Sean "Diddy" Combs is a force to be reckoned with in the music world. His bodyguards, meanwhile, have been accused of being a force to be feared in the club world.

A hip-hop promoter filed a $5 million battery lawsuit against Combs this week, claiming the rap mogul prompted three members of his security detail to rough him up at a New York nightclub on June 1 after he approached Combs about attending a concert.

According to the suit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, one of the bodyguards punched plaintiff James Waldon in the face, knocking him backward over a table, and then another two guards proceeded to hit and kick Waldon repeatedly.

The 27-year-old suffered numerous injuries, including damage to his mouth and teeth, the complaint states.

Combs unleashed his entourage just seconds after Waldon had given Combs a friendly hug and "briefly exchanged social pleasantries" at the Manhattan nightspot the Box, the suit alleges.

After Waldon extended the aforementioned invite to Combs, the No Way Out rapper "gestured at [a bodyguard] to forcibly remove Mr. Waldon from close proximity to Combs," and then the beating commenced, per the suit.

Once he had fallen off the table, Waldon says, the guards chased him down a flight of stairs, and he only managed to escape by hiding in a basement dressing room.

The three bodyguards, referred to a John Does 1, 2 and 3 in court documents, have also been named as defendants.

Waldon's attorney, James May, has declined to comment on the proceedings, an attorney for Combs told reporters he hadn't yet seen the complaint.

In the meantime, Combs' legal team is rapidly becoming a national syndicate.

The 37-year-old jet-setter was sued in Florida last week by a former Bad Boy Entertainment consultant who claims he's still owed $19 million for a 1994 recording session with Diddy's late pal Notorious B.I.G.

Plaintiff James Sabatino claims that he and Combs agreed that the fruits of that session would belong to Sabatino, but that they never put the deal on paper. Three years later when Biggie was killed, the lawsuit states, Combs offered to purchase the audio and videotapes that resulted from Sabatino for $200,000, but that he only cut a check for $25,000 and never followed through with the rest.

Having already been investigated as a "person of interest" in B.I.G.'s murder and not wanting to be implicated further, Sabatino waited until now to take action against Combs, he says in the complaint.

And Combs' attorneys were busy in yet another time zone on Wednesday.

His Los Angeles camp successfully defeated a motion to order their client to turn over pictures of the rings he was wearing on Oscar night. L.A. real estate broker Gerald Rechnitzer sued Combs for assault and battery in March for allegedly roughing him up outside of Hollywood hotspot Teddy's.

Rechnitzer's camp was looking to check the compatibility between Combs' celebratory bling and the injuries the plaintiff claims to have suffered.

L.A. Superior Court Judge Robert L. Hess ruled that the photos are not essential to Rechnitzer's case.