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New audio has surfaced as part of a lawsuit that accuses Christian Holmes, Sean Diddy Holmes's son, of sexual assault. The music mogul is not accused of sexual assault in the lawsuit, but is included over allegations of liability and aiding and abetting. The lawsuit cites audio from a makeshift recording studio on the yacht where the alleged assault happened. This is the latest in a series of lawsuits filed against the rap mogul and businessman. Both men, father and son, deny the allegations against them. Cnn National Correspondent Camilla Bernal, joining me live with details on this. Camilla, what more are you learning?

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Hey, Fred. In this audio that CNN has listened to, you can specifically hear the accuser who alleges that she was being forced to take this tequila shot that she believed was laced with drugs. And in the audio, you can hear her asking Christian Holmes if she was being drugged, and he answers, take the shot. Now, just to put things into perspective, the accuser was a crew member on the yacht. She was a bartender. She says that shortly after this incident with the shot, she says she was cornered in a room. She says things became aggressive and physical and then says that Christian Holmes forced himself on her, and then says that it wasn't until another employee on the yacht came into this room that the abuse that she is alleging in this 31-page lawsuit stopped. She says it only stopped because that person came into the room. Now, I want to read part of what the accuser's attorney is saying right now. What he's saying is, Defendant Sean Holmes turned what was sold as a wholesome family excursion into a in an unexpected environment. It resulted in an unexpected increase in workload for her and for her colleagues, as well as unwanted exposure to unlawful drug use, sex work, and general chaos.

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Now, why are they naming Diddy in all of this, and it is partially because he was leasing that yacht. Now, he is not accused of sexual assault, but he is accused in this lawsuit of liability and aiding and abetting because he was the one renting the yacht. Now, his attorney, or actually the attorney for both men, also speaking out and denying these allegations saying this, This complaint is filled with manufactured lies and irrelevant facts. We will be filing a motion to dismiss this outrageous claim. Again, they have continued to say that this is something that they will fight, that they are innocent in all of this. We'll have to wait and see how this plays out in court, if it gets to court or if it gets settled at some point, which has been the case with a previous lawsuit. But again, we'll have to wait and see what happens as Diddy and his son continue to say they're innocent, and the victims here continue to say that they were sexually assaulted, Fred.

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And so while Music Mogal Holmes isn't accused of sexual assault in the lawsuit. He has been accused of a range of sexual misconduct in other separate lawsuits. How might that play into this?

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Yeah, as I mentioned, one of the lawsuits was settled, but there are others that are currently pending, right? And so there's a lot of the details that we've learned. And attorneys say that there's audio and video of these alleged crimes, or at least some of the alleged crimes. You're seeing some of those cases is there. The one with Cassie was the one that was settled, but there are other ones that we'll still have to wait and see how they play out. And of course, we all saw just last month as Diddy's homes in both Miami and Los Angeles were the target of a federal investigation, and we saw that all play out on video last month. But again, it's important to point out that Diddy continues to say that he is innocent. They said this was a gross overuse of military-level force, and they say that he is innocent and will continue to fight to defend his name, Fred.

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All right, Camilla Bernal. Thank you so much. Thank you.