Doe v. Combs

── Doe v. Combs ── Case No.: 25-986; 25-991; 25-1021 Court: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Date: March 17, 2026 Category: General 25-986; 25-991; 25-1021 Doe v. Combs, et al. UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION “SUMMARY ORDER”). A PARTY CITING A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 17th day of March, two thousand twenty-six. Present: MICHAEL H. PARK, WILLIAM J. NARDINI MARIA ARAÚJO KAHN, Circuit Judges. __________________________________________ JOHN DOE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 25-986 SEAN COMBS, DADDY’S HOUSE RECORDINGS, INC., CE OPCO, LLC, DBA COMBS GLOBAL, FKA COMBS ENTERPRISES, LLC, BAD BOY ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., BAD BOY PRODUCTIONS HOLDINGS, INC., BAD BOY BOOKS HOLDINGS, INC., BAD BOY ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, BAD BOY PRODUCTIONS, LLC, ORGANIZATIONAL DOES 1-10, Defendants-Appellees. * __________________________________________ * The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to amend the caption accordingly. __________________________________________ JANE DOE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 25-991 SEAN COMBS, DADDY’S HOUSE RECORDINGS, INC., CE OPCO, LLC, DBA COMBS GLOBAL, FKA COMBS ENTERPRISES, LLC, BAD BOY ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., BAD BOY PRODUCTIONS HOLDINGS, INC., BAD BOY BOOKS HOLDINGS, INC., BAD BOY ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, BAD BOY PRODUCTIONS LLC, ORGANIZATIONAL DOES 1-10, INDIVIDUAL DOES 1-10, Defendants-Appellees. __________________________________________ __________________________________________ JOHN DOE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 25-1021 SEAN COMBS, DADDY’S HOUSE RECORDINGS, INC., CE OPCO, LLC, D/B/A COMBS GLOBAL, F/K/A COMBS ENTERPRISES, LLC, BAD BOY ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., BAD BOY PRODUCTIONS HOLDINGS, INC., BAD BOY BOOKS HOLDINGS, INC., BAD BOY ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, BAD BOY PRODUCTIONS, LLC, ORGANIZATIONAL DOES 1-10, Defendants-Appellees. † __________________________________________ FOR PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS: Antigone Curis, Curis Law, PLLC, New York, NY † The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to amend the caption accordingly. 2 FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES: Michael Tremonte, Mark Cuccaro, Raphael A. Friedman, Sher Tremonte LLP, New York, NY ‡ Appeal from the orders of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Rochon, J. and Buchwald, J.). UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the orders, entered on March 27, 2025, and April 9, 2025, are AFFIRMED. In these tandem appeals, Plaintiffs-Appellants John Doe, Jane Doe, and John Doe sued Sean Combs and his related busin