Speaker 1: What's up everyone, and welcome back to the Diddy Diaries.
In this episode, we're going to pick up where we
left off with the lawsuit filed by Sarah Rivers against Ditty.
Once plaintiff and the group members complied with Defending Ditty's
continuous outrageous demands, they were finally allowed to move into
the house. Defendant Ditty and You mainly evaluated Plaintiff's body
and appearance, then mocked her about Bolimia in front of
several employees of defendants MTV, BMBB, and the entire world
watching MTB two, Defendant Ditty made comments directed at plaintiff
about the album and tour process, saying the process would
have people losing weight and getting divorces. Plaintiff believes Defending
Ditty directed these comments at her because he had so
aggressively evaluated her physical appearance previously, and because plaintiff was
the only member of the group who was married. Defendant
BM and MTV subjected plaintiff and other participants to hectic
work conditions and force physical labor, which caused one individual
to be hospitalized in season one, which was televised, and
another individual to be hospitalized in season two. Not televised.
Plaintiff was never provided any schedule from defendants BM, MTV, DIDTY,
or BB. While filming all three seasons of MTB two,
Plaintiff was expected to be on call twenty four to
seven with no knowledge of the day to day filming
or work schedule. Defendant Ditty would appear at all hours randomly,
and Plaintiff would be expected to do whatever he requested.
The only time any schedule was provided was by defendant Allison,
but it was for things like workouts with defendant Chris
or appointments at defendant BB's offices. Due to the unpredictability
of the schedule, constant on call nature of working for
Defendant Ditty, and unreasonable working conditions, Plaintiff's body and voice
experience significant strain and stress. Defendants BM and MTV always
had the cameras rolling unless Ditty told him not to.
Plaintiff was objected to being filmed twenty four to seven
with no privacy and four no compensation. Defendants BM and
MTV had cameras and microphones in every room of the home.
Plaintiff and other contestants commonly referred to defendants BM and
MTV as the people in the stairs while on particular occurrence,
when plaintiff thought she was alone at around one am,
Plaintiff begins doing facial exercises and oral affirmations, only to
discover cameras intruding seconds later, attempting to capture her actions.
Filming of the ten to thirteen episode seasons of MTB
two always occurred in NYC and was for approximately one
month's time. In addition to having to film ten to
thirteen episode seasons of MTB two, plaintiff also had to
complete an album with her group, which normally takes one
year to complete. With the one month time of filming.
While already having the clock work against them, Defendant Diddy
would punish the group by shutting down the studio when
group members would fight, giving plaintiff in the group even
less time than already provided. Plaintiff was forced to endure
in humane work conditions like having to participate in as
many as one hundred interviews in a single day to
promote the group's debut album to out for TV. Plaintiff
had no decision in the scheduling of interviews and had
no room to decline. Interview scheduled during the approximate one
month of filming season three, Plaintiff and the group made
approximately twenty tour stops. Upon information and belief, Defending Didy
and BBE were compensated between eighty thousand and two hundred
and fifty thousand for each tour stop. Despite the variances
in payment for their performances, Defending Ditty only paid Plaintiff
and her group members a flat five thousand per show
per person. Defending Ditty did not appear on any tour
performance scheduled. Plaintiff to date has been unable to review
the accounting, nor has been provided adequate information for money
defendant Didty and BB were paid for their tour performances.
Plaintiff to date has been unable to review the accounting,
nor has it been provided adequate information related to royalties
paid to defendant Diddy and BB for the album Too
Hot for TV. Plaintiff to date has been unable to
review the accounting, nor has been provided adequate information related
to the television show MTB two from defendant bm MTV,
Viacom or a paramount. Plaintiff to date has been unable
to review the accounting, nor has been provided adequate information
related to copyrights from her original works on Too Odd
for TV or the Bad Boy Too soundtrack. While recording
the group's second album, Plaintiff found it harder than the
first time around, as her group members punished her because
of disagreements the group was having with plaintiff spouse. As
a result of the rift, Plaintiff only recorded a hook
on one song on the group sophomore album that was
never released. Plaintiff has no knowledge of where that work
is to date, nor has any knowledge on the copyright
or ownership of that work. At the end of filming
season three, Plaintiff was sent home again under the impression
the show was being edited for television. Plaintiff was contacted
shortly after because Defendant Ditty required her presence with the
group in NYC. Defendant BM and MTV arrange for her
transportation back to New York. Upon arrival in NYC, Plaintiff
in the group met with defendant Ditty at defendant Bbe's offices,
where they were told that Defendant Ditty was dismantling the group.
After the meeting, defendant's BM and MTV did not continue
to film Plaintiff and the group. Plaintiff never heard from
defendants BM, MTV, or BB after that day, Plaintiff's legitimate
concerns go ignored. Defendant didty bbe, MTV or BM did
not provide any human resource departments where plaintiff could advance
an employee grievance. Plaintiff complaint to defendan Ditty, MTV, BM
and fond worth her desires to leave due to conditions
of filming the outrageous twenty four to seven on call
work schedule and defending Ditty's outrageous demands and irrational behavior.
On multiple occasions, Plaintiff constantly attempted to have her grievances addressed,
as the conditions were affecting her body, voice, mental well being,
and sense of peace. One such issue was group members
were allowed to smoke both weed and cigarettes inside their
residence and recording studio in extreme close proximity to plaintiff.
Group members were allowed to smoke both weed and cigarettes
during working hours on business property, despite plaintiff's constant complaints
about how the smoke affected her health and well being,
and despite the fact that weed was illegal at the time.
All five of the group members smoked either weed or cigarettes,
though plaintiff got no reprieve from the constant smoking while
plaintiff was in the studio with the group, it would
become consumed with so much smoke plaintiff would have to
exit for fresh air. All of the plaintiff's pleased to
her defendant superiors about the smoke, when unheard, were denied
and constantly rejected. However, when plaintiff and the group joined
Defendan Ditty for her hosting in DC, Defendan Ditty made
the members of the group who were smoking exited the
tor bus and forced them to ride on another tour bus.
When Defending Ditty did not want to smoke around them,
he addressed the issue immediately. When plaintiff did not want
to smoke around her, she was mocked by Defendant Ditty
and told womp womp. Plaintiff attempted to address her other
grievances to defend its bm MTV bbe Phil Ditty, Fawnsworth,
and Dofat about group members refusing to work with her
on their album. Plaintiff's grievances went ignored, unheard, and at
times she was mocked by defendant Ditty, who told her
she needed to toughen up because she dared to air
such grievances Due to defendants on reasonable demands and expectations.
Plaintiff was forced to be an alcoholic to not draw
the ire and the wrath of defendant Ditty, causing her
sae vere physical and mental harm. Plaintiff attempted to address
other grievances to defend in bm MTV bbe Phil Ditty
and Farnsworth about group members being disrespectful to her spouse
when he called or he came to the house to visit.
These grievances when ignored and unhurt as well, Defending Ditty
prevents plaintiff from having a career in music. Defending Ditty
further interfered with Plaintiff's music career for several years. After
he dismantled Plaintiff's group, the Band, Plaintiff had meetings with
several record labels and producers, which all started off well
but then never materialized. After the initial meeting, Plaintiff had
an offer for a record deal with Capitol Records. Plaintiff
was told Defending Ditty interfered and personally called executives at
the label telling them not to sign plaintiff. Plaintiff had
an opportunity to sign a record deal with Electro Records
the executive who extended the deal told plaintiff that she
needed to make a phone call before formally offering plaintiff
the deal. After that call, Plaintiff was told that Electra
would have to pass on plaintiff. Plaintiff, upon information and belief,
believes it was defendant Ditty who told the executive not
to sign Plaintiff to Electra. Plaintiff had another opportunity with
Empire Records. The initial meeting went great, like all the
other meetings with record labels before. About a week after
the initial meeting, the executive from Empire stated that they
cannot move forward with plaintiff because the label was in
the process of signing Defending Ditty's son, King Colmes, to
a record deal and Defending Ditty did not want his
son on the same label as plaintiff. Defending Ditty's son,
King Coombs, subsequently did sign the deal with Empire Records.
Plaintiff had several meetings with producers and music industry executives
in California, but all of those meetings ended after Defending
Ditty called them and told them to stop working with plaintiff.
Defendant Shawn told plaintiff and the group right before Defending
Ditty dismantled the group that they should get music out
of their assistance because no one would go against Defendan
Ditty for them, and truer words had never been spoken.
Defending Ditty sexually harasses, assaults, and falsely imprisoned plaintiff. During
filming of MTB two, Defendan Ditty took the group on
a hosting he had in DC. During this trip, Defending
Ditty made a cocktail for plaintiff, but drank from the
cocktail first before giving it to plaintiff. Plaintiff did not
drink the cocktail. Defending Ditty made drank from the first
and gave her Defendan Ditty proceeded to stare down plaintiff
for several minutes, seemingly observing if she would drink the cocktail.
Plaintiff felt Defendan Ditty was trying to intimidate her into
drinking the drink, so she eventually stopped looking in his direction.
Shortly thereafter, Defendan Ditty leaves the main area of the
tour bus to retreat into his bedroom, where he slams
the door. Plaintiff believes he did this in frustration because
she would not drink from the cocktail he provided to her.
Defendant Ditty would complain that the group members live and
initiative because they did not come to the studio Defendant
Daddy's house to record. Plaintiff, attempting to heed the advice,
went on her own to the studio to record. Plaintiff
went on her own because the group had ostracized her
and refused to work with her. While plaintiff was walking
down the hallway approaching Studio A, a lounge room that
was used in filming MTB two, Defending Diddy burst out
the door near the door to studio as a cubby
hole in a corner near the door, Plaintiff believes, Defending
Ditty start walking through the hallways via security camera, Defending
Diddy backs Plaintiff up against the corner and puts his
right arm up to block plaintiff from moving. Defending Diddy
then comes close enough to Plaintiff's face where he could
kiss her and asks her in a low sensual voice,
how she's doing, if she's okay, and if she needed
anything at all. While asking plaintiff if she needed anything,
Defending Diddy us his left hand to adjust the collar
of her jacket, then ran his left hand across her
breast while repeating the phrase if she needs anything, to
let him know. Plaintiff thought about trying to make a
getaway under defendan Ditty's right arm, but was frozen in
confusion and fear. Defending Ditty, realizing plaintiff is uncomfortable and
not consenting to his actions, removes his right arm that
was precluding plaintiff's movement. Defending Diddy then went back inside
studio a. Plaintiff walked as fast as she could away
from defending Didty and out the studio. Plaintiff left so
quickly in shock and disbelief that he assaulted her at
the studio that she never recorded music that day. Plaintiff
was extremely upset that defending Didty assaulted her. Plaintiff has
had to seek extense of therapy to deal with from
the turmoil inflicted from her experiences with defending Ditty and
MTB two. All right, we're going to wrap up right here,
and in the next episode we're going to pick up
with Unjustin Richmond of defendants by breach of contract and
Dora copyright infringement. All of the information that goes along
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