Why a Wave of High-Profile Sexual Assault Lawsuits Is Arriving Now

If it seems like the music industry is facing a moment of reckoning — this month, lawsuits were filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs, music mogul L.A. Reid and ex-Grammys CEO Neil Portnow — it might be, but it’s likely that these cases are making headlines all at once because a New York law that suspends time constraints on claims involving alleged sex offenses is about to expire.

All three of those high-profile cases were filed under New York’s Adult Survivors…