In a complaint and demand for jury trial filed on Tuesday, Sept. 24, in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York and obtained by PEOPLE, a woman named Thalia Graves has alleged that Combs, 54, and his head of security at the time, Joseph Sherman, raped her in the summer of 2001 at the Bad Boy Records studio in New York City.
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00:00The internal pain after being sexually assaulted has been incredibly deep and hard to put into
00:19words.
00:20The trauma of the assault has taken a toll on my mental health.
00:27I've had PTSD, depression, and anxiety.
00:34I'm emotionally scarred.
00:36It has been hard for me to trust others, to form healthy relationships, or even feel safe
00:45in my own skin.
00:47The violation I have experienced during the assault has had lasting effects on my body
00:56causing ongoing health problems and complications.
01:05The combination of physical and emotional pain has created a cycle of suffering from
01:12which it is so hard to break free.
01:17I want to continue on this journey towards recovery and healing.
01:25I'm glad that he is locked up, but that's a temporary feeling of relief.