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Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of The

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Diddy Diaries. One of the many people who have accused

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Ditty of abuse and who have filed a lawsuit against

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him is Don Richard. And Don Richard, as you recall,

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was somebody who was very close to Ditty, at least professionally.

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She was involved in multiple projects working with Ditty, and

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she was somebody who was around him and had intimate

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knowledge of his behavior and how his well oiled machine operated.

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And now with her coming forward and filing this lawsuit

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against Ditty, it really launched things into a different orbit.

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And if you recall, her lawsuit was filed before the

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federal indictment hit the docket. So Ditty's team they're going

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to try and say that all these lawsuits were piggybacking

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off of the federal indictment. But several of these lawsuits

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hit the docket before that indictment was even unsealed. So

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that's not a defense that I think is going to

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go anywhere for them. And today we're hearing from Don

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Richard's lawyer, Lisa Bloom, who is discussing her client's case.

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This article was published by Vibe and the headline Don

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Richard's lawyer addresses Sean Ditty Combs's witness tampering claims. This

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article was authored by Domitia Inman. Lisa Bloom, the attorney

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representing Don Richard in her civil case against Sean Ditty Combs,

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speaks with Talk TV about her client's case, the criminal

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charges he faces, and the allegations of witness tampering. In

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a clip of the interview shared by the Art of

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Dialogue on x, Bloom points out details where the civil

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suit and criminal case overlap. And look, this is something

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that is as old as the day is long. Whenever

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you have some sort of civil proceeding against you, especially

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if you're somebody who's famous, and there's even a hint

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of criminal behavior, you better believe the government's going to

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be made aware of it. And remember, we were talking

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about the Rodney Jones suit when it came out all

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the way back in what November, and in that lawsuit,

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he was begging the government basically to initiate a recal

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investigation into Diddy. And then you fast forward all these

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months to where we are now, and you look at

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some of these lawsuits that were filed previously, and there

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sure is a whole lot of overlap. The federal criminal

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case came after ours, but it was strikingly similar. She explained,

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many of the same allegations, that women were victimized, that

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they were terrorized, that they weren't even paid properly when

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they work for him and made music with them. So,

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if his employees aren't getting treated right, what makes anybody

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think that sex workers or anyone that he considers an

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object of his obsession is going to be treated fairly.

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If you don't treat the people around you, as far

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as your employees, your coworkers, the people you love correctly,

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what makes anyone think that you're gonna treat strangers in

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the right way? She continued to detail. There's the federal

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criminal case. That's why he's in prison right now, and

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I think he's going to be in prison for the

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rest of his life. And then there's a large number

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of civil cases that have been filed. Those are private

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lawsuits for money damages. There's my case, and there's a

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number of other cases with similar allegations, some involving underage

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people as well as adults that are victimized by them.

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And for those of you who have been rocking with me,

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for quite some time. It won't come as a surprise

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to know that I'm not a big fan of Lisa Bloom.

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I'm just not a big fan of her or her mom,

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Gloria already, but I'm not gonna hold that against her client.

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My beef with Lisa Bloom and her mom is the

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glory hounding, not so much as the way that they

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defend their clients or whatever. But it feels to me

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that they have a lot of main character syndrome, and

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a lot of times they try and make it about them,

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and I saw it with Epstein, and I hope we

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don't see it here because these lawyers need to realize

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that this isn't about them. This is about their clients.

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It's about the alleged victims, and it's about justice. In

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our case and in the federal criminal case, we're not

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just again Sean Combs, but against a large number of

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people who are accused of being his enablers. Because we

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know from history people like Jeffrey Epstein, I represented eleven

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of his victims. These guys just don't do it by themselves.

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They have to have a large number of people who

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are complicit in order to have an operation. This big

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and to have this many accusers. Look, there's no doubt

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you cannot run an operation like this on your own.

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And for those of you who aren't really too familiar

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with the Epstein situation, well we're going to talk a

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lot more about it as this continues to unfold, because

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obviously there's a lot of intersection here, and I think

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that if you understand what happened with Epstein, or at

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the very least get a taste, you'll understand a little

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bit better of what you're seeing here when it comes

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to Ditty. At the end of the clip, she explained

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how Richard's lawsuit could be the reason that Combs has

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been denied bail in criminal court. Very possible. But I

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don't think that Lisa Bloom should be out here talking

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about this. You don't think Diddy's lawyers are going to

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use it or attempt to use it against her and

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against Donn Richard now probably won't be successful, but they'll

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talk about how she's out here looking for publicity, how

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she's trying to be a glory hound, you know, the

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whole thing. I've always been more of a move in

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silence kind of person and not let your enemies know

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what you're thinking, right, So if I was a lawyer,

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I certainly wouldn't be making any public statements about anything

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that's going on as far as my client goes or

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their case. That's very unusual. And here's why, and it

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has to do with my case, because the prosecutors say

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he was tampering with witnesses before he was sent to jail.

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Detailed Bloom after being asked why the Bad Boy Records

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founder remains behind bars. In my case, there's a woman,

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only one who came out publicly after we filed our

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complain and basically attacked my client and said she was

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a liar. Well, it turns out the prosecutors say that

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there were over one hundred phone calls phone messages between

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Sean Combs and this witness right after the filing of

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our complaint until a couple of days later when she

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came out with her statement calling my client a liar,

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and then those calls stopped. So what she's saying here

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is that there was tappering. Didty and his people got

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to the other witness and after talking to that witness,

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coursing them or whatever, got the witness to sing a

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tune that was more favorable to Ditty, and that's what

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the prosecutors alleged in those transcripts, and that played a

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part obviously in the judge making the decision to keep

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Ditty behind bars, and Lisa Bloom saying that it had

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to do with the situation with her client Don Richard

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and tracking it. It certainly seems like it's something that

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has some legs, especially considering that the allegations that were

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made in these documents again were made before the indictment

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was wild or at least file publicly, So that adds

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a lot of credence to what Lisa Bloom is saying here.

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She continued to elaborate, so the implication is very clear

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that he was reaching out to her. I don't know

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if he offered her something or if he scared her

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or would happened, but that he's tampering with witnesses, and

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the judge essentially said he needs to be behind bars

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because we can't have witnesses tampered with. And there's no

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doubt about it, that's exactly what the judge is saying.

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You can't be out here at tampering with witnesses. And

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if there's even any hint that that might occur. You're

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not going to get bell. It's the same thing you

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see with mafioso. It's the same thing you see with

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anybody who's running an alleged criminal enterprise. Last month, Richard

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came forward to take legal action against Colmes, claiming she

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was verbally abused while participating in making the band alleged

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sexual assault, received death threats, and detailed witnessing physical assaults

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on Cassie Ventura. Mister Combs is shocked and disabl pointed

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by this lawsuit, detailed his attorney, Ericle wolf in a

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statement at the time. Can you imagine the scene at

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Erical Wolfe's office as these lawsuits continue to come in.

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This lady's going to need an army of paralegals in

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an attempt to rewrite history. Don Richards has now manufactured

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a series of false claims, all in the hopes of

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trying to get a payday, conveniently time to coincide with

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her album release and press tor. The memo continued, It's

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unfortunate that miss Richard has cast their twenty year friendship

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decide to try and get money from them, But mister

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Combs is confidently standing on truth and looks forward to

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proving that in court. Oh, I'm sure that he's just

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over the moon that there's what two hundred, two hundred

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and fifty lawsuits that have been filed against them. Yeah,

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that's very exciting stuff, said nobody ever, the whole entire Oh,

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I'm excited to exonerate myself. I'm excited to defend myself

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from these charges. Save that shit. Everybody knows you're not

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excited about any of this. Now, you might have been

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excited about the baby oil and you know, dominating people,

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but your bitch ass isn't excited about sitting in that jail.

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Cell I can tell you that much. Aligning with the

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statement made by Bloom the day Richard's lawsuit became public, news,

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Colmes allegedly called or texted COLLEENL. Harper fifty eight times

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in four days, according to NBC News. Harper subsequently made

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a statement on social media denying claims made by Richard's filing.

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This incident is just one way of making clear that

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this defendant has the ongoing ability to keep witnesses, even

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witnesses who might have been around for the very distant

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in time, abuse, in his pocket and at his disposal.

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Explained one of the prosecutors, assist in US attorney Emily

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Johnson Colmes, was arrested in New York City amid the

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mounting civil lawsuits on criminal allegations of racketeering, conspiracy, sex

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trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and transportation to engage

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in prostitution. Is pleaded not guilty to the aforementioned charges.

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As mister Colmbs's legal team is emphasized, he cannot address

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every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus.

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Wolf shared in a statement earlier this month, after more

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lawsuits were filed against her client, that said, mister Combs

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emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim

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that he sexually abused anyone, including miners. He looks forward

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to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court if

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and when the claims are filed and served, where the

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truth will be established based on evidence, not on speculation. Cool,

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let's get to that evidence part. Huh. Let's get to

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the whole entire discovery phase. Let's get to the depositions,

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and let's see what's what. Unfortunately, most of these civil cases,

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keep in mind, are going to be paused, and that's

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because the criminal aspect of all of this is the

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most important component as far as the state's concerned. So

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the civil cases, they're going to be paused, they're going

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to be back shelved, and we're going to get on

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with the criminal case first. Now, again that doesn't mean

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that these cases aren't going to get filed. There's just

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not going to be any conclusion. There's not going to

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be a trial or anything like that until the criminal

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portion gets wrapped up. But these civil cases that have

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been filed that continue to be filed, are a treasure

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trove for the investigators. And there's no doubt looking at

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the indictment that the investigators are taking a good hard

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look at these civil cases and they're using them to

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help build the case against Ditty. And I expect that

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to continue as this case continues to be built and

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as new accusers continue to come forward, and as far

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as Don Richard goes, I think that she's going to

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end up being a witness when it comes time for trial.

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Now that's just my speculation, but I think that her

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statements and what she has to say about Ditty is

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going to be used as testimony. And my guess is

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Don Richard isn't going to be the only one, all right, folks,

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that's going to do it for this All of the

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