Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of The
Diddy Diaries. In this episode, we're going to pick up
where we left off with the Sarah Rivers lawsuit filed
against Ditty behind the scenes of MTB two. MTB two
was the first hip hop music based reality show of
its kind. Plaintiff and her group members were pioneers in
this genre of television and music. Plaintiff believes that defendants
lou BM, MTV, and UMG offered defendant Ditty the MTB
franchise to revive his fledgling career after defending Ditty's nightclub
shooting trial in two thousand and one, where rapper Shine
was imprisoned for a decade as a result. Leading up
to the two thousand and one trial, defending Ditty had
been in multiple criminal legal matters, one in nineteen ninety
six where he pled guilty to criminal mischief and paid
a fine, and again in nineteen ninety nine where defendant
Ditty was alleged to have beaten up record executive, which
Didty pled down to harassment and was sentenced to anger management.
It's clear that defendant Ditty never intended on finding a
new group for his label, as he did not retain
a single group on his label after the group ceased recording.
There are seasons for the MTB franchise. Defendant Ditty intended
to reboot the franchise in twenty twenty, but it was
delayed due to the COVID pandemic and ultimately canceled upon
information and belief. Defendant Ditty did not invite any members
from MTB two to participate in the reboot. Plaintiff in
the group's traumatic experience was so widely known that it
was parodied during an episode of Dave Chappelle's show Chappelle Show,
where a plaintiff appeared. The appearance of plaintiff and her
group on Chappelle's show was arranged by Defendant Ditty NBBE
during the filming of MTB two. The appearance of plaintiff
and her group on Chappelle's show occurred while plaintiff was
still filming the MTB two series. Plaintiff was not compensated
for her appearance or participation on Chappelle's show. In or
around the late spring of two thousand and two, plaintiff
discovered auditions for a group being formed by Defendant Ditty,
airing on defendant MTV's network. Plaintiff auditioned in the open
auditions in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan, defending Horror of
a local Detroit radio station. Defendant BM and defendant MTV
made the decision who moved on to the next round
for evaluation by defendant Ditty. Defendant Horror is the one
who ensured plaintiff made it through next to meet defendant Ditty.
Once picked as a semi finalist, Defending MTV told plaintiff
to wait for a call about the next steps for participation.
In or about June two thousand and two, plaintiff received
a call from defendant MTV about traveling to NYC to
audition for defendant Ditty. Defendants BM and MTV did not
provide plaintiff any timeline for how long filming an NYC
would commence, nor did they provide her any contracts related
there too. Two The only timeline defendants provided was that
individuals would be there longer if they continued to the
next rounds. Defendants BM and MTV arranged their transportation and
lodging for plaintiff to travel to NYC to participate as
a semi finalist in the series. M two B two.
Defendants BM and MTV also arranged ground transportation via fifteen
passenger vans. Auditions in NYC were all day from approximately
nine am to nine pm. Approximately fifty individuals performed for
defendant Ditty at the NYC audition during the days plaintiff
was not auditioning, she was still required to come back
and wait. While waiting at the audition, plaintiff and contestants
were not provided food and were not allowed to leave
for any reason, including to get food. During the initial
auditions and NYC, contestants would perform for defendant Ditty and
then just wait without knowledge if they advanced to the
finalist round. The auditions went on for several hours and
included several rounds. Contestants were not allowed to leave. At
the end of the NYC initial auditions, plaintiff was told
that they were being sent home because defendant Diddy wanted
to search for additional talent. Before a plaintiff was released,
she was required by defendants BM and MTV to sign
a general release for her likeness to appear on television.
Plaintiff was required to sign the contract with defendants BM
and MTV before she left NYC Plaintiff was not allowed
to take the contract home. Plaintiff was not allowed to
have a professional review the contract for its content, and
was told it needed to be signed immediately on the spot.
Plaintiff does not remember or believe if defendant BM and
MTV offered compensation for this release. Plaintiff returned home for
approximately a month before being called again by defending MTV
and BM, where she was told that she had been
selected to appear as one of thirty finalists. Defendant MTV
and BM then arrange for plaintiff to travel back to
NYC from Detroit to participate in another audition process to
choose the members of the group. Out of the thirty
individuals callback as finalists, twelve would be selected for a
final consideration to become members of the group. Once plaintiff
was chosen to be one of the twelve contestants to
move into the house, defendants BM and MTV presented a second,
longer contract to be signed by plaintiff for further participation
in MTB two and consideration to be part of the group.
This second contract was upwards of thirty plus pages. Plaintiff
was again required to sign this contract immediately and on
the spot in order to advance to the next round
and move into the house. Defendants BM and MTV prevented
Plaintiff from reviewing or having any one review contract presented.
Defendant made it clear if participants, including plaintiff did not
sign contracts immediately on the spot, then would have to
go home and terminated from further consideration. On MTB two,
Plaintiff signs a third contract during MTB two season three.
Plaintiff believes this contract was a record deal with defendant
Ditty and BBE. Plaintiff was also unable to review this
contract and was forced to sign it under duress. Defendant
Mickey made false representations that if plaintiff did not sign
the agreement immediately on the spot, that none of the
other group members would be paid. The contract plaintiff was
forced to sign due to Defendant Mickey's false representations was
a contract binding plaintiff to terms of a future contract
with plaintiff that they had not seen, negotiated, or been
presented a copy to review. Plaintiff signed a fourth contract
during season three of MTB two with defendant Janis, JCP
and JCPH. Plaintiff specifically fell pressured into signing with defendant Janis,
JCP and JCPH because Plaintiff designed to sign with other
publisher SCSAC and believe the conflict existed with Defending Janis
and her companies because she is defending Ditty's mother. Plaintiff
ultimately signed with Defending Janice, JCP and JCPH because she
was not given a choice and was outvoted by her
band mates five to one. Further, Defending Ditty made it
known if plaintiff did not sign, the group would not continue.
Plaintiff received a one time payment for this agreement with
Defending Janis, JCP and JH in the amount of no
more than twenty five thousand. Plaintiff has no access to
her copyright information, nor does she have any other information
related to her works. Because of the interference by Defending Janice,
JCP and JCPH, Plaintiff was never provided an executed copy
of any of the contracts she signed. Plaintiff was forced
to sign all contracts immediately on the spot, without opportunity
to review herself or to have it reviewed by a professional.
There was never any negotiation nor meaning of the minds
in any contract. Plaintiff does not recall receiving compensation by
defendants BM and MTV for her participation and appearance on
three seasons on the television show MTB two. Further, due
to the actions of defendants BM, MTV, Diddy, and Phil,
plaintiff was precluded from the opportunity to negotiate an appearance
or participation fee for Plaintiff's appearance and participation in MTB
two seasons two and three. Plaintiff's spouse and children also
appeared on the show MTB two. All appearances by plaintiff
family were not compensated, and plaintiff was responsible for transportation expenses.
The only compensation plaintiff recalls receiving while filming every season
of MTV two was per diem in cash of a
couple one hundred a week, which was provided by a
production assistant of defendant BM and MTV. The per deum
was to cover food for the week. Since plaintiff does
not have any copies of her contracts, she cannot be
certain what, if any, compensation she received while filming MTB two.
Plaintiff believes defendants BMMTV, Didty and Bbe intended to exploit
individuals like plaintiff who had a desire and dream to
be a recording artist. In the same industry and made
false promises of stardom. The plaintiff that she would become
a successful recording artists by participating in this show and
becoming a member of the group. It's important to note
that none of the individuals picked to participate in any
of the three groups formed during the nine seasons defendan
Ditty Control the MTB franchise have ever had a music
career outside of Defendant Ditty. Defending Ditty is seemingly blackballed
the members of MTB Franchise from any career in music,
specifically Plaintiff and the MTB two group. The debut album
of Plaintiff's group, Too Hot for TV Will, certified gold.
When the album went gold, Defendant Diddy through a party
for the group to celebrate the achievement. While at the party,
the only person presented a plaque was Defendant Diddy. At
a later day and time, Plaintiff had to purchase her
own plaque. Plaintiff believes that the only reason the album
did not go platinum was because it was undership by
defendant UMG. During season three of MTB two, group members
complain about being unable to find the album in stores
due to the undershipping by defendant UMG, the album was bootlegged,
therefore driving down sales and would have been made had
an adequate amount of albums been shipped. Upon Information and Belief,
Defendants bm MTV, Viacom, Paramount, and Diddy made approximately thirty
million from the MTV two television program. Upon Information and Belief,
Defendants Diddy, bb E, sjc bb EH, Janis, JCP, and
JCPH made approximately fifty million from them musical act the band.
All Right, we're gonna wrap up right here, and in
the next episode, we're going to pick up with defending
Diddy controls the group decisions. All of the information that
goes with this episode, including my contact information, can be
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