Judge Dismisses Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against James Dolan

Sean Combs, the embattled music mogul who remains in jail while he awaits trial on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges, has been sued for allegedly drugging and raping a woman in 2001.

Thalia Graves, in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in New York federal court, says she was sexually assaulted by Combs and his bodyguard at Bad Boy Records' New York studio after she was given a drink that caused her to briefly lose consciousness. She awoke "bound and restrained" as they "proceeded to brutally sexually abuse and violate" her, the complaint alleges.

Combs' deepening legal trouble culminated last week with a three-count indictment accusing him of directing a vast criminal enterprise through which he assaulted and trafficked women with the aid of his business empire from at least 2008. Prosecutors accused him of engaging in a "pervasive pattern of abuse" that involved coercing women to participate in highly-orchestrated sexual encounters with male sex workers, who were allegedly flown in across state lines and internationally. His bail was denied after he pled guilty to the charges due to concerns he posed a safety risk and could flee the country.

The lawsuit appears to be at least the tenth brought against Combs after singer Cassie Ventura, who was once signed to his label, sued him in a lawsuit that sparked a federal investigation into sex trafficking and racketeering. Several of the accusers have advanced allegations claiming that employees and directors at several of his businesses, including Bad Boy president Harve Pierre, were aware of and facilitated alleged sex crimes.

For decades, Graves remained silent and didn't report the incident to law enforcement out of fear that Combs and his associates would "use their power to ruin her life, as they had repeatedly, explicitly threatened to do," Graves' lawsuit states.

The sexual assault claim, which is more than a decade old, was brought under New York City's Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Act, a statute that allows accusers to file civil complaints involving such claims after the statute of limitations has run out.

With denial of bail, Combs is staying at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, which is known for squalid and dangerous conditions.