Diddy hotline gets 12,000 calls in 24 hours after lawyer opens tip line

The lawyer who’s turning out to be a recurring bad dream for Sean “Diddy” Combs was back with more bad news for the once swaggering rap star. Tony Buzbee, the Texas attorney with a bag of surprises, now says a hotline he established for people looking to tell their alleged tale of Diddy abuse has logged 12,000 calls in 24 hours, the New York Post reported Friday.

Buzbee might try to find a way to add some of these names to his already substantial list of 120 accusers who say they were sexually abused by Combs. Buzbee has warned that the list includes a lot of “household names” that he intends to name, as well as prominent companies that assisted Combs in the conduct of his alleged crimes.

Buzbee told Law&Crime in a Wednesday interview that the response from aggrieved people was way more than anticipated. “From the press conference we had yesterday, we’ve had 12,000 calls in about 24 hours,” he said.

“So, our Herculean task is to try to sift through every one of these calls and make sure that we’re identifying those who are victims and those who are witnesses and collect evidence.” Buzbee and his law partner won’t have to assess every file by themselves. “We have almost 100 people working on this task.”

The attorney says, with that many people on the file, they can properly determine whether a case is worth pursuing. “The 120 that we announced [Tuesday], those are claims that we could file right now against Sean Combs, but we’re trying to make sure that when we file the cases … that we include every potentially liable party,” Buzbee told the outlet.

The 120 cases that Buzbee has already approved are evenly divided between male and female complainants over a 33 year period, with 25 of them minors. One of these was only nine at the time of the alleged offense.

Buzbee says the children were looking for stardom in the entertainment business and Combs allegedly promised them the world. Buzbee promised the lawsuits will embarrass “many powerful people” and expose “many dirty secrets.” New York and Los Angeles are expected to be the centers of legal activity for the cases.

Since Combs’ world began to unravel with his arrest, the stories alleged about his fast and frantic lifestyle have reminded many of the decline and fall of Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein. Much of the alleged evidence against Combs is centered on his infamous “Freak Offs,” sex parties without parameters.

Combs has pleaded not guilty to all federal charges and says he is completely innocent of all the accusations. The rap star was first arrested and charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transporting prostitutes. Combs and his lawyer agree that the entertainer will testify on his behalf when the time comes. The celebrity remains in solitary confinement, where he is avoiding the prison food because he thinks it might be poisoned. In the midst of his expanding legal mess, a judge ordered Combs to pay $100 million to a plaintiff in a sexual assault lawsuit last month.