Who is LaTroya Grayson, and why is she suing Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs? The Uber driver alleges that she attended one of his White Parties in 2006, but woke up in hospital with no memory of the night before

Dec 24 , 2024

LaTroya Grayson alleges that she received a mysterious phone call soon after attending one of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ infamous parties. Photos: NewsNation/YouTube; AFP

LaTroya Grayson has come forward to accuse Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of sexual assault in 2006 after winning the chance to go to one of his White Parties via a radio contest – here’s what we know so far

A woman named LaTroya Grayson has named Sean “Diddy” Combs in a lawsuit which states that she was sexually assaulted at one of his New York parties in 2006, reports USA Today.

In the lawsuit, Grayson alleged that she’d attended one of Combs’ parties after her sibling had won a radio station contest, and woke up in hospital the following morning with no recollection of the night before. She says that she was 23 at the time of the alleged incident.

Sean Combs at the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in May 2023. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

The filing includes pictures of the purported receipts, plane tickets and photos taken at the alleged party.

Here’s what we know about LaTroya Grayson and her allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Who is LaTroya Grayson?

Not much is known about Grayson’s background besides the fact that she now works as an Uber driver, according to The Mirror US. She is from Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

What has LaTroya Grayson said about Diddy’s party?

Sean “Diddy” Combs was famous for his star-studded White Parties. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

Grayson – who filed the lawsuit against Combs, Bad Boy Records and a number of other companies – says in the lawsuit that her sibling had won a contest through local Oklahoma radio station KJAMZ, per TMZ. The prize had included a round-trip airfare for the winner and a guest, accommodation in New York, and tickets to join Combs’ “White Party”.

Grayson alleges that her and her sibling attended the “White Party”, which had been changed to a “Black Party”, but were separated upon arrival. “Individuals were not let into the party based on their position in line but based on their attractiveness and attire,” she noted in the lawsuit. She added that her sibling had been left outside. “I spoke a couple of words to Mary J. Blige,” she recalled in an interview with The Mirror US.

In her lawsuit, Grayson stated that “after less than two pre-made drinks, provided by the waitresses,” she “began to feel sick and tried to go to the restroom”. She said that her next memory was waking up in hospital at Saint Vincent’s Medical Center of New York, with a ripped shirt, no underwear or shoes, and noticed most of her money was gone besides a US$20 bill. She alleged that when she got back to Oklahoma, she received a phone call from an anonymous female caller who “threatened [Grayson] telling her that any attempts to pursue anything about [Grayson’s] assault would be futile because Defendant Combs was a ‘celebrity’ and that [Grayson] would ‘just be wasting her time’”.

It’s important to add that Grayson has no memory of the alleged assault and has not been able to name names – nor did she mention seeing or meeting Diddy at the event.