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Of course they did. But at least talent was the major part of the decision.
Big? Maybe. Rich or at least well-off? Quite possibly. For starters the CDs you produce get you 100% of the proceeds instead of $1 for each $15 CD you sell under a major label like it used to be. Assuming you can do all the sound engineering and shit yourself. Social media helps a lot these days too.
But the only way you'll ever make actual rock star money is live performances. Not bars and small halls either but arenas and the like. And THAT'S where it can get difficult without some form of corporate sponsorship (not necessarily a big-name recording studio) unless you have a well-established name and fan base.
The backstory on how Collective Soul’s early hit got that golden sound
When college radio stations began spinning a basement-recorded demo of Collective Soul’s “Shine,” the band’s journey from Stockbridge to alt-rock fame swiftly began to unfold. Determined to avoid one-hit wonderdom, the band signed with Atlantic Records and released its self-titled album, which delivered several mainstream successes, including the seminal “December.” With its brooding emotion and instantly recognizable guitar riff, “December” shot to the top of the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, solidifying its place as one of the definitive songs of 1995.
Collective Soul is the perfect example of basement to to chart topping.
The backstory on how Collective Soul’s early hit got that golden sound
When college radio stations began spinning a basement-recorded demo of Collective Soul’s “Shine,” the band’s journey from Stockbridge to alt-rock fame swiftly began to unfold. Determined to avoid one-hit wonderdom, the band signed with Atlantic Records and released its self-titled album, which delivered several mainstream successes, including the seminal “December.” With its brooding emotion and instantly recognizable guitar riff, “December” shot to the top of the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, solidifying its place as one of the definitive songs of 1995.
True. The godlike talent displayed in Loudon Wainwright's Dead Skunk In the Middle of Road leaves Beethoven gasping.
Dream Theatre's Images and Words would have made Beethoven's draw drop in awe.
Sean ’Diddy’ Combs accused of sexual misconduct by 120 people, attorney says
Author of the article:Associated Press
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Juan A. Lozano
Published Oct 01, 2024 • 3 minute read
HOUSTON — An attorney said Tuesday he is representing 120 accusers who have come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul who is awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Houston attorney Tony Buzbee said he expects lawsuits to be filed within the next month, with most expected to be filed in New York and Los Angeles. Buzbee described the victims as 60 males and 60 females, and that 25 were minors at the time of the alleged misconduct. One individual alleged he was 9 years old when he was abused, Buzbee said. The allegations cover a period from 1991 to this year.
“This type of sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation should never happen in the United States or anywhere else. This should have never been allowed to go on for so long. This conduct has created a mass of individuals who are injured, scared and scarred,” Buzbee said at a news conference.
Following the announcement of the accusations in Texas, an attorney for Combs said the performer “cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus.”
“That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors,” attorney Erica Wolff said in a statement. “He looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation.”
Buzbee said more than 3,280 individuals contacted his firm and alleged they were victimized by Combs and that after vetting the allegations, his firm decided to represent 120 people. Other cases are still being reviewed. He said some of his clients have spoken with the FBI.
The individuals that Buzbee’s firm is representing are from more than 25 states, with the majority from California, New York, Georgia and Florida.
The abuse that’s being alleged took place mostly at parties held in New York, California and Florida where individuals were given drinks that were laced with drugs, Buzbee said.
Some of the alleged conduct took place at auditions where “many times, especially young people, people wanting to break into the industry were coerced into this type of conduct in the promise of being made a star,” Buzbee said.
Combs, 54, has been locked up at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since pleading not guilty Sept. 17 to federal charges that he used his “power and prestige” to induce female victims into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances with male sex workers in events dubbed “Freak Offs.”
Other alleged victims have already filed lawsuits against Combs that include allegations of sexual assault.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. His attorney said he is innocent and will fight to clear his name.
Combs is one of the best-known music executives, producers and performers across hip-hop, having won three Grammys and worked with artists such as Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, Usher, Lil Kim, Faith Evans and 112. He founded Bad Boy Records in 1993, the influential fashion line Sean John, a vodka brand and the Revolt TV network. He sold off his stake in the latter company in June of this year.
Buzbee has also represented women who accused NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault and misconduct.
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Juan A. Lozano
Published Oct 01, 2024 • 3 minute read
HOUSTON — An attorney said Tuesday he is representing 120 accusers who have come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul who is awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Houston attorney Tony Buzbee said he expects lawsuits to be filed within the next month, with most expected to be filed in New York and Los Angeles. Buzbee described the victims as 60 males and 60 females, and that 25 were minors at the time of the alleged misconduct. One individual alleged he was 9 years old when he was abused, Buzbee said. The allegations cover a period from 1991 to this year.
“This type of sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation should never happen in the United States or anywhere else. This should have never been allowed to go on for so long. This conduct has created a mass of individuals who are injured, scared and scarred,” Buzbee said at a news conference.
Following the announcement of the accusations in Texas, an attorney for Combs said the performer “cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus.”
“That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors,” attorney Erica Wolff said in a statement. “He looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation.”
Buzbee said more than 3,280 individuals contacted his firm and alleged they were victimized by Combs and that after vetting the allegations, his firm decided to represent 120 people. Other cases are still being reviewed. He said some of his clients have spoken with the FBI.
The individuals that Buzbee’s firm is representing are from more than 25 states, with the majority from California, New York, Georgia and Florida.
The abuse that’s being alleged took place mostly at parties held in New York, California and Florida where individuals were given drinks that were laced with drugs, Buzbee said.
Some of the alleged conduct took place at auditions where “many times, especially young people, people wanting to break into the industry were coerced into this type of conduct in the promise of being made a star,” Buzbee said.
Combs, 54, has been locked up at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since pleading not guilty Sept. 17 to federal charges that he used his “power and prestige” to induce female victims into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances with male sex workers in events dubbed “Freak Offs.”
Other alleged victims have already filed lawsuits against Combs that include allegations of sexual assault.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. His attorney said he is innocent and will fight to clear his name.
Combs is one of the best-known music executives, producers and performers across hip-hop, having won three Grammys and worked with artists such as Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, Usher, Lil Kim, Faith Evans and 112. He founded Bad Boy Records in 1993, the influential fashion line Sean John, a vodka brand and the Revolt TV network. He sold off his stake in the latter company in June of this year.
Buzbee has also represented women who accused NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault and misconduct.
Sean ’Diddy’ Combs accused of sexual misconduct by 120 people, attorney says
An attorney said he is representing 120 accusers who have come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Sean "Diddy" Combs.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs doused alleged victim in lubricant mixed with date rape drug, lawyer claims
'It seems to me that there were some types of drugs mixed into the oil'
Author of the article:Mark Daniell
Published Oct 09, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 4 minute read
According to an attorney representing one of his accusers, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs drenched a woman with a lubricant that was mixed with a date rape drug before he assaulted her alongside his bodyguard and another accomplice.
In an interview with NewsNation’s Banfield this week, Ariel Mitchell-Kidd detailed a “gruesome attack” she alleges her client suffered at the hands of Combs and his accomplices.
“Essentially, my client was raped by Mr. Combs, his bodyguard and a friend who invited my client to his home to set up this whole situation,” Mitchell-Kidd claimed. “The details are graphic in nature and the complaint lays out all the details and the graphic and just deplorable way my client was victimized that night.”
Mitchell-Kidd claims that Combs, 54, threatened her unnamed client “with a knife” and made “her take off her clothes” before dousing her in a “liquid substance.”
“He (took) what she believes is some type of liquid substance out of a bag — out of a fanny pack, to be specific — and he squirts it at her,” Mitchell-Kidd alleged. “And she originally thought it was like acid or something, but then she realized that it was some type of lubricant or oil.”
After being soaked in the substance, she felt “her body got more and more limp and she couldn’t figure out what was causing it.”
“It wasn’t as if she was forced any drugs,” the attorney continued. “She said she had a cup of water that she took a sip of, and she knew immediately it wasn’t just water, but she only took a sip, and she felt that whatever the liquid was being squirted on her had something in it which essentially debilitated her and her faculties.”
After numerous allegations from women accusing him of sexual assault, Combs was arrested on Sept. 16 in Manhattan and charged with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking with the accusations stretching back decades.
According to a criminal indictment, Combs, who was denied bail and remains in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, is accused of using his “power and prestige” to induce female victims and male sex workers into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances dubbed “Freak Offs” that the rapper arranged, participated in and often recorded on video. The events would sometimes last days and Combs and victims would often receive IV fluids to recover, the indictment said.
After raiding his homes in California and Florida, authorities uncovered drugs, guns with defaced serial numbers, and “more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant.”
During her appearance on Banfield, Mitchell-Kidd told guest host Brian Entin that she’s done her “own internal research” and believes that Combs laced the oil with a date rape drug like “GHB.”
“So, in order to get that to topically take into somebody’s body, you need a conduit, which is typically oil,” the attorney noted. “So, it seems to me that there were some types of drugs mixed into the oil, which is why he was dousing her in that oil prior, not only to make it easier to assault her, but that was what was lowering her defences.”
Following his arrest, Combs was hit with more sexual assault allegations as a woman filed a lawsuit in New York saying she was repeatedly raped and drugged at the music mogul’s homes and became pregnant after one of the encounters.
Another woman named Thalia Graves has alleged that Combs and his head of security raped her in the summer of 2001 at the Bad Boy Records studio in New York City.
A team of lawyers announced earlier this month that they would be filing 120 sexual assault lawsuits against Combs.
“The biggest secret in the entertainment industry, that really wasn’t a secret at all, has finally been revealed to the world,” said Tony Buzbee, one of the lead attorneys, at a Houston news conference. “The wall of silence has now been broken.”
Of the 120 purported victims, 25 were minors at the time the alleged assaults. One individual alleged he was nine years old when he was abused, Buzbee said. The accusations stretch all the way back to 1991 and go up to this year.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to the charges and his mother, Janice Combs, as spoken out in her son’s defence, saying she is “devastated and profoundly saddened” by the accusations against her son.
“It is heartbreaking to see my son judged not for the truth, but for a narrative created out of lies,” Janice Combs wrote in a statement shared to Instagram by her lawyer, Natlie G. Figgers. “To bear witness what seems to be like a public lynching of my son before he has had the opportunity to prove his innocence is a pain too unbearable to put into words. Like every human being, my son deserves to have his day in court, to finally share his side, and to prove his innocence.”
On Wednesday, lawyers for the jailed hip-hop star told a judge that Combs wants to go to trial on sex trafficking charges next spring.
Combs’ lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said prosecutors are trying to criminalize consensual sex acts between adults.
“They called them ‘Freak Offs,’ but back when I was a kid in the late ’70s, they were called threesomes,” Agnifilo told TMZ in their new documentary, The Downfall of Diddy: The Indictment.
Agnifilo has said Combs plans to clear his name at trial.
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'It seems to me that there were some types of drugs mixed into the oil'
Author of the article:Mark Daniell
Published Oct 09, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 4 minute read
According to an attorney representing one of his accusers, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs drenched a woman with a lubricant that was mixed with a date rape drug before he assaulted her alongside his bodyguard and another accomplice.
In an interview with NewsNation’s Banfield this week, Ariel Mitchell-Kidd detailed a “gruesome attack” she alleges her client suffered at the hands of Combs and his accomplices.
“Essentially, my client was raped by Mr. Combs, his bodyguard and a friend who invited my client to his home to set up this whole situation,” Mitchell-Kidd claimed. “The details are graphic in nature and the complaint lays out all the details and the graphic and just deplorable way my client was victimized that night.”
Mitchell-Kidd claims that Combs, 54, threatened her unnamed client “with a knife” and made “her take off her clothes” before dousing her in a “liquid substance.”
“He (took) what she believes is some type of liquid substance out of a bag — out of a fanny pack, to be specific — and he squirts it at her,” Mitchell-Kidd alleged. “And she originally thought it was like acid or something, but then she realized that it was some type of lubricant or oil.”
After being soaked in the substance, she felt “her body got more and more limp and she couldn’t figure out what was causing it.”
“It wasn’t as if she was forced any drugs,” the attorney continued. “She said she had a cup of water that she took a sip of, and she knew immediately it wasn’t just water, but she only took a sip, and she felt that whatever the liquid was being squirted on her had something in it which essentially debilitated her and her faculties.”
After numerous allegations from women accusing him of sexual assault, Combs was arrested on Sept. 16 in Manhattan and charged with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking with the accusations stretching back decades.
According to a criminal indictment, Combs, who was denied bail and remains in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, is accused of using his “power and prestige” to induce female victims and male sex workers into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances dubbed “Freak Offs” that the rapper arranged, participated in and often recorded on video. The events would sometimes last days and Combs and victims would often receive IV fluids to recover, the indictment said.
After raiding his homes in California and Florida, authorities uncovered drugs, guns with defaced serial numbers, and “more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant.”
During her appearance on Banfield, Mitchell-Kidd told guest host Brian Entin that she’s done her “own internal research” and believes that Combs laced the oil with a date rape drug like “GHB.”
“So, in order to get that to topically take into somebody’s body, you need a conduit, which is typically oil,” the attorney noted. “So, it seems to me that there were some types of drugs mixed into the oil, which is why he was dousing her in that oil prior, not only to make it easier to assault her, but that was what was lowering her defences.”
Following his arrest, Combs was hit with more sexual assault allegations as a woman filed a lawsuit in New York saying she was repeatedly raped and drugged at the music mogul’s homes and became pregnant after one of the encounters.
Another woman named Thalia Graves has alleged that Combs and his head of security raped her in the summer of 2001 at the Bad Boy Records studio in New York City.
A team of lawyers announced earlier this month that they would be filing 120 sexual assault lawsuits against Combs.
“The biggest secret in the entertainment industry, that really wasn’t a secret at all, has finally been revealed to the world,” said Tony Buzbee, one of the lead attorneys, at a Houston news conference. “The wall of silence has now been broken.”
Of the 120 purported victims, 25 were minors at the time the alleged assaults. One individual alleged he was nine years old when he was abused, Buzbee said. The accusations stretch all the way back to 1991 and go up to this year.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to the charges and his mother, Janice Combs, as spoken out in her son’s defence, saying she is “devastated and profoundly saddened” by the accusations against her son.
“It is heartbreaking to see my son judged not for the truth, but for a narrative created out of lies,” Janice Combs wrote in a statement shared to Instagram by her lawyer, Natlie G. Figgers. “To bear witness what seems to be like a public lynching of my son before he has had the opportunity to prove his innocence is a pain too unbearable to put into words. Like every human being, my son deserves to have his day in court, to finally share his side, and to prove his innocence.”
On Wednesday, lawyers for the jailed hip-hop star told a judge that Combs wants to go to trial on sex trafficking charges next spring.
Combs’ lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said prosecutors are trying to criminalize consensual sex acts between adults.
“They called them ‘Freak Offs,’ but back when I was a kid in the late ’70s, they were called threesomes,” Agnifilo told TMZ in their new documentary, The Downfall of Diddy: The Indictment.
Agnifilo has said Combs plans to clear his name at trial.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs doused alleged victim in lubricant mixed with date rape drug, lawyer claims
Sean 'Diddy' Combs is accused of drenching a woman with lubricant that was mixed with a date rape drug before he assaulted her
New lawsuits accuse Sean ’Diddy’ Combs of sexual assault against 6 people, including a minor
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Michael R. Sisak
Published Oct 14, 2024 • Last updated 23 hours ago • 4 minute read
NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit Monday with a new wave of lawsuits accusing him of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy.
At least six lawsuits were filed against Combs in federal court in Manhattan, adding to a growing list of legal claims against the indicted hip-hop mogul, all of which he has denied. The lawsuits were filed anonymously to protect the identities of the accusers, two by women identified as Jane Does and four by men identified as John Does.
Some of the Does, echoing others who’ve accused Combs in recent months, allege that he used his fame and the promise of potential stardom to entice victims to lavish parties or drug-fueled hangouts where he then assaulted them. Some allege that he beat or drugged them. Others say he threatened to kill them if they didn’t do as he pleased or if they spoke out against him.
The lawsuits describe alleged assaults dating to the mid-1990s, including at Combs’ celebrity-studded white parties in Long Island’s Hamptons, at a party in Brooklyn celebrating Combs’ then-collaborator Biggie Smalls, and even in the storeroom at Macy’s flagship department store in midtown Manhattan.
The plaintiffs in Monday’s lawsuits are part of what their lawyers say is a group of more than 100 accusers who are in the process of taking legal action against Combs following his Sept. 16 federal sex trafficking arrest. Plaintiffs’ lawyer Tony Buzbee announced the planned litigation at an Oct. 1 news conference and posted a 1-800 number for accusers to call.
In a statement, Combs’ lawyers slammed those tactics as “clear attempts to garner publicity,” and said the rapper and his legal team “have full confidence in the facts, their legal defences, and the integrity of the judicial process. In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone_adult or minor, man or woman.”
Combs, 54, has pleaded not guilty in his criminal case, which involves allegations he coerced and abused women for years with help from a network of associates and employees while silencing victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings.
Twice denied bail, the Bad Boy Records founder remains locked up at a Brooklyn federal jail while awaiting trial in May. Two judges have concluded that Combs would be a danger to the community if he is released. On Friday, an appeals court judge denied Combs’ immediate release from jail while a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals weighs his bail request.
Before Monday’s raft of lawsuits, all of the accusers suing Combs had been adults at the time of their alleged abuse, although a Chicago record producer claimed in a February suit that he had “irrefutable evidence” of Combs sexually abusing minors.
In a lawsuit Monday, a John Doe alleged that Combs fondled his genitals when he was 16 at one of Combs’ white parties in 1998. The man, who now lives in North Carolina, alleges that Combs told him he had “the look” of a star and then abruptly ordered the then-teen to drop his pants.
According to the man’s lawsuit, Combs explained to him that it was a rite of passage to becoming a music star, at one point asking him: “Don’t you want to break into the business?” The man said he complied out of fear, anxiety and a power imbalance he felt with Combs, only realizing later that what he says happened was sexual assault.
Other lawsuits filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan include allegations of rape, forced oral sex and drugging to incapacitate victims.
One of the Jane Does alleges Combs raped her in a locked hotel room in 2004 after he invited her and a friend there for a party, gave them drinks and told them to snort cocaine. The woman, then a college freshman, alleges Combs also forced her friend to perform oral sex on him and threatened their lives if they didn’t comply.
Another Jane Doe alleged Combs violently attacked and raped her in a bathroom in 1995 at a party in Brooklyn for Smalls’ music video, “One More Chance.” Smalls, also known as the Notorious B.I.G., was killed two years later in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles.
According to the woman, Combs brought her into the bathroom to talk privately and started kissing her unexpectedly. When she tried pulling away, she alleges, he slammed her head against the wall, causing her to fall to the floor. She said she tried to escape, but Combs hit her again and raped her.
Afterward, according to the woman, Combs nonchalantly adjusted his clothing and told her: “You better not tell anyone about this, or you will disappear.”
The other John Doe lawsuits allege: Combs sexually assaulted a security guard at a 2006 white party after giving him a drugged beverage; forced a man working for a rival fashion brand to perform oral sex on him in the Macy’s stockroom in 2008; and sexually assaulted a man at a party in October 2021.
The latter man, who suspects a drugged beverage left him unable to fight back, recalls multiple men assaulting him and distinctly recalls seeing Combs above him, naked, at one point during the assault, his lawsuit said.
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Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Michael R. Sisak
Published Oct 14, 2024 • Last updated 23 hours ago • 4 minute read
NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit Monday with a new wave of lawsuits accusing him of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy.
At least six lawsuits were filed against Combs in federal court in Manhattan, adding to a growing list of legal claims against the indicted hip-hop mogul, all of which he has denied. The lawsuits were filed anonymously to protect the identities of the accusers, two by women identified as Jane Does and four by men identified as John Does.
Some of the Does, echoing others who’ve accused Combs in recent months, allege that he used his fame and the promise of potential stardom to entice victims to lavish parties or drug-fueled hangouts where he then assaulted them. Some allege that he beat or drugged them. Others say he threatened to kill them if they didn’t do as he pleased or if they spoke out against him.
The lawsuits describe alleged assaults dating to the mid-1990s, including at Combs’ celebrity-studded white parties in Long Island’s Hamptons, at a party in Brooklyn celebrating Combs’ then-collaborator Biggie Smalls, and even in the storeroom at Macy’s flagship department store in midtown Manhattan.
The plaintiffs in Monday’s lawsuits are part of what their lawyers say is a group of more than 100 accusers who are in the process of taking legal action against Combs following his Sept. 16 federal sex trafficking arrest. Plaintiffs’ lawyer Tony Buzbee announced the planned litigation at an Oct. 1 news conference and posted a 1-800 number for accusers to call.
In a statement, Combs’ lawyers slammed those tactics as “clear attempts to garner publicity,” and said the rapper and his legal team “have full confidence in the facts, their legal defences, and the integrity of the judicial process. In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone_adult or minor, man or woman.”
Combs, 54, has pleaded not guilty in his criminal case, which involves allegations he coerced and abused women for years with help from a network of associates and employees while silencing victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings.
Twice denied bail, the Bad Boy Records founder remains locked up at a Brooklyn federal jail while awaiting trial in May. Two judges have concluded that Combs would be a danger to the community if he is released. On Friday, an appeals court judge denied Combs’ immediate release from jail while a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals weighs his bail request.
Before Monday’s raft of lawsuits, all of the accusers suing Combs had been adults at the time of their alleged abuse, although a Chicago record producer claimed in a February suit that he had “irrefutable evidence” of Combs sexually abusing minors.
In a lawsuit Monday, a John Doe alleged that Combs fondled his genitals when he was 16 at one of Combs’ white parties in 1998. The man, who now lives in North Carolina, alleges that Combs told him he had “the look” of a star and then abruptly ordered the then-teen to drop his pants.
According to the man’s lawsuit, Combs explained to him that it was a rite of passage to becoming a music star, at one point asking him: “Don’t you want to break into the business?” The man said he complied out of fear, anxiety and a power imbalance he felt with Combs, only realizing later that what he says happened was sexual assault.
Other lawsuits filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan include allegations of rape, forced oral sex and drugging to incapacitate victims.
One of the Jane Does alleges Combs raped her in a locked hotel room in 2004 after he invited her and a friend there for a party, gave them drinks and told them to snort cocaine. The woman, then a college freshman, alleges Combs also forced her friend to perform oral sex on him and threatened their lives if they didn’t comply.
Another Jane Doe alleged Combs violently attacked and raped her in a bathroom in 1995 at a party in Brooklyn for Smalls’ music video, “One More Chance.” Smalls, also known as the Notorious B.I.G., was killed two years later in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles.
According to the woman, Combs brought her into the bathroom to talk privately and started kissing her unexpectedly. When she tried pulling away, she alleges, he slammed her head against the wall, causing her to fall to the floor. She said she tried to escape, but Combs hit her again and raped her.
Afterward, according to the woman, Combs nonchalantly adjusted his clothing and told her: “You better not tell anyone about this, or you will disappear.”
The other John Doe lawsuits allege: Combs sexually assaulted a security guard at a 2006 white party after giving him a drugged beverage; forced a man working for a rival fashion brand to perform oral sex on him in the Macy’s stockroom in 2008; and sexually assaulted a man at a party in October 2021.
The latter man, who suspects a drugged beverage left him unable to fight back, recalls multiple men assaulting him and distinctly recalls seeing Combs above him, naked, at one point during the assault, his lawsuit said.
New lawsuits accuse Sean ’Diddy’ Combs of sexual assault against 6 people, including a minor
A new wave of lawsuits filed Monday accuses Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs sued by woman claiming he 'violently gang raped' her after Tupac murder comment
Rap mogul hit with a string of new allegations
Author of the article:Mark Daniell
Published Oct 16, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 5 minute read
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A woman in California is claiming Sean “Diddy” Combs “violently gang raped” her as retribution after she said he was involved with Tupac Shakur’s murder.
The revelation comes amid a flurry of lawsuits that were filed against the embattled music mogul earlier this week.
In the lawsuit, which was obtained by the New York Post, USA Today, TMZ, NewsNation and other media outlets, the victim, a woman named Ashley Parham, claims the I’ll Be Missing You hitmaker raped her with a TV remote with the help of several accomplices.
Parham alleges that she met Combs virtually in February 2018 and was assaulted the next month. After a man she was with FaceTimed the hip-hop star to show off, Parham says she told Combs that she thought he had a hand in Tupac’s shooting death on the Las Vegas Strip back in 1996.
At the time, Tupac’s murder was rumoured to be part of an escalating feud between East Coast and West Coast rappers. Combs’ friend Biggie Smalls was involved in a war-of-words with Pac and was shot and killed in Los Angeles the following March in what many believed was retaliation for Shakur’s murder.
Combs reportedly said Parham would “pay” for her accusation that he played a part in Tupac’s murder and she says she was “set up” by the man she met that February and assaulted the following month in Orinda, Calif.
According to Parham’s suit, Combs showed up “with an entourage” and he put a knife to her face and threatened to give her a “Glasgow smile” as payback for her Tupac remarks.
Several other names are included in Parham’s lawsuit, including Kristina Khorram, who the Post described as being Combs’ alleged “manipulator in chief.”
Khorram is accused of setting up Parham “to be sexually assaulted and raped by Defendant Diddy as well as assisting in covering up the crime thereafter.”
According to the court documents, Parham alleges that Combs squirted a liquid substance on her and raped her with a television remote, telling her he could “take her” and she “would never be seen again.”
Parham also contends that Khorram said they could “sell” her and “ship her off anywhere in the world, never to see her family again.”
She is seeking $50 million in damages and a jury trial.
In an interview with NewsNation, Parham’s lawyer Ariel Mitchell-Kidd admitted that her client stayed the night after the alleged assault took place. But she said that Parham was “not thinking clearly.”
“None of us know what we would do until we are in a similar situation,” Mitchell-Kidd said.
Last week, in an interview with NewsNation’s Banfield, Mitchell-Kidd detailed a “gruesome attack” she alleges the plaintiff suffered at the hands of Combs and his accomplices.
“Essentially, my client was raped by Mr. Combs, his bodyguard and a friend who invited my client to his home to set up this whole situation,” Mitchell-Kidd claimed. “The details are graphic in nature and the complaint lays out all the details and the graphic and just deplorable way my client was victimized that night.”
Combs was hit Monday with a new wave of lawsuits accusing him of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy.
At least six lawsuits were filed against Combs in federal court in Manhattan, adding to the mounting charges against the singer. According to the Associated Press, the lawsuits were filed anonymously to protect the identities of the accusers, two by women identified as Jane Does and four by men identified as John Does.
Some of the victims allege that Combs used his position in the music industry and dangled promises of fame as a way to convince them to attend drug-fuelled parties that led to their assaults.
One accuser, who was a minor at the time, says that Combs fondled his genitals when he was 16 at a party in 1998. The man, who now lives in North Carolina, alleges that Combs told him he had “the look” of a star and then abruptly ordered the then-teen to drop his pants.
“Don’t you want to break into the business?” the man claims Combs asked him.
The lawsuits follow Combs’ Sept. 16 federal arrests for sex trafficking and racketeering. His lawyers have asked a New York judge to force prosecutors to disclose the names of his accusers.
According to a criminal indictment, Combs, who was twice denied bail and remains in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, is accused of using his “power and prestige” to induce victims into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances dubbed “Freak Offs” that the rapper arranged, participated in and often recorded on video. The events would sometimes last days and Combs and victims would often receive IV fluids to recover, the indictment said.
After raiding his homes in California and Florida, authorities uncovered drugs, guns with defaced serial numbers, and “more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant.”
Some of the abuse claims alleged by police mirror accusations Combs’ former girlfriend Cassie Ventura made against the three-time Grammy winner last fall.
Ventura sued Combs last November, claiming the hip-hop star raped and sex trafficked her over the course of their abusive 10-year relationship.
The lawsuit was settled a day later, however earlier this year, security video aired by CNN showed Combs attacking Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016.
Following his arrest last month, Combs, who has pleaded not guilty, was hit with more sexual assault allegations as a woman filed a lawsuit in New York saying she was repeatedly raped and drugged at the Bad Boy Records founder’s homes and became pregnant after one of the encounters.
Another woman named Thalia Graves has alleged that Combs and his head of security raped her in the summer of 2001 at a recording studio in New York City.
A team of lawyers announced earlier this month that they would be filing 120 sexual assault lawsuits against Combs.
“The biggest secret in the entertainment industry, that really wasn’t a secret at all, has finally been revealed to the world,” said Tony Buzbee, one of the lead attorneys, at a Houston news conference. “The wall of silence has now been broken.”
Of the 120 purported victims, 25 were minors at the time the alleged assaults. One individual alleged he was nine years old when he was abused, Buzbee said.
Last week, Combs’ trial date was set for next May.
— With files from the Associated Press
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Rap mogul hit with a string of new allegations
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Published Oct 16, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 5 minute read
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A woman in California is claiming Sean “Diddy” Combs “violently gang raped” her as retribution after she said he was involved with Tupac Shakur’s murder.
The revelation comes amid a flurry of lawsuits that were filed against the embattled music mogul earlier this week.
In the lawsuit, which was obtained by the New York Post, USA Today, TMZ, NewsNation and other media outlets, the victim, a woman named Ashley Parham, claims the I’ll Be Missing You hitmaker raped her with a TV remote with the help of several accomplices.
Parham alleges that she met Combs virtually in February 2018 and was assaulted the next month. After a man she was with FaceTimed the hip-hop star to show off, Parham says she told Combs that she thought he had a hand in Tupac’s shooting death on the Las Vegas Strip back in 1996.
At the time, Tupac’s murder was rumoured to be part of an escalating feud between East Coast and West Coast rappers. Combs’ friend Biggie Smalls was involved in a war-of-words with Pac and was shot and killed in Los Angeles the following March in what many believed was retaliation for Shakur’s murder.
Combs reportedly said Parham would “pay” for her accusation that he played a part in Tupac’s murder and she says she was “set up” by the man she met that February and assaulted the following month in Orinda, Calif.
According to Parham’s suit, Combs showed up “with an entourage” and he put a knife to her face and threatened to give her a “Glasgow smile” as payback for her Tupac remarks.
Several other names are included in Parham’s lawsuit, including Kristina Khorram, who the Post described as being Combs’ alleged “manipulator in chief.”
Khorram is accused of setting up Parham “to be sexually assaulted and raped by Defendant Diddy as well as assisting in covering up the crime thereafter.”
According to the court documents, Parham alleges that Combs squirted a liquid substance on her and raped her with a television remote, telling her he could “take her” and she “would never be seen again.”
Parham also contends that Khorram said they could “sell” her and “ship her off anywhere in the world, never to see her family again.”
She is seeking $50 million in damages and a jury trial.
In an interview with NewsNation, Parham’s lawyer Ariel Mitchell-Kidd admitted that her client stayed the night after the alleged assault took place. But she said that Parham was “not thinking clearly.”
“None of us know what we would do until we are in a similar situation,” Mitchell-Kidd said.
Last week, in an interview with NewsNation’s Banfield, Mitchell-Kidd detailed a “gruesome attack” she alleges the plaintiff suffered at the hands of Combs and his accomplices.
“Essentially, my client was raped by Mr. Combs, his bodyguard and a friend who invited my client to his home to set up this whole situation,” Mitchell-Kidd claimed. “The details are graphic in nature and the complaint lays out all the details and the graphic and just deplorable way my client was victimized that night.”
Combs was hit Monday with a new wave of lawsuits accusing him of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy.
At least six lawsuits were filed against Combs in federal court in Manhattan, adding to the mounting charges against the singer. According to the Associated Press, the lawsuits were filed anonymously to protect the identities of the accusers, two by women identified as Jane Does and four by men identified as John Does.
Some of the victims allege that Combs used his position in the music industry and dangled promises of fame as a way to convince them to attend drug-fuelled parties that led to their assaults.
One accuser, who was a minor at the time, says that Combs fondled his genitals when he was 16 at a party in 1998. The man, who now lives in North Carolina, alleges that Combs told him he had “the look” of a star and then abruptly ordered the then-teen to drop his pants.
“Don’t you want to break into the business?” the man claims Combs asked him.
The lawsuits follow Combs’ Sept. 16 federal arrests for sex trafficking and racketeering. His lawyers have asked a New York judge to force prosecutors to disclose the names of his accusers.
According to a criminal indictment, Combs, who was twice denied bail and remains in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, is accused of using his “power and prestige” to induce victims into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances dubbed “Freak Offs” that the rapper arranged, participated in and often recorded on video. The events would sometimes last days and Combs and victims would often receive IV fluids to recover, the indictment said.
After raiding his homes in California and Florida, authorities uncovered drugs, guns with defaced serial numbers, and “more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant.”
Some of the abuse claims alleged by police mirror accusations Combs’ former girlfriend Cassie Ventura made against the three-time Grammy winner last fall.
Ventura sued Combs last November, claiming the hip-hop star raped and sex trafficked her over the course of their abusive 10-year relationship.
The lawsuit was settled a day later, however earlier this year, security video aired by CNN showed Combs attacking Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016.
Following his arrest last month, Combs, who has pleaded not guilty, was hit with more sexual assault allegations as a woman filed a lawsuit in New York saying she was repeatedly raped and drugged at the Bad Boy Records founder’s homes and became pregnant after one of the encounters.
Another woman named Thalia Graves has alleged that Combs and his head of security raped her in the summer of 2001 at a recording studio in New York City.
A team of lawyers announced earlier this month that they would be filing 120 sexual assault lawsuits against Combs.
“The biggest secret in the entertainment industry, that really wasn’t a secret at all, has finally been revealed to the world,” said Tony Buzbee, one of the lead attorneys, at a Houston news conference. “The wall of silence has now been broken.”
Of the 120 purported victims, 25 were minors at the time the alleged assaults. One individual alleged he was nine years old when he was abused, Buzbee said.
Last week, Combs’ trial date was set for next May.
— With files from the Associated Press
mdaniell@postmedia.com
Diddy Sued by Woman Who Claims He Raped Her After Tupac Murder Comment
Diddy used a TV remote to rape a woman as payback for her telling him she believed he had something to do with Tupac Shakur's murder ... at least according to a new lawsuit.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs sued by woman claiming he 'violently gang raped' her in 2018
Ashley Parham claims a man set her up to be sexually assaulted by Diddy and his accomplices after she said the rapper was involved in Tupac's killing.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ‘gang-raped’ woman as payback after she claimed he was involved in Tupac Shakur’s murder, new lawsuit claims
Combs reportedly heard the remark and said she “would” pay for her statement.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs sued by woman claiming he 'violently gang raped' her after Tupac murder comment
Ashley Parham claims Sean “Diddy” Combs “violently gang raped” her as retribution after she said he was involved with Tupac Shakur’s murder.
Isn't Diddy worth half a $Billion?
Of course anyone who ever met him is going to cry foul to get a piece of the pie.
Reminds me of the old line though. 'You can take the kid out of the street, but you can't take the street out of the kid.'
Of course anyone who ever met him is going to cry foul to get a piece of the pie.
Reminds me of the old line though. 'You can take the kid out of the street, but you can't take the street out of the kid.'
There is a way to find out who has consciously or unconsciously been impacted.
A dark room, a heart rate monitor and the scent of baby oil.
Our strongest sense is smell.
Proof? If you can't member what grandma's house smelled like you need your ears checked.
Lawsuit alleges Kanye West nearly raped his assistant a second time
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Published Oct 17, 2024 • Last updated 23 hours ago • 2 minute read
Kanye West is facing more shocking revelations in a lawsuit filed by his former assistant.
Lauren Pisciotta is now accusing the rap star of a near second rape after she claimed he drugged and raped her at a Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs recording session and party years earlier. The 36-year-old artist manager, fitness model and former OnlyFans star alleged West told her of the rape in 2022.
According to Britain’s Daily Mail, a new lawsuit claims that West, 47, asked to have sex with Pisciotta numerous times. After continuously being rebuffed, the rapper nearly raped her a second time.
The suit also states that West choked her when they ran into each other at a concert shortly after she was fired in October 2022, in addition to being terrorized by his friends when she was at home.
According to the lawsuit, West was in San Francisco in July 2021 to work on his Donda album. Pisciotta, his assistant at the time, was staying at a hotel when the rapper banged on her door at 6 a.m.
She states that she opened the door and West ran to the shower claiming his room’s faucet wasn’t working.
After running the water for two minutes, West came out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist, dropped it to the floor, then pushed her onto the bed and climbed on top of her.
“Ye then stepped onto the bed and stood tall, straddling himself over (Pisciotta’s) body and looking down on her,” the lawsuit states.
“(Pisciotta), in a shocked state, somewhat braced herself for what might happen next.”
According to the filing, West leaned closer to Pisciotta and braced himself by reaching for the wall behind the bed.
“He attempted to forcefully thrust his naked body onto and penis into (Pisciotta’s) face,” the lawsuit said.
“[Pisciotta] started to move her body to get up, pleading with West to stop. West removed his hand from the wall behind the headboard, forcing [Pisciotta] to stay in place. At first, [West] ignored [Pisciotta’s] pleas to stop, [Pisciotta] stated over and over again to West ‘I don’t want to do this, I don’t want to do this.'”
The lawsuit claimed West became “annoyed and tired” and eventually got off the bed. West told her he was “sorry” and that it wouldn’t happen again before grabbing his clothes and leaving the hotel room.
According to Pisciotta, West’s sexual harassment also occurred in Paris, New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta and Austin, Texas.
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ostmedia NewsPublished Oct 17, 2024 • Last updated 23 hours ago • 2 minute read
Kanye West is facing more shocking revelations in a lawsuit filed by his former assistant.
Lauren Pisciotta is now accusing the rap star of a near second rape after she claimed he drugged and raped her at a Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs recording session and party years earlier. The 36-year-old artist manager, fitness model and former OnlyFans star alleged West told her of the rape in 2022.
According to Britain’s Daily Mail, a new lawsuit claims that West, 47, asked to have sex with Pisciotta numerous times. After continuously being rebuffed, the rapper nearly raped her a second time.
The suit also states that West choked her when they ran into each other at a concert shortly after she was fired in October 2022, in addition to being terrorized by his friends when she was at home.
According to the lawsuit, West was in San Francisco in July 2021 to work on his Donda album. Pisciotta, his assistant at the time, was staying at a hotel when the rapper banged on her door at 6 a.m.
She states that she opened the door and West ran to the shower claiming his room’s faucet wasn’t working.
After running the water for two minutes, West came out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist, dropped it to the floor, then pushed her onto the bed and climbed on top of her.
“Ye then stepped onto the bed and stood tall, straddling himself over (Pisciotta’s) body and looking down on her,” the lawsuit states.
“(Pisciotta), in a shocked state, somewhat braced herself for what might happen next.”
According to the filing, West leaned closer to Pisciotta and braced himself by reaching for the wall behind the bed.
“He attempted to forcefully thrust his naked body onto and penis into (Pisciotta’s) face,” the lawsuit said.
“[Pisciotta] started to move her body to get up, pleading with West to stop. West removed his hand from the wall behind the headboard, forcing [Pisciotta] to stay in place. At first, [West] ignored [Pisciotta’s] pleas to stop, [Pisciotta] stated over and over again to West ‘I don’t want to do this, I don’t want to do this.'”
The lawsuit claimed West became “annoyed and tired” and eventually got off the bed. West told her he was “sorry” and that it wouldn’t happen again before grabbing his clothes and leaving the hotel room.
According to Pisciotta, West’s sexual harassment also occurred in Paris, New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta and Austin, Texas.
Kayne's ex-assistant make more claims after 'drugging at Diddy party'
Influencer and former OnlyFans star Lauren Pisciotta sued Kanye West claiming he drugged and sexually assaulted her at a party with Diddy - but wasn't satisfied with that being the end of it.
Lawsuit alleges Kanye West nearly raped his assistant a second time
Kanye West is facing more shocking revelations in a lawsuit filed by his former assistant.