1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,839 Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of The 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,120 Diddy Diaries. In this episode, we're going to pick up 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,160 where we left off with the Sarah Rivers lawsuit filed 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:13,800 against Ditty behind the scenes of MTB two. MTB two 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,480 was the first hip hop music based reality show of 6 00:00:16,519 --> 00:00:20,160 its kind. Plaintiff and her group members were pioneers in 7 00:00:20,199 --> 00:00:24,079 this genre of television and music. Plaintiff believes that defendants 8 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:28,800 lou BM, MTV, and UMG offered defendant Ditty the MTB 9 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:33,479 franchise to revive his fledgling career after defending Ditty's nightclub 10 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,479 shooting trial in two thousand and one, where rapper Shine 11 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,679 was imprisoned for a decade as a result. Leading up 12 00:00:39,719 --> 00:00:42,200 to the two thousand and one trial, defending Ditty had 13 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,399 been in multiple criminal legal matters, one in nineteen ninety 14 00:00:45,439 --> 00:00:48,840 six where he pled guilty to criminal mischief and paid 15 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,920 a fine, and again in nineteen ninety nine where defendant 16 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,200 Ditty was alleged to have beaten up record executive, which 17 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,640 Didty pled down to harassment and was sentenced to anger management. 18 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,359 It's clear that defendant Ditty never intended on finding a 19 00:01:03,399 --> 00:01:05,959 new group for his label, as he did not retain 20 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,200 a single group on his label after the group ceased recording. 21 00:01:09,519 --> 00:01:14,760 There are seasons for the MTB franchise. Defendant Ditty intended 22 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:17,680 to reboot the franchise in twenty twenty, but it was 23 00:01:17,719 --> 00:01:22,280 delayed due to the COVID pandemic and ultimately canceled upon 24 00:01:22,359 --> 00:01:27,120 information and belief. Defendant Ditty did not invite any members 25 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:31,680 from MTB two to participate in the reboot. Plaintiff in 26 00:01:31,719 --> 00:01:34,920 the group's traumatic experience was so widely known that it 27 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,560 was parodied during an episode of Dave Chappelle's show Chappelle Show, 28 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,640 where a plaintiff appeared. The appearance of plaintiff and her 29 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,439 group on Chappelle's show was arranged by Defendant Ditty NBBE 30 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:51,280 during the filming of MTB two. The appearance of plaintiff 31 00:01:51,319 --> 00:01:54,120 and her group on Chappelle's show occurred while plaintiff was 32 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:59,359 still filming the MTB two series. Plaintiff was not compensated 33 00:01:59,359 --> 00:02:03,879 for her appearance or participation on Chappelle's show. In or 34 00:02:03,879 --> 00:02:06,560 around the late spring of two thousand and two, plaintiff 35 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,319 discovered auditions for a group being formed by Defendant Ditty, 36 00:02:10,719 --> 00:02:15,199 airing on defendant MTV's network. Plaintiff auditioned in the open 37 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,639 auditions in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan, defending Horror of 38 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:23,080 a local Detroit radio station. Defendant BM and defendant MTV 39 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,719 made the decision who moved on to the next round 40 00:02:25,759 --> 00:02:29,400 for evaluation by defendant Ditty. Defendant Horror is the one 41 00:02:29,439 --> 00:02:32,639 who ensured plaintiff made it through next to meet defendant Ditty. 42 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:37,080 Once picked as a semi finalist, Defending MTV told plaintiff 43 00:02:37,159 --> 00:02:40,360 to wait for a call about the next steps for participation. 44 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,159 In or about June two thousand and two, plaintiff received 45 00:02:44,199 --> 00:02:47,759 a call from defendant MTV about traveling to NYC to 46 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:52,479 audition for defendant Ditty. Defendants BM and MTV did not 47 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,719 provide plaintiff any timeline for how long filming an NYC 48 00:02:56,199 --> 00:02:59,560 would commence, nor did they provide her any contracts related 49 00:02:59,599 --> 00:03:03,560 there too. Two The only timeline defendants provided was that 50 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,560 individuals would be there longer if they continued to the 51 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:11,080 next rounds. Defendants BM and MTV arranged their transportation and 52 00:03:11,199 --> 00:03:15,199 lodging for plaintiff to travel to NYC to participate as 53 00:03:15,199 --> 00:03:18,439 a semi finalist in the series. M two B two. 54 00:03:19,159 --> 00:03:23,919 Defendants BM and MTV also arranged ground transportation via fifteen 55 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:28,479 passenger vans. Auditions in NYC were all day from approximately 56 00:03:28,599 --> 00:03:33,080 nine am to nine pm. Approximately fifty individuals performed for 57 00:03:33,199 --> 00:03:37,719 defendant Ditty at the NYC audition during the days plaintiff 58 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,360 was not auditioning, she was still required to come back 59 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:44,439 and wait. While waiting at the audition, plaintiff and contestants 60 00:03:44,479 --> 00:03:46,840 were not provided food and were not allowed to leave 61 00:03:46,879 --> 00:03:50,520 for any reason, including to get food. During the initial 62 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,560 auditions and NYC, contestants would perform for defendant Ditty and 63 00:03:54,639 --> 00:03:57,360 then just wait without knowledge if they advanced to the 64 00:03:57,439 --> 00:04:01,080 finalist round. The auditions went on for several hours and 65 00:04:01,159 --> 00:04:05,680 included several rounds. Contestants were not allowed to leave. At 66 00:04:05,719 --> 00:04:09,159 the end of the NYC initial auditions, plaintiff was told 67 00:04:09,439 --> 00:04:12,520 that they were being sent home because defendant Diddy wanted 68 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:16,120 to search for additional talent. Before a plaintiff was released, 69 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,680 she was required by defendants BM and MTV to sign 70 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:23,120 a general release for her likeness to appear on television. 71 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,399 Plaintiff was required to sign the contract with defendants BM 72 00:04:27,519 --> 00:04:31,680 and MTV before she left NYC Plaintiff was not allowed 73 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,279 to take the contract home. Plaintiff was not allowed to 74 00:04:34,319 --> 00:04:37,439 have a professional review the contract for its content, and 75 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,199 was told it needed to be signed immediately on the spot. 76 00:04:41,879 --> 00:04:44,639 Plaintiff does not remember or believe if defendant BM and 77 00:04:44,759 --> 00:04:50,000 MTV offered compensation for this release. Plaintiff returned home for 78 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:53,839 approximately a month before being called again by defending MTV 79 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,480 and BM, where she was told that she had been 80 00:04:56,519 --> 00:05:01,120 selected to appear as one of thirty finalists. Defendant MTV 81 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,720 and BM then arrange for plaintiff to travel back to 82 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:08,040 NYC from Detroit to participate in another audition process to 83 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,800 choose the members of the group. Out of the thirty 84 00:05:10,879 --> 00:05:14,560 individuals callback as finalists, twelve would be selected for a 85 00:05:14,639 --> 00:05:19,000 final consideration to become members of the group. Once plaintiff 86 00:05:19,079 --> 00:05:21,920 was chosen to be one of the twelve contestants to 87 00:05:22,079 --> 00:05:25,920 move into the house, defendants BM and MTV presented a second, 88 00:05:26,319 --> 00:05:30,240 longer contract to be signed by plaintiff for further participation 89 00:05:30,759 --> 00:05:34,319 in MTB two and consideration to be part of the group. 90 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,600 This second contract was upwards of thirty plus pages. Plaintiff 91 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:42,160 was again required to sign this contract immediately and on 92 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,079 the spot in order to advance to the next round 93 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:49,439 and move into the house. Defendants BM and MTV prevented 94 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:53,319 Plaintiff from reviewing or having any one review contract presented. 95 00:05:53,759 --> 00:05:57,120 Defendant made it clear if participants, including plaintiff did not 96 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,879 sign contracts immediately on the spot, then would have to 97 00:06:00,959 --> 00:06:04,959 go home and terminated from further consideration. On MTB two, 98 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:09,160 Plaintiff signs a third contract during MTB two season three. 99 00:06:09,519 --> 00:06:12,959 Plaintiff believes this contract was a record deal with defendant 100 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,240 Ditty and BBE. Plaintiff was also unable to review this 101 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:21,319 contract and was forced to sign it under duress. Defendant 102 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:25,120 Mickey made false representations that if plaintiff did not sign 103 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,639 the agreement immediately on the spot, that none of the 104 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,839 other group members would be paid. The contract plaintiff was 105 00:06:31,879 --> 00:06:35,639 forced to sign due to Defendant Mickey's false representations was 106 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,000 a contract binding plaintiff to terms of a future contract 107 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,600 with plaintiff that they had not seen, negotiated, or been 108 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,800 presented a copy to review. Plaintiff signed a fourth contract 109 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,240 during season three of MTB two with defendant Janis, JCP 110 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:56,360 and JCPH. Plaintiff specifically fell pressured into signing with defendant Janis, 111 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:01,600 JCP and JCPH because Plaintiff designed to sign with other 112 00:07:01,759 --> 00:07:06,959 publisher SCSAC and believe the conflict existed with Defending Janis 113 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:11,360 and her companies because she is defending Ditty's mother. Plaintiff 114 00:07:11,519 --> 00:07:16,680 ultimately signed with Defending Janice, JCP and JCPH because she 115 00:07:16,839 --> 00:07:19,120 was not given a choice and was outvoted by her 116 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:23,040 band mates five to one. Further, Defending Ditty made it 117 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,279 known if plaintiff did not sign, the group would not continue. 118 00:07:27,879 --> 00:07:30,439 Plaintiff received a one time payment for this agreement with 119 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,920 Defending Janis, JCP and JH in the amount of no 120 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,920 more than twenty five thousand. Plaintiff has no access to 121 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,120 her copyright information, nor does she have any other information 122 00:07:41,279 --> 00:07:45,079 related to her works. Because of the interference by Defending Janice, 123 00:07:45,199 --> 00:07:51,519 JCP and JCPH, Plaintiff was never provided an executed copy 124 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,959 of any of the contracts she signed. Plaintiff was forced 125 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,600 to sign all contracts immediately on the spot, without opportunity 126 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,920 to review herself or to have it reviewed by a professional. 127 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,879 There was never any negotiation nor meaning of the minds 128 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:11,079 in any contract. Plaintiff does not recall receiving compensation by 129 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,920 defendants BM and MTV for her participation and appearance on 130 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,959 three seasons on the television show MTB two. Further, due 131 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,160 to the actions of defendants BM, MTV, Diddy, and Phil, 132 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:26,879 plaintiff was precluded from the opportunity to negotiate an appearance 133 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:31,680 or participation fee for Plaintiff's appearance and participation in MTB 134 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,279 two seasons two and three. Plaintiff's spouse and children also 135 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,679 appeared on the show MTB two. All appearances by plaintiff 136 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:45,320 family were not compensated, and plaintiff was responsible for transportation expenses. 137 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,799 The only compensation plaintiff recalls receiving while filming every season 138 00:08:50,879 --> 00:08:54,159 of MTV two was per diem in cash of a 139 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,639 couple one hundred a week, which was provided by a 140 00:08:56,679 --> 00:09:01,240 production assistant of defendant BM and MTV. The per deum 141 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,279 was to cover food for the week. Since plaintiff does 142 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,039 not have any copies of her contracts, she cannot be 143 00:09:07,159 --> 00:09:11,000 certain what, if any, compensation she received while filming MTB two. 144 00:09:11,799 --> 00:09:16,919 Plaintiff believes defendants BMMTV, Didty and Bbe intended to exploit 145 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,519 individuals like plaintiff who had a desire and dream to 146 00:09:20,639 --> 00:09:23,240 be a recording artist. In the same industry and made 147 00:09:23,279 --> 00:09:26,519 false promises of stardom. The plaintiff that she would become 148 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:30,600 a successful recording artists by participating in this show and 149 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:33,519 becoming a member of the group. It's important to note 150 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,759 that none of the individuals picked to participate in any 151 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:39,799 of the three groups formed during the nine seasons defendan 152 00:09:39,879 --> 00:09:43,679 Ditty Control the MTB franchise have ever had a music 153 00:09:43,759 --> 00:09:49,000 career outside of Defendant Ditty. Defending Ditty is seemingly blackballed 154 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:52,399 the members of MTB Franchise from any career in music, 155 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:57,320 specifically Plaintiff and the MTB two group. The debut album 156 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:00,919 of Plaintiff's group, Too Hot for TV Will, certified gold. 157 00:10:01,279 --> 00:10:03,840 When the album went gold, Defendant Diddy through a party 158 00:10:03,919 --> 00:10:07,399 for the group to celebrate the achievement. While at the party, 159 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:11,159 the only person presented a plaque was Defendant Diddy. At 160 00:10:11,159 --> 00:10:13,679 a later day and time, Plaintiff had to purchase her 161 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:17,360 own plaque. Plaintiff believes that the only reason the album 162 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,200 did not go platinum was because it was undership by 163 00:10:20,279 --> 00:10:24,799 defendant UMG. During season three of MTB two, group members 164 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,159 complain about being unable to find the album in stores 165 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:33,080 due to the undershipping by defendant UMG, the album was bootlegged, 166 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,080 therefore driving down sales and would have been made had 167 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:41,080 an adequate amount of albums been shipped. Upon Information and Belief, 168 00:10:41,159 --> 00:10:46,399 Defendants bm MTV, Viacom, Paramount, and Diddy made approximately thirty 169 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:51,080 million from the MTV two television program. Upon Information and Belief, 170 00:10:51,279 --> 00:10:56,840 Defendants Diddy, bb E, sjc bb EH, Janis, JCP, and 171 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:01,639 JCPH made approximately fifty million from them musical act the band. 172 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:04,399 All Right, we're gonna wrap up right here, and in 173 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,840 the next episode, we're going to pick up with defending 174 00:11:06,919 --> 00:11:10,919 Diddy controls the group decisions. All of the information that 175 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,320 goes with this episode, including my contact information, can be 176 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,240 found in the description box.