Austrian journalist Anika Steininger said Diddy attacked her in the back of a tour bus in 2000 and left her PTSD.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs faces new charges from Austrian journalist Kathi Steininger, who, according to Austrian media Puls 24, raped her on a tour bus in Vienna during her March 19, 2000 European tour.
Former TV host Steininger told the media that she accepted Diddy’s drink but soon realized something was wrong.
“There’s 100% of that,” she said. “I’ll never go to bed with that man.”
She recalls Didi “rape” her in the bedroom behind the tour bus.
The reporter said she kept the incident for years because she was “deeply ashamed of what happened”.
Steininger explained that she decided to speak publicly only after learning that hundreds of women in the United States had filed similar allegations against music producers.
Steinlinger said the trauma caused her to suffer from PTSD, preventing her from continuing to work.
Austrian prosecutors can revisit Stanlinger’s case if Didi convicts us
She tried to join the U.S. class action lawsuit but was told that her case could not be included because it happened abroad.
She filed a criminal lawsuit with the Vienna Prosecutor’s Office, but the case was closed in June 2025 due to restrictions. Austrian prosecutors told her that they would revisit the case only if the United States was convicted.
“Of course, you want some kind of punishment,” Stanger said. “Some sort of punishment for what he did to me.”
Diddy denied all previous allegations of assault and pleaded not guilty to various federal charges in the United States, including sexual trafficking, blackmail plots and transporting individuals to prostitution.
From 2004 to 2024, Didi runs a criminal business, trafficking women, forcing them with drugs, and using threats and violence to maintain control, federal prosecutors said.
Prosecutors pursue possible life sentences under RICO law in a pattern of criminal conduct.
The 54-year-old has been in federal custody since his arrest in September 2024.
More than 100 alleged victims, including his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, have stepped forward and they settled her lawsuits accusing him of rape, trafficking and a decade of abuse.
