Kim Porter‘s 4 youngsters are talking out, calling claims that their late mom wrote a memoir “merely unfaithful.”
Christian (King) Combs and twins, D’Lila and Jessie Combs — whom Porter shares with Sean “Diddy” Combs — in addition to Quincy Brown — whom she shares with Albert Joseph Brown (the R&B singer often called Al B. Certain!) — launched an announcement on social media Tuesday evening, greater than every week after Diddy’s arrest.
“We’ve seen so many hurtful and false rumors circulating about our dad and mom, Kim Porter and Sean Combs’ relationship, in addition to about our mother’s tragic passing, that we really feel the necessity to converse out,” they wrote.
The Day by day Mail reported {that a} e-book, titled KIM’S LOST WORDS: A Journey for Justice, From the Different Facet, was reportedly saved on a tough drive by Porter and despatched to Los Angeles document producer Chris Todd, who later launched it on Sept. 6, utilizing the pseudonym Jamal T. Millwood. Nonetheless, Porter’s youngsters are actually claiming she by no means wrote a memoir.
“Claims that our mother wrote a e-book are merely unfaithful,” they wrote of their assertion. “She didn’t, and anybody claiming to have a manuscript is misrepresenting themselves. Moreover, please perceive that any so-called ‘pal’ talking on behalf of our mother or her household isn’t a pal, nor have they got her finest pursuits at coronary heart.”
On Monday, Brown additionally took to his Instagram to name for an investigation into Porter’s 2018 demise, claiming that the model-turned-actress’s supposed data of Combs’ alleged intercourse trafficking led to her demise.
However her youngsters are saying that’s removed from the reality. “Our lives have been shattered after we misplaced our mom,” their assertion continued. “She was our world, and nothing has been the identical since she handed. Whereas it has been extremely troublesome to reconcile how she may very well be taken from us too quickly, the reason for her demise has lengthy been established. There was no foul play. Grief is a lifelong course of, and we ask that everybody respect our request for peace as we proceed to deal with her loss daily.”
“We’re deeply saddened that the world has made a spectacle of what has been essentially the most tragic occasion of our lives. Our mom needs to be remembered for the gorgeous, robust, type, and loving girl she was. Her reminiscence shouldn’t be tainted by horrific conspiracy theories,” the assertion concluded. “We ask that everybody please respect our mom, Kim Porter, and maintain her legacy in excessive regard in order that she might relaxation in peace. It’s what she deserves. We love you and miss you Mommy. Quincy, Christian, Jessie & D’Lila.”
Porter was discovered lifeless in her house in Toluca Lake, California, in 2018 after days of flu-like signs. After initially itemizing her explanation for demise as “deferred,” the coroner later modified it to lobar pneumonia.
Sean Combs, the embattled music mogul who stays in jail whereas he awaits trial on federal intercourse trafficking and racketeering costs, has been sued for allegedly drugging and raping a girl in 2001.
Thalia Graves, in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in New York federal courtroom, says she was sexually assaulted by Combs and his bodyguard at Dangerous Boy Data’ New York studio after she was given a drink that precipitated her to briefly lose consciousness. She awoke “sure and restrained” as they “proceeded to brutally sexually abuse and violate” her, the criticism alleges.
Combs’ deepening authorized hassle culminated final week with a three-count indictment accusing him of directing an enormous prison enterprise by which he assaulted and trafficked girls with assistance from his enterprise empire from not less than 2008. Prosecutors accused him of participating in a “pervasive sample of abuse” that concerned coercing girls to take part in highly-orchestrated sexual encounters with male intercourse staff, who have been allegedly flown in throughout state traces and internationally. His bail was denied after he pled responsible to the costs resulting from issues he posed a security danger and will flee the nation.
In response to the criticism, Graves was lured to Dangerous Boy Data’ studio by Combs, who advised her that he wished to debate her boyfriend’s efficiency points on the firm. She was picked up by Joseph Sherman, Combs’ bodyguard on the time.
On the Manhattan studio, Graves was handed a drink, which made her really feel “lightheaded, dizzy and bodily weak,” the lawsuit claims.
When she regained consciousness, Graves was “bare, and her palms have been tied behind her again with what felt like a plastic grocery bag,” the criticism says. In response, Sherman “lifted her up from the sofa and forcefully slammed her face down on what was apparently a pool desk. Shortly thereafter, Combs entered the room bare” and proceeded to anally penetrate her,” the lawsuit alleges.
Combs had a “sample and observe of non-consensually recording girls participating in sexual acts and making these movies obtainable to the general public, together with by promoting tapes as pornography,” states the criticism. In a textual content message to Graves, a Dangerous Boy artist corroborated that Sherman “use[d] to promote porn of him doing this to chix” and that Sherman “did that to quite a lot of girls,” the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit seems to be not less than the tenth introduced towards Combs after singer Cassie Ventura, who was as soon as signed to his label, sued him in a lawsuit that sparked a federal investigation into intercourse trafficking and racketeering. A number of of the accusers have superior allegations claiming that staff and administrators at a number of of his companies, together with Dangerous Boy president Harve Pierre, have been conscious of and facilitated alleged intercourse crimes.
For many years, Graves remained silent and didn’t report the incident to legislation enforcement out of worry that Combs and his associates would “use their energy to spoil her life, as they’d repeatedly, explicitly threatened to do,” Graves alleges.
The sexual assault declare, which is greater than a decade outdated, was introduced beneath New York Metropolis’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Act, a statute that enables accusers to file civil complaints involving such claims after the statute of limitations has run out.
With denial of bail, Combs is staying at Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn, which is understood for squalid and harmful circumstances.
“I’m glad he’s locked up, however that’s a short lived feeling of aid,” Graves stated at a press convention saying the submitting of the lawsuit.
Whereas Sean “Diddy” Combs grew to become a definitive determine in hip hop — as his profession unfold from music to style, spirits and extra, climbing to the highest echelons of those industries — stories over the previous yr have made clear that rumors of his conduct behind closed doorways continued for years. The primary crack within the dam got here in November, when accusations in a authorized grievance from his ex-girlfriend, “Me & U” singer Cassie, opened the door to what’s now mounted to 10 authorized complaints in opposition to the mogul. On Sept. 17, he was arrested in Manhattan on costs that included intercourse trafficking, pressured labor, coercion to interact in prostitution and narcotics distribution.
Combs entered a not responsible plea on these costs and, in a press release after his arrest, his legal professional Marc Agnifilo stated the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace is pursuing an “unjust prosecution,” including that Combs has cooperated within the investigation.
“Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving household man, and confirmed philanthropist who has spent the final 30 years constructing an empire, adoring his youngsters, and dealing to uplift the Black neighborhood,” Agnifilo, a former federal and state prosecutor, stated. “He’s an imperfect particular person, however he isn’t a felony.”
Here’s a take a look at the accusations which have emerged over the previous 10 months involving Combs.
Nov. 16, 2023: Cassandra Ventura, also referred to as the singer Cassie, filed a authorized grievance alleging years of sexual abuse, harassment and rape throughout the relationship she entered in with Combs and remained in for years. Cassie additionally alleged within the go well with that Combs made a risk to explode Child Cudi’s automobile; later, the rapper’s automobile exploded and Cudi confirmed the model of occasions detailed in her go well with. Her case was filed below New York’s Grownup Survivors Act and simply sooner or later after it was filed, the lawsuit was settled out of courtroom for an undisclosed sum.
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Nov. 23, 2023: Per week later, below the wire earlier than the cutoff date for submitting below the Grownup Survivors Act, Combs was hit with two extra lawsuits. Joi Dickerson-Neal accused him of misconduct within the Nineteen Nineties after the 2 went on a date when she was 19. The case alleges that Combs drugged and raped {the teenager} whereas videotaping the assault, whereas one other nameless lawsuit alleged Combs is accused together with singer Aaron Corridor of sexually assaulting a feminine after which beating her days later.
Dec. 6, 2023: Combs is accused of involvement in a gang rape in 2003 the place he allegedly drugged the accuser, who was 17 years previous on the time; two different males have been accused within the alleged assault, which the alleged sufferer says befell in a recording studio in 2003. The backlash in opposition to Combs after this accusation is palpable and he steps down as chairman of Revolt TV; a number of manufacturers additionally resolve to chop ties together with his enterprise. Combs takes to Instagram and denies all of the allegations within the lawsuits he now was drowning in: “I didn’t do any of the terrible issues being alleged,” he wrote. “I’ll battle for my identify, my household, and for the reality.”
Feb. 26, 2024: The well-known Lil’ Rod lawsuit drops, accusing Combs of sexual assault and forcing the upstart producer to interact with prostitutes, ingest medication and interact in numerous uncouth actions. The grievance particulars parts of Rodney “Lil’ Rod” Jones’ 14-month odyssey residing and dealing with Combs; within the grievance, the 38-year-old says he was sexually assaulted, allegedly pressured by Combs to interact in intercourse acts, made to solicit intercourse staff, drugged, humiliated and repeatedly groped — and in what his attorneys say is the actual motivation behind the go well with, Jones alleges he was stiffed by Diddy for his work on the mogul’s 2023 album. Combs’ authorized staff cries foul on the entire particulars of the go well with, calling them “pure fiction” and denying Jones accomplished the work he claims he produced for 2023’s Grammy-nominated The Love Album: Off the Grid.
March 25, 2024: The Combs case escalates, with huge consideration on his dealings after authorities raided his properties in New York, Los Angeles and Miami as a part of a broad investigation into intercourse trafficking allegations. That this all got here because the Lil Rod lawsuit was elevating eyebrows in regards to the mogul’s conduct did no favors for Combs and shortly, he was a day by day topic of gossip and conspiracy theories throughout the net. Combs’ then-attorney, Aaron Dyer, referred to as the raids a “gross overuse of navy stage pressure” and stated the “unprecedented ambush [was] paired with a complicated, coordinated media presence.”
April 4, 2024: A lawsuit implicated Christian Combs, the rap mogul’s son, in a sexual assault that allegedly concerned a employees member on a yacht that had been chartered by the beleaguered rapper. Within the go well with, Combs is accused of facilitating the atmosphere that allowed the assault to happen.
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April 26, 2024: At this level, Combs’ authorized staff goes on the offensive once they file motions to dismiss key parts of the lawsuits. Their argument? A few of the claims, like these referring to revenge porn and human trafficking, weren’t unlawful in 1991, which is once they allegedly occurred. This particularly pertains to Dickerson’s lawsuit, which concerned footage of the alleged rape being circulated. Within the submitting, additionally they slam the “quite a few false, offensive, and salacious accusations” made.
Might 10, 2024: Combs’ authorized staff once more pushes again on claims in opposition to their consumer, this time alleging the lawsuit from the Detroit girl alleging Combs raped her with two others in a studio in 2003 was filed too late and that the claims round Combs’ alleged conduct are “false and hideous.”
Might 17, 2024: Combs’ repute is dealt a large blow after CNN obtained a video of the mogul carrying a gown and strolling right into a resort hallway the place he then brutally assaulted his former romantic associate, Cassie, in 2016. The stunning video is blanketed throughout the media and leads Combs to challenge a public apology. “My conduct on that video is inexcusable. I take full duty for my actions in that video,” he stated in a video assertion posted on his Instagram web page.
June 9-10, 2024: Howard College revokes an honorary diploma it handed to Combs; the rapper returns a key to New York Metropolis on the request of Mayor Eric Adams.
June 10, 2024: Longtime rap recreation rival of Combs, Suge Knight, who ran Demise Row Information on the West Coast whereas Diddy was on the helm of Unhealthy Boy, dropped a principle from jail that the mogul is working with the FBI as an informant. That is why, Knight claimed, Combs had been capable of act as he did with impunity. “It shouldn’t be a grey space with regards to doing one thing proper, doing one thing constructive, or doing one thing for the neighborhood,” Knight stated on an episode of his Accumulate Name with Suge Knight podcast. “That being stated, naturally, Puffy has been an FBI informant ceaselessly, as they’d say. That’s why it’s totally different with regards to him.”
Aug. 26, 2024: Combs’ attorneys challenge a movement to dismiss Lil Rod’s explosive case, saying that his accusations have been exaggerated and a few even fabricated. They accused Jones of aiming solely to use his fame for media consideration and a doubtlessly massive settlement. Additionally they point out that his preliminary gripe with Combs needed to do with nonpayment and that it was solely when he teamed up together with his legal professional, Tyrone Blackburn, that he started to make the salacious claims in his grievance, which incorporates the assertion that Combs was utilizing kompromat as leverage to realize energy and management over others.
“Mr. Combs possesses compromising footage of each individual that has attended his ‘freak off’ events, and his home events,” the grievance stated, referring to alleged days-long intercourse events the mogul is alleged to have thrown. “Upon info and perception, on account of this treasure trove of proof he has in his possession, Mr. Combs believes that he’s above the regulation and is untouchable.”
Sept. 11, 2024: Singer Daybreak Richard filed what’s now the tenth lawsuit in opposition to Combs because the cascade of litigation started in November. In 2003, Richard fashioned the lady group Danity Kane, which Combs mentored as a part of his position in MTV’s Making the Band. She alleges that Combs, as they labored collectively, subjected her to years of psychological and bodily abuse, which included groping.
Sept. 15, 2024: Combs had returned to New York in anticipation of his arrest. He was noticed round Manhattan a number of occasions and stories point out the beleaguered near-billionaire gave the impression to be in good spirits. On the Sunday earlier than he was taken into custody, Combs was noticed mingling amongst followers in Central Park and is seen in a photograph obtained by Information Nation sitting on a bench together with his legal professional; that night time, he was photographed strolling round city together with his son, Christian Combs.
Sept. 16, 2024: Combs is arrested in Manhattan and an indictment, unsealed the next day, accuses the fallen mogul of crimes associated to an alleged decades-long sample of bodily and sexual violence in opposition to ladies. Federal prosecutors charged him with intercourse trafficking and racketeering for steering an unlimited felony enterprise by means of which he assaulted and trafficked ladies with the assistance of his numerous companies from not less than 2008. He pleaded not responsible and fought for a $60 million bond, however the choose determined he can be detained till his trial.
Sean “Diddy” Combs was ordered to be detained pending trial Tuesday after he pleaded not responsible to costs together with intercourse trafficking and racketeering.
On Tuesday morning, the federal government unsealed a three-county indictment accusing Combs of varied crimes associated to an alleged decades-long sample of bodily and sexual violence towards ladies in his orbit. Federal prosecutors charged him with intercourse trafficking and racketeering for steering an unlimited prison enterprise by means of which he assaulted and trafficked ladies with the assistance of his varied companies from at the very least 2008.
“My concern is that this can be a crime that occurs behind closed doorways,” Justice of the Peace Choose Robyn Tarnofsky stated, referring to the allegations of intercourse trafficking and extra, in saying her determination to disclaim bail pending trial. T
The indictment additionally refers to a sequence of occasions known as “Freak Offs,” during which business intercourse staff have been allegedly introduced in by Combs, who then “used drive, threats of drive, and coercion to trigger victims to have interaction in prolonged intercourse acts” that have been recorded and will final for days.
The decide added that she was involved a couple of energy imbalance between the mogul and alleged victims and that these alleged victims could also be vulnerable to coercion.
Protection attorneys for Combs stated in a press convention that they might be interesting the choice for Combs to be held with out bail and would return for a listening to Wednesday.
Combs was in attendance on the listening to Tuesday, sporting a black tshirt and sweatpants. A row crammed with members of the family, together with a few of his youngsters, sat behind him within the packed gallery. Combs didn’t communicate out loud, aside from to say he was not responsible, however typically nodded in settlement together with his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, as he mentioned the measures Combs had taken to cooperate with regulation enforcement.
Combs sought launch on a $50 million bond, secured by fairness in his Miami residence and that of his mom. He proposed dwelling detention with GPS monitoring and to be restricted to elements of Florida, New York and New Jersey, primarily to take care of pending litigation and attend medical appointments.
Agnifilo added that he had obtained the passports of Combs and a number of other of his members of the family months in the past and the Combs was within the technique of promoting his personal airplane, so as to assuage fears of any flight danger. He famous that Combs additionally voluntarily flew to New York Sept. 5 to await arrest. Whereas in New York, Combs has been searching for remedy and remedy, he stated.
“We are able to belief him as a result of he’s earned his belief by means of actions,” Agnifilo stated.
The federal government opposed bail. It stated he poses an ongoing security danger and should attempt to tamper with the case or flee.
“He’s a serial abuser and a serial obstructor,” Assistant ADA Emily Johnson stated.
The indictment alleged that Combs repeatedly engaged in acts of violence, together with assault, arson and brandishing firearms. In December 2011, for example, he and an affiliate kidnapped an unnamed particular person at gunpoint to interrupt right into a residence, in accordance with a submitting from prosecutors. Roughly two weeks later, members of the alleged prison enterprise set fireplace to that particular person’s automotive with a Molotov cocktail.
The person is believed to be Child Cudi, who confirmed accusations in a lawsuit from Casandra Ventura, higher often called Cassie, that Combs set fireplace to the rapper’s automotive.
As to the only cost of intercourse trafficking, Agnifilo claimed the cost associated to at least one ladies with whom Combs had been beforehand been in a 10-year relationship, which seems to consult with Ventura, which Agnifilo known as mutually “poisonous.” Nevertheless, he alleged that the girl had consensually agreed to have sexual contact with male intercourse staff, in an association with Combs.
“Is it intercourse trafficking? Not if all people needs to be there,” Agnifilo stated.
Prosecutors careworn Combs’ entry to firearms. In a March raid of his dwelling, regulation enforcement seized a number of weapons, together with three AR-15 rifles, every with defaced serial numbers, in accordance with the indictment. Combs’ lawyer argued these rifles belonged to his personal employed safety.
The federal government stated Combs has a “disposition to violence” such that he can’t be launched. “No bail situations can tackle the defendant’s tendency to turn into violent when indignant or emotional: anybody in his presence is susceptible to abuse or assault,” the submitting said.
Protection attorneys for Combs argued that leaked video footage from 2016, which seems to point out Diddy assaulting a lady, believed to be Ventura, in a resort room as she tries to go away, was extra a matter of Ventura discovering out Combs was courting a number of ladies and moving into an altercation, than a propensity for violence.
“He’s not an ideal particular person,” Agniflio stated.
Prosecutors additionally opposed bail based mostly on arguments that Combs is more likely to hinder proceedings. It pointed to him bribing resort safety to forestall them from disclosing the video depicting his assault of Ventura. Agniflio stated Combs had since apologized for the incident however that he took actions as a result of it was a “deeply embarassing occasion.”
Extra just lately, Combs and his associates allegedly reached out to potential witnesses within the investigation and directed them to lie in an try to hide his alleged crimes. Throughout one of many calls, which occurred simply three days after he was sued by Ventura, the mogul reportedly requested for the sufferer’s “friendship” and instructed her she “ain’t acquired to fret about nothing else” if she went alongside together with his model of occasions.
Moreover, the federal government claimed Combs poses a serious flight danger resulting from his substantial sources. It stated he has entry to dozens of financial institution accounts, some private and lots of below company entities, which include thousands and thousands of {dollars}, in addition to over $1 million in private money readily available.
If Combs “needed to flee, he has the cash, manpower, and instruments to take action shortly and with out detection,” the submitting said. Prosecutors additionally underlined the severity of the costs, as motive for Combs to flee.
Prosecutors in contrast the choice to disclaim bail for Combs to the selections made for R. Kelly, Jeffrey Epstein and Keith Raniere, the founding father of NXIVM, who had additionally been represented by Agnifilo. However Agnifilo stated these incidents concerned minors, who couldn’t consent, which was totally different from the allegations involving Combs.
As a movement to dismiss Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones’ bombshell lawsuit towards rap and trend mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has resurfaced the case within the courts and media, the upstart producer accusing the highly effective trade participant of grooming and exposing him to a number of crimes spoke out in an interview as he stays in hiding. Lil Rod revealed he’s having suicidal ideas, is broke and afraid to seem in public as he believes he shall be killed, however says that he’ll proceed “standing up for justice.”
On Monday, attorneys representing Diddy’s camp fired again on the 38-year-old musician with their movement to dismiss the Rodney Jones v. Sean Combs civil case. The movement claims that Jones, who spent over a yr residing and touring with Combs and has a number of manufacturing credit on Diddy’s 2023 Grammy-nominated The Love Album, is merely utilizing the accusations to acquire what he sees as unpaid earnings for his contributions to Diddy’s file.
Throughout an interview, Jones steadfastly maintained that the stunning particulars in his grievance are true and didn’t maintain again whereas talking to Rolling Stone about Combs.
“He’s a monster,” Jones instructed the journal. “He’ll do no matter is important to get precisely what he needs. He doesn’t take no for a solution. He [told me] himself, ‘I’ll smack my mama.’ Anyone who can say that even jokingly is a monster. He’s nothing to be performed with. For an individual whose model is Love Information, and altered their identify to Love and named their child Love, he doesn’t present love. He’s simply advertising and marketing.”
In 2022, Jones was employed by Combs to work on Diddy’s first studio file since 2006. For over a yr, Jones says he frolicked residing with Diddy in three totally different properties and skilled and witnessed a number of salacious occasions that embody his sexual assault, being compelled by Combs to have interaction in intercourse acts, being made to solicit intercourse staff, being drugged, humiliated and repeatedly groped on his anus and genitals by actor Cuba Gooding Jr. whereas in Diddy’s orbit.
Jones’ case was filed Feb. 26 in New York federal courtroom, and he seeks $30 million in restitution. Within the amended submitting, which got here shortly after the grievance was initially entered, Jones added additional particulars, stating {that a} “RICO enterprise” exists that repeatedly “didn’t adequately monitor, warn or supervise” Combs as Jones suffered abuse at his arms.
Combs’ lawyer, Erica Wolff, wrote in an announcement to The Hollywood Reporter, “Mr. Jones’ lawsuit is pure fiction — a shameless try and create media hype and extract a fast settlement. There was no RICO conspiracy and Mr. Jones was not threatened, groomed, assaulted, or trafficked. We look ahead to proving — in a courtroom of regulation — that every one of Mr. Jones’s claims are made-up and have to be dismissed.”
Talking of his time with Diddy to Rolling Stone, Jones characterised the Unhealthy Boy founder as extra government than musician. It was after he’d entered the mogul’s interior circle, he stated, that he started to know his ear by way of producing music; however this was when the sample of abuse began. Jones recalled to the outlet being invited to a Thanksgiving dinner the place he believed nobody would communicate as a result of as they have been inside Combs’ orbit, all of them had signed nondisclosure agreements.
“About 10 minutes later, Puff comes rolling in with Yung Miami and others following behind. Assistants have been lighting candles, giving us cocktails,” Jones recalled. “He went in his toilet connected to the studio and summoned me and DeForrest. He requested me if I had a $100 invoice. There have been three white traces on the sink. He was asking me to do one thing I’ve by no means finished earlier than. It was awkward. He was making an attempt to get me to do some medicine. I don’t wish to choose anyone, however that’s on the prime of my checklist of issues I’m afraid to do.”
From there, in line with Jones’ authorized submitting, he witnessed quite a lot of crimes whereas working with Combs, together with an accusation that the mogul was concerned in a taking pictures at a recording studio in 2022. Now, Jones says he’s in hiding and unable to get any of his music picked up or distributed, given Combs’ energy within the trade.
“Due to this lawsuit, most individuals don’t wish to come close to working with me for no matter causes, whether or not they’ve been in partnership with Puff or they wish to simply sit again and see what occurs,” Jones instructed Rolling Stone.
“He’s a gatekeeper within the music trade,” he added of Combs. “On this trade, to achieve success, it’s a must to have labored with somebody like him or Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Kanye or 50 Cent. So many individuals I’ve labored with have had enterprise offers with him. I reached out to attempt to get a deal for my album, and folks don’t wish to get entangled.”
Jones, whose path to taking over Combs in courtroom started with a GoFundMe web page he titled “Assist Me Sue Sean “Diddy” Combs,” whereby he defined being stiffed by the artist, says that he’s broke now and is unable to pay for safety to maintain himself secure as his case strikes via the courts. He sees three therapists and factors the interviewer to the stunning video of Combs bodily assaulting his girlfriend, performing artist Cassie, in a video that leaked on-line earlier this yr.
Regardless of primarily going underground, Jones says that he was thrown a lifeline this yr by T-Ache, whom he’d beforehand produced, to be the band chief at a large gig on the Hollywood Bowl in June. He defined the way it was not an awesome expertise, as his “thoughts fell again right into a trauma state. I didn’t wish to stroll to the toilet with out any individual being with me.”
Jones has till Sept. 9 to answer Monday’s movement to dismiss.
The Los Angeles County District Legal professional’s Workplace shared an announcement following the discharge of a video of Sean “Diddy” Combs allegedly attacking his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, at an L.A. lodge in 2016.
The video, obtained by CNN, was launched Friday and noticed the music producer run out of a lodge room in a towel, after a girl who seems to be Ventura as she is seen exiting a lodge room and heading for the elevators. Earlier than she will get in a single, Combs grabs her by the again of the neck and throws her on the ground, earlier than turning to kick her.
Because the video continues, he kicks her once more, despite the fact that she shouldn’t be shifting, and drags her by the sweatshirt. He walks off however returns and shoves her, later pulling an object from a desk and throwing it towards her. Lastly, he walks away once more.
“We’re conscious of the video that has been circulating on-line allegedly depicting Sean Combs assaulting a younger girl in Los Angeles,” the D.A.’s workplace stated in an announcement launched on Friday. “We discover the photographs extraordinarily disturbing and tough to look at. If the conduct depicted occurred in 2016, sadly, we might be unable to cost because the conduct would have occurred past the timeline the place a criminal offense of assault will be prosecuted.”
The assertion continued by noting that nobody had but offered a case associated to the assault. Nonetheless, the workplace inspired anybody who has been a sufferer or witness to a criminal offense to report it to regulation enforcement or attain out for help from the Bureau of Victims Companies.
Revolt, which was based by Combs, shared an announcement in an Instagram carousel following the discharge of the video, writing it was “deeply saddened” by the clips circulating of its former chairman, who resigned following a slew of sexual assault and battery accusations in opposition to him.
“Even together with his latest separation from REVOLT, it’s nonetheless our obligation to deal with this matter and acknowledge the direct impression it has on our workers, our viewers, and the tradition we signify,” the assertion learn. “REVOLT stands in solidarity with all who’ve been a sufferer of abuse and stay dedicated to importing the values and integrity our group expects from us.”
It continued, “We vehemently stand in opposition to any type of home abuse and can at all times be a fearless advocate for fact and accountability.”
The assertion concluded with a slide encouraging Revolt’s followers to achieve out to the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at (800) 799-7233 if they’re experiencing home violence or know somebody who’s.
The discharge of the video comes six months after Ventura filed a civil lawsuit in New York the place she accused Combs of repeatedly raping and bodily abusing her all through their practically decade-long, on-again and off-again relationship. Within the go well with — which additionally named his label, Dangerous Boy Information, and Sony Music — Ventura stated she was “trapped by Mr. Combs in a cycle of abuse, violence and intercourse trafficking.”
Ventura and Combs settled the case shortly after she filed the lawsuit. In an announcement on the time, the music producer stated, “We now have determined to resolve this matter amicably. I want Cassie and her household all the perfect. Love.”
Sean “Diddy” Combs is seen allegedly bodily assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a 2016 surveillance video obtained by CNN.
The footage dated March 5, 2016, reveals what seems to be Combs, holding a towel round his waist, working after a girl who seems to be Ventura after she is seen exiting a resort room and transferring towards a financial institution of elevators. He’s then seen grabbing her by the again of the neck and throwing her to the ground; he then turns to kick her, because the video reveals.
He then retrieves a handbag and suitcase from the ground earlier than he turns to kick her once more although she just isn’t transferring. She is then seen being dragged by him by the sweatshirt she is carrying for a second. Then he walks off. She gathers some gadgets from the ground, however he returns and is seen shoving her then sitting in a chair, pulling an unidentifiable object from a desk and throwing it towards her. He’s then seen strolling away.
“The gut-wrenching video has solely additional confirmed the disturbing and predatory habits of Mr. Combs,” Ventura’s lawyer, Douglas H. Wigdor, mentioned in an announcement. “Phrases can’t categorical the braveness and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has proven in coming ahead to deliver this to mild.”
In a civil lawsuit filed in New York in November, Ventura accused Combs of repeatedly raping and bodily abusing her for practically a decade as they’d an on-again, off-again romantic relationship. Within the swimsuit, which additionally names his label, Unhealthy Boy Information, and Sony Music, Ventura mentioned she was “trapped by Mr. Combs in a cycle of abuse, violence and intercourse trafficking;” the submitting recollects a number of situations the place she claimed Combs “punched, beat, kicked and stomped” on her.
Ventura and Combs reached an undisclosed settlement and the case was dismissed the day after it was filed.
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