Diddy’s legal ordeals over the last year related to his alleged sex crimes haven’t just impacted him. His former bodyguard is suing one of his rape accusers for defamation in response to her lawsuit involving him, per a report from Rolling Stone.

A woman who anonymously sued the rapper failed to prove that revealing her identity would cause mental harm, the judge ruled, saying "public humiliation’ is not enough.”

A woman who accused Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping her two decades ago cannot sue him without revealing her identity, a federal judge ruled in a Wednesday decision whose reasoning could apply to other civil lawsuits against the music mogul.

Joseph Sherman is denying the allegations in Thalia Graves' September lawsuit, which claims he and Sean "Diddy" Combs drugged and raped her in 2001.

Joe Sherman, a former celebrity bodyguard accused of raping a woman with Sean "Diddy" Combs more than two decades ago, claims he is being falsely accused and unfairly linked to the controversial entertainment star who is facing sex trafficking charges.