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NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused in one of two lawsuits filed Monday for drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a New York hotel room in 2005.

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The second lawsuit accuses the jailed hip-hop mogul of similarly assaulting a 17-year-old potential contestant on the reality TV show “Making the Band” in 2008.

The lawsuits filed in New York State Supreme Court are the latest in a wave of lawsuits in which accusers allege they were sexually assaulted by Combs at parties and get-togethers over the past two decades.

Combs’ lawyers denied the two new allegations Monday and accused the plaintiffs’ attorney, Anthony Buzbee, who also represents the accusers in previous lawsuits, of seeking publicity.

“Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the legal process,” an emailed statement said. “In court, the truth will prevail: Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted nor trafficked anyone, man or woman, adult or minor.”

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Combs, 54, is in a New York City jail after pleading not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges contained in an indictment unsealed the day after his Sept. 16 arrest. The charges include allegations that he coerced and abused women and silenced victims through blackmail and violence.

The 10-year-old boy, who was not identified in the lawsuit, was an aspiring actor and rapper who had traveled with his parents from California to meet with music industry representatives. During what was supposed to be an audition for Combs, a Combs associate gave him a drug-laced soda and sexually assaulted him by the Bad Boy Records founder, according to the lawsuit.

The boy eventually lost consciousness. When Combs woke up, he threatened to seriously harm the child’s parents if he told anyone what happened, according to the filing.

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In a second lawsuit, an unidentified 17-year-old man said Combs forced him into sex acts with Combs and a bodyguard during a three-day audition for the television show “Making the Band,” produced by Combs.

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When the aspiring contestant expressed reservations, he was eliminated from the competition and unable to return to the music industry for seven years, according to the filing.

Both lawsuits were filed under New York City’s Gender-Based Violence Victim Protection Act, which allows survivors to sue even if the statute of limitations has passed.

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