1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,759 Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of The 2 00:00:02,799 --> 00:00:05,519 Diddy Diaries. In this episode, we're going to dive right 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:08,759 back into the Sarah Rivers lawsuit that was filed against 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:13,199 Ditty unjustin Richmond of defendants by breach of contract and 5 00:00:13,359 --> 00:00:17,320 or copyright infringement. As a member of the band, Plaintiff 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,359 has composed and performed on over eight songs on the 7 00:00:20,399 --> 00:00:23,399 album Too Out for TV and two songs used as 8 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,519 theme songs for season two and season three of MTB two. 9 00:00:27,679 --> 00:00:31,280 Despite being the original composer on these works, Plaintiff has 10 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:35,119 no knowledge nor has ever received any composition rights or 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:40,039 credits to those works. Defendant Diddy Bbe, Janis, JCP and 12 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:44,039 JCPAH have failed to account to or pay Plaintiff for 13 00:00:44,079 --> 00:00:48,479 her compositions and her performances, have breach contracts and infringed 14 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:52,000 on her copyrights, all of which has unjustly enriched defendants. 15 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,880 As a member of the band, Plaintiff has composed performed 16 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,399 one song on the bad Boy Too soundtrack. Despite being 17 00:00:59,439 --> 00:01:02,679 the original composer on the works, Plaintiff has no knowledge 18 00:01:02,759 --> 00:01:06,879 nor has received any composition rights or credits to those works. 19 00:01:07,239 --> 00:01:11,920 Defendants Diddy Bbe Janets, JCP and JCPH have failed to 20 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,400 account to or pay Plaintiff for her compositions and performance 21 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,400 on the soundtrack, have breach contracts and infringed on her copyrights, 22 00:01:19,719 --> 00:01:23,480 all of which has unjustly enriched defendants. Plaintiff believes that 23 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,719 she was fraudulently induced to sign over her copyright ownership 24 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:31,359 to defendant Janis, JCP and JCPH so that Defendant Ditty 25 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,359 could control its assignment to others, including himself. As a 26 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,439 result of the acts and conduct complained of herein, Plaintiff 27 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:43,879 has suffered and will continue to suffer the loss of income, wages, benefits, royalties, 28 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:48,760 pro emotional fees, touring fees, and other compensation. Plaintiff has 29 00:01:48,799 --> 00:01:54,040 also suffered, among other things, future losses, emotional pain, suffering inconvenience, 30 00:01:54,239 --> 00:01:59,480 loss of enjoyment of life, post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, insomnia, 31 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:03,239 panic atte acts and other losses entitling her to an 32 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:08,560 award of compensatory and punitive damages, injunctive and declaratory relief, 33 00:02:08,759 --> 00:02:11,759 attorney fees and costs, and other remedies as this Court 34 00:02:12,039 --> 00:02:16,280 may deem appropriate first cause of action conduct and participate 35 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,759 in a reco enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity, 36 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:24,360 a violation of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act codified 37 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,879 at US Code eighteen, Section nineteen sixty two A C 38 00:02:28,039 --> 00:02:32,800 and D against all defendants. Plaintiff incorporates by reference all 39 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,479 preceding paragraphs and realegism as if set forth fully herein, 40 00:02:37,159 --> 00:02:40,599 Defendants Rico Orchestrators are one hundred percent liable for the 41 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:45,879 actions of Defendant Ditty. Defendants financially benefited through their partnership 42 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:50,400 with Defendant Ditty. The Rico Orchestrators provided Defendant Ditty with 43 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:54,879 unfedered access to resources and failed to adequately investigate, supervise, 44 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,960 or monitor how those resources were being used, who was 45 00:02:59,039 --> 00:03:03,240 using those resources, and the purpose of use of those resources. 46 00:03:04,319 --> 00:03:07,639 The support provided by the Reco Orchestrators to defending Ditty 47 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,319 was a lifeline that spearheaded and maintained the defendant Ditty's 48 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:15,919 depraved actions. Upon information and belief, the establishment of a 49 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:23,120 business relationship with prominent businesses including Paramount, Viacom, MTV, UMGBM, King, 50 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:27,120 and Does allowed for a distribution platform for all Defendant 51 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,159 Ditty's business endeavors to disguise his true intentions with overly 52 00:03:31,199 --> 00:03:35,360 broad and vague in nature description of his activities. Defendants 53 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,280 knew or should have known that defendant Ditty had no 54 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:42,680 intention to utilize the resources he received for business related purposes, 55 00:03:43,039 --> 00:03:45,840 and they did not put any mechanism in place to 56 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,560 ensure that their resources, specifically their network, platform and publication, 57 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:55,280 were not being used for any illegal activity. Defendant's wilful 58 00:03:55,319 --> 00:04:00,039 blindness resulted in plaintiffs suffering the harm detailed here in 59 00:04:00,039 --> 00:04:03,840 Individuals and entities within the meaning of person as defined 60 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,960 in US Code eighteen, section nineteen sixty one three, because 61 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,719 each is capable of holding and does hold, a legal 62 00:04:10,719 --> 00:04:15,199 and beneficial interest in the property. The Rico Orchestrators' Association 63 00:04:15,759 --> 00:04:22,959 was composed of defendants Diddy, Bbe, Harvey, Tracy Allison, Chris, Divine, Norma, Fonnsworth, 64 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:27,759 do Fat, Mickey, D Dot, Jason, Phil Sean, Daddy's House, 65 00:04:27,879 --> 00:04:36,319 umg UMG Distribution, Janis, JCP, jcph SJC, Paramount, VIACOM, MTV, Jackie, Lou, 66 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,600 BM King, and Dose. In the relevant part. US Code 67 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:45,120 nineteen sixty one defines a racketeering activity as one any 68 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:49,759 act or threat involving murder, kidnapping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion, 69 00:04:50,199 --> 00:04:54,000 dealing in obscene manner, or dealing in a controlled substance 70 00:04:54,079 --> 00:04:56,959 or listed chemical as defined in Section one oh two 71 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,720 of the Controlled Substances Act, which is chargeable under state 72 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:04,360 law and punishable by imprisonment for more than one year. 73 00:05:05,079 --> 00:05:08,439 B Any Act, which is indictable under any of the 74 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:12,240 following provisions the Title eighteen US Code, Section nine thirty 75 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:16,639 three relating to trafficking and firearms, Section thirteen forty one 76 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,319 relating to mal fraud, Section thirteen forty three relating to 77 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:24,360 wire fraud. Sections fourteen sixty one through fourteen sixty five 78 00:05:24,439 --> 00:05:28,680 relating to obscene matter, Section fifteen eleven relating to the 79 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:32,399 obstruction of the state or local law enforcement. Sections fifteen 80 00:05:32,439 --> 00:05:36,040 eighty one through fifteen ninety two relating to slavery and 81 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,680 trafficking in persons, Section nineteen fifty two relating to racketeering, 82 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:45,040 Section nineteen fifty six relating to the laundering of monetary instruments, 83 00:05:45,399 --> 00:05:49,360 d any offense involving fraud connected with the case under 84 00:05:49,399 --> 00:05:54,920 Title eleven, the felonious manufacture, importation, receiving, concealment, buying, selling, 85 00:05:55,040 --> 00:06:00,040 otherwise dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemicalcond s. 86 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,319 In nineteen sixty two A makes it unlawful for any 87 00:06:03,319 --> 00:06:06,959 person who has received any income derived directly or indirectly 88 00:06:07,199 --> 00:06:10,360 from a pattern of racketeering activity, or through a collection 89 00:06:10,639 --> 00:06:14,120 of an unlawful debt in which such person has participated, 90 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,879 as a principle within the meaning of section two Title 91 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:21,399 eighteen US Code, to use or invest directly or indirectly 92 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:24,319 any part of such income, or through the proceeds of 93 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,839 such income, in the acquisition of any interest in, or 94 00:06:27,879 --> 00:06:32,000 the establishment or operation of any enterprise which is engaged 95 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:36,319 in or the activities of which affect interstate or foreign commerce. 96 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:41,079 US Code eighteen, Section nineteen sixty two A. Section nineteen 97 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:45,560 sixty two C makes it unlawful for any person employed by, 98 00:06:45,639 --> 00:06:49,399 or associated with an enterprise engaged in or the activities 99 00:06:49,399 --> 00:06:52,879 of which effect interstate or foreign commerce, to conduct or 100 00:06:52,879 --> 00:06:56,560 participate directly or indirectly in the conduct of such enterprise 101 00:06:56,639 --> 00:07:00,879 affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity. US Code eighteen, 102 00:07:00,959 --> 00:07:04,639 Section nineteen sixty two C. Section nineteen sixty two D 103 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,959 makes it unlawful for any person to conspire to violate 104 00:07:08,079 --> 00:07:12,240 Section nineteen sixty two A and C, among other provisions 105 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:17,160 US Code eighteen, section nineteen sixty two. D. Defendants mentioned 106 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,360 here in are associated with each other as an enterprise 107 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,920 with a meaning of enterprise is defined in US Code eighteen, 108 00:07:24,199 --> 00:07:28,600 section nineteen sixty one. Four. Plaintiff, in its pleading, has 109 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,600 detailed acts by defendants which are prohibited under US Code eighteen, 110 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:37,160 section nineteen sixty two. Defendants have unlawfully increased their profits 111 00:07:37,399 --> 00:07:41,160 by luring and deceiving individuals such as plaintiff, under false 112 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:46,920 pretenses for defendants personal desires, deviances, and gain the reco 113 00:07:47,079 --> 00:07:51,399 enterprise activities affected. Interstate commerce is comprised of an association 114 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,920 of persons, including each defendant and other unnamed co conspirators. 115 00:07:55,959 --> 00:08:01,000 Here in. The association was structured by various agreements, deals, contracts, 116 00:08:01,319 --> 00:08:05,959 and non contractual relationships between the defendants, by which defendants 117 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:11,759 assume different roles and knowingly and directly or indirectly participating 118 00:08:11,759 --> 00:08:14,600 in the acts necessary to carry out the directives of 119 00:08:14,639 --> 00:08:18,879 the enterprise as detailed here in. Plaintiff was a contestant 120 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:23,319 on the television program M two B two. Defendant MTV 121 00:08:23,399 --> 00:08:27,319 and BM created the show with defendant lou Plaintiff participated 122 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,199 as a contestant and group member for three seasons of 123 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,480 MTB two from two thousand and two to two thousand 124 00:08:33,519 --> 00:08:37,279 and four, Plaintiff was signed as a music artist to 125 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,039 defendant BBE and Bad Boy Records. While a music artist 126 00:08:41,159 --> 00:08:45,159 on defendant BBE, Plaintiff made one studio album and appeared 127 00:08:45,159 --> 00:08:49,480 on a Blockbuster movie soundtrack. While a music artist on 128 00:08:49,519 --> 00:08:54,000 defendant BBE, Plaintiff was required to sign over her publishing 129 00:08:54,039 --> 00:08:59,559 to defendants Janis, JCP and JCPH. While an employee for 130 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:05,279 defending MTV, BMBBE, n UMG, Plaintiff was forced to work 131 00:09:05,279 --> 00:09:12,240 in extreme and hostile conditions. While an employee for defendant didty, MTV, BMBB, 132 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,320 and UMG, Plaintiff was forced to sign contracts without the 133 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,639 opportunity to review them or have them reviewed by a professional. 134 00:09:20,519 --> 00:09:25,159 While an employee for defendant Ditty, MTV, BMBB, and UMG, 135 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:29,360 Plaintiff was forced to endure harassment and sexual harassment from 136 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:34,320 defendant Ditty. While an employee for defendant didty, MTV, BMBB, 137 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,600 n UMG, Plaintiff was not provided adequate accounting for the 138 00:09:38,639 --> 00:09:42,120 television show MTB two and the album sales for the 139 00:09:42,159 --> 00:09:45,440 albums Too Hot for TV and The Bad Boys two soundtrack. 140 00:09:46,519 --> 00:09:49,559 Plaintiff was induced to compete for a position in a 141 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,759 group founded by defendant Ditty to be aired on defendant 142 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,919 MTV's network for the purpose of furthering the defendant's reco enterprise. 143 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:02,120 Defendants all share a common purpose to use deception, coercion, force, 144 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:04,919 and the threat of violence to enrich themselves at the 145 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:09,519 expense of individuals like plaintiff, as set forth here in. 146 00:10:09,759 --> 00:10:13,120 Although all defendants may not have directly threatened, cours forced, 147 00:10:13,159 --> 00:10:16,759 or violently threatened Plaintiff, they financially benefited from the scheme. 148 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,799 It's reasonable to believe defendants would not have engaged in 149 00:10:20,799 --> 00:10:23,639 these acts of threats but for the existence of the 150 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:27,240 Rico's scheme and their understanding that they would have unfedered 151 00:10:27,279 --> 00:10:31,480 access to engage in their illegal and corrupt enterprise without question. 152 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:38,320 As evidenced in, Plaintiffs can plaint here in, Defendants all orchestrated, participated, managed, 153 00:10:38,519 --> 00:10:44,480 and executed the RICO enterprise. Defendants BM and MTV transported victims, 154 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:48,080 including plaintiff, on commercial airlines to New York City to 155 00:10:48,159 --> 00:10:52,360 be participants in the television show MTB two with defendant Ditty. 156 00:10:53,279 --> 00:10:56,440 The Rico Enterprise is functioned as a continuing unit and 157 00:10:56,519 --> 00:11:00,519 maintains an ascertainable structure separate and distinct from the pattern 158 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,799 of racketeering activity. This jurisdiction has criminally accused defendant Ditty 159 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,120 of engaging in racketeering, and both cases have similar fact 160 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:13,399 patterns and descriptions of racketeering activities. Defendants disseminated their concealed 161 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:17,879 schemes to plaintiff in Michigan and other globally though defendant 162 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,960 MTV Television Network. Defendants disseminated their concealed scheme to plaintiff 163 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:27,919 in Michigan and others globally through defendant King's publication. Defendants 164 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,080 bb MTV and BM provided a venue in which to 165 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,879 carry out activities to further the Rico Enterprise. The true 166 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,679 nature of defendants enterprise was left undisclosed, was omitted, and 167 00:11:38,879 --> 00:11:44,159 or affirmatively misrepresented, all to fraudulently increased defendant profits, at 168 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,759 least some of which were used to expand the enterprise, 169 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,799 causing the further injury to plaintiff and possibly many others. 170 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:53,600 All Right, we're going to wrap up this episode right here, 171 00:11:53,799 --> 00:11:55,639 and in the next episode we're going to pick up 172 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:59,879 with upon information and belief, defendants profited from the enterprise. 173 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,679 All of the information that goes with this episode, including 174 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:07,759 my contact information, can be found in the description box.