak offs”. He is accused of sex trafficking, conspiracy to commit organized crime and transportation for the purpose of prostitution, among other things.

He bail was denied twice after pleading not guilty in federal court in New York City.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, accuses him of raping Thalia Graves in 2001 when she was 25 and dating one of his co-workers. CBS News Los Angeles does not typically name potential victims of sexual assault, but Graves publicly identified herself Tuesday when she spoke to reporters at a news conference in LA alongside her attorney, Gloria Allred.

Court documents allege that Combs and another man – described in the lawsuit as his then-bodyguard and head of security – allegedly gave her a drink at a Bad Boy Records studio “that was likely laced with a drug that ultimately caused her to briefly lose consciousness.”

“She awoke to find herself bound and restrained,” the indictment states. Combs “raped her mercilessly.”

Two lawyers for Combs did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday.

According to the lawsuit, Graves first learned that the alleged assault had been videotaped on November 27, 2023, and that Combs and the other man had allegedly shown the video to several other men – “for the purpose of publicly degrading and humiliating her and her boyfriend.” That same month, Combs reached an agreement with singer Cassie Ventura.

This came just one day after Ventura filed a lawsuit accusing him of raping and physically abusing her over a period of several years. Combs denied the allegations at the time through an attorney.

“To be clear, the decision to settle litigation, particularly in 2023, is in no way an admission of wrongdoing,” Ben Brafman, an attorney for Combs, said in a statement to CBS News.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Graves said the alleged attack – and the recording of it – left her “emotionally scarred” as she suffers from conditions such as PTSD, depression and anxiety as a result.

“It is a pain that goes to the core of one’s personality,” she said through tears. “Being accused, questioned and threatened has often made me feel worthless, isolated and sometimes responsible for what happened to me.”

The lawsuit alleges that she was subjected to multiple threats and therefore remained silent in the years that followed.

“For decades, she remained silent and did not report the crime for fear that the defendants would abuse their power to ruin her life, as they had repeatedly and explicitly threatened to do,” the lawsuit states. She “still lives in fear of the defendants.”

“Based on the information and knowledge available, the defendants have continued to show the rape video to others over the years and to the present and/or have sold the video as pornography,” the lawsuit later states.

When Combs was indicted last week, federal prosecutors said his alleged crimes dated back to 2008 and were part of a broader criminal organization involving numerous other people.

“The indictment alleges that between at least 2008 and the present, Combs abused, threatened, and coerced victims in order to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct,” Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, told reporters last week. “As alleged in the indictment, to commit this conduct, Sean Combs led and participated in an organized crime conspiracy that used the business empire he controlled to conduct criminal activities.”

Williams said federal agents searched Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and Miami Firearms, ammunition and other evidence were discovered earlier this year. Combs is accused of human trafficking, kidnapping and obstruction of justice, among other things.

Federal prosecutors allege that he threatened victims and used recordings of the alleged attacks as “security material.”

“He used the embarrassing and sensitive recordings he made of the ‘freak-offs’ as pawns against the victims, and the prosecution alleges that he kept the victims under control in a variety of ways, including by giving them drugs, by giving them financial support or housing and threatening to withdraw it, by promising them career opportunities, by monitoring their whereabouts and even by dictating their appearance,” Williams said.