Rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit by a former chef.
Cindy Rueda filed a complaint in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday (08May17) alleging she was regularly asked to serve meals to the hip-hop star or his friends while they were “engaged in or immediately following sexual activity,” and she was framed for theft and fired after she complained about it.
In the lawsuit, Rueda, who worked for Combs from the beginning of 2015 until May last year (16), claims she sometimes served him a “post-coital meal” while he was naked and he made comments about his body and asked her if “she was attracted to or liked his naked body.”
On a separate occasion, one of Combs‘ friends allegedly entered the kitchen naked and asked her to “look at and admire his genitals.”
The chef claims she routinely complained about the incidents, as well as not being paid for overtime, to Combs‘ estate director Stacy Friend. However, she states in the lawsuit that she found herself to be “lured into a situation where she could be accused of theft and ultimately terminated.”
According to Rueda, the rapper’s executive housekeeper Iris offered her a watch that she said she found in the trash and the chef took it. She was subsequently accused of theft and “told that she would not be prosecuted if she returned the watch and signed a waiver of all rights and claims against Defendants.”
She returned the watch but refused to the sign the waiver and was fired a year ago.
The chef is suing the rapper for wrongful termination, sexual harassment, retaliation, defamation, failure to pay overtime and intentional infliction of emotional distress, among other claims. She is also seeking damages to cover unpaid wages and overtime as well as punitive damages.
Combs‘ representative has denied the claims in the lawsuit, telling TMZ.com, “This is a frivolous lawsuit by a disgruntled ex-employee who was fired for cause.”
