Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome back to the program. In
this episode, we're diving back into those ditty court documents
and we're going to start taking a look at the
Talio Graves lawsuit that was filed recently against Ditty Case
number twenty four Sieve seventy two oh one Talia Graves
plaintiff for Sean Comes and Joseph Sherman plaintiff Talio Graves
plaintiff buy and through her attorneys Allred Morocco and Goldberg
and Coody Hecker Wang for her complaint alleges as follows.
In or around the summer of two thousand and one,
Plaintiff's life was violently knocked off course when defendant Shawn
Combs and Joseph Sherman viciously raped her at the Bad
Boy Recording Studio in New York City. Plaintiff was twenty
five at the time and dating one of colmb's employees,
a relationship that Colmbs exploited to lord plaintiff into meeting
him and Sherman alone. Once they successfully sequestered plaintiff, Colmbs
and Sherman gave plaintiff a drink likely laced with a
drug that eventually caused her briefly to lose consciousness. She
awoke to find herself bound and restrained. Combs in Sherman
proceeded to brutally sexually abuse and violate Plaintiff. Combs mercilessly
raped her anally and vaginally. Sherman forcefully slam plaintiff onto
a table, slapped her, and repeatedly thrust his penis into
her mouth. Both men were undeterred by plaintiff cries for
help throughout the attack. Plaintiff never recovered from defendant's violent rape.
She had suicidal thoughts and ideation and has received extensive
psychological treatment because of defendant's attack. For decades, she remained
silent and did not report the crime out of fear
of the defendants and how they would use their power
to ruin her life, as they repeatedly explicitly threatened to do.
To this day, plaintiff suffers from severe depression, anxiety, and
panic attacks, and still lives in fear of the defendants.
Any progress plaintiff is made in dealing with the attack
over the years was dramatically reversed on or around November
twenty seventh, twenty twenty three, when she learned for the
first time that Combs and Sherman had video recorded the
horrific rape twenty two years before, and had shown the
video to multiple men, seeking to publicly degrade and humiliate
both plaintiff and her boyfriend. Plaintiff cannot believe that the
defendants would record themselves committing such a gruesome crime and
then proceed proudly and widely to disseminate the recording of it.
She was distraught and sunk into deep depression. She again
considered ending her life. This action seeks redress for defendants brutalizing,
misogynistic and violent attacks on plaintiff, starting in two thousand
and one with their rape, and continuing in the subsequent
years as they compounded her humiliation by showing the video
of sexual assault to others parties. Plaintiff Talia Graves is
a female who resides in Harris County, Texas. Defendant Sean
Colmes is a male who, on information and belief, resides
in Los Angeles County, California, though at the time of
filing was incarcerated in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
On information and belief, at all relevant times, Colmbs owned
and or controlled Bad Boy Entertainment, Bad Boy Productions, Bad
Boy Books, Bad Boy Records, bad Boy Entertainment, Bad Boy Productions,
Daddy House Recording Studio, CEO PCO LLC, Combs Global colmb's
enterprise and the facts the Colm's ownership and titles and
the Colms Corporations enabled him to commit the unlawful sexual
violence against plaintiff described herein and door to harass and
subsequently intimidator into silence after the rape. Defendant Joseph Sherman
aka Big Joe, is a male who, on information and belief,
resides in Westchester County, New York. On information and belief,
Sherman was employed by Colmbs and or by the Combs
Corporations during the relevant period. The facts of Calm's ownership
and titles and Sherman's titles at the Combs Corporations enabled
Sherman to commit the unlawful sexual violence against plaintiff and
described herein and to or harass and subsequently intimidator into
silence after the rape. Defendant. Daddy's House Recordings, Incorporated. Daddy
House is a domestic business corporation that is incorporated in
New York and, on information and belief now has its
principal place of business at ninety two fifty five Sunset Boulevard, West, Hollywood, California.
Colmbs is listed as CEO in public filings and at
the time of the events alleged here in, Daddy's House
was a world class recording studio owned by Colmbs, located
in New York. On information and belief, at all relevant times,
bad Boy and Colmbs together owned and operated Daddy's House.
On information and belief, the bad Boy Recording Studio was
located on the premises of Daddy's House and chairman use
the Daddy's House premises and their ownership and titles at
Daddy's House to commit the unlawful sexual violence against plaintiff
described here in, and or to harass and subsequently intimidator
into silence after the rape. Defendant. CEO Pco LLC is
a limited liability company incorporated in Delaware that has its
principal place of business in Hollywood, California. On information and belief,
all members of the Colm's Global are citizens of Delaware,
New York, and Lori, California. On information and belief, Colm's
Global is an alter ego for Combs and or successor
in interest to Colm's other corporations, and or was established
or used by Combs for the purpose of moving, disposing of,
and or insulating his assets, including in connection with his
criminal activities, and to avoid liability. Colm's Global currently owns, controls,
and or oversees bad Boy in Calm's other business ventures
in the muse Uzig, fashion fragrance, beverage marketing, film, television,
and media industries. As part of his renowned bad Boy
record label and brand, Combs has established several corporate entities
under the bad Boy name over the past few decades,
including but not limited to, bad Boy Entertainment, bad Boy Productions,
bad Boy Books, bad Boy Records, bad Boy Entertainment, and
Bad Boy Productions. On information and belief, all bad Boy
corporate entities are alter egos for Combs, are controlled and
or directed by Combs, and or were established or used
by Combs for the purpose of moving, disposing of, and
or insulating his assets, including in connection with his criminal activities,
and to avoid liability. On information and belief, all active
bad Boy entities are now owned and or controlled by
Combs and or by Colms Global. Combs and Sherman use
the bad Boy premises, recording Studio and their ownership entitles
at bad Boy to commit the unlawful sexual violence against
plaintiff described herein, and or to harass and subsequently intimidator
into silence after the rape. Defendant. Bad Boy Entertainment is
a domestic business corporation incorporated in New York. Bad Boy
Entertainment Holdings is part of the Bad Boy Enterprise founded
and owned by Combs and On Information and Belief is
now owned and or controlled by Combs and or Combs
Global Defendant. Bad Boy Production Holdings is a domestic business
corporation incorporated in New York that on Information and Belief
now has its principal place of business in California. Bad
Boy Productions is part of the Bad Boy Enterprise founded
and owned by Combs and On Information and Belief is
now owned and controlled by Combs and or Homes Global Defendant.
Bad Boy Holdings, Incorporated is a domestic business corporation incorporated
in New York that on Information and Belief now has
its principal place of business in New York. Bad Boy
Holdings is part of the Bad Boy Enterprise founded and
owned by Combs and On Information and Belief is now
owned and controlled by Combs and or Combs Global. The
CEO listed on public filings is Eddie Norwood Junior, and
it's listed as addressed in New York. Defendant. Bad Boy
Records is a Delaware limited liability company that, on information
and belief, is headquartered in New York and California. On
information and belief, all members of bad Boy are citizens
of Delaware, New York, and California. On information and belief,
bad Boy Records is part of the bad Boy Enterprise
and or successor in interest to other bad Boy defendants
that comprise the bad Boy Enterprise founded and owned by Combs.
On information and belief, bad Boy Records LLC is now
owned and or controlled by Combs and or buy Combs Global. Defendant.
Bad Boy Entertainment is a New York limited by ability
company that on information and belief is headquartered in New
York and Door, California. On information and belief, all members
of bad Boy are citizens of New York and Door, California.
Bad Boy Entertainment is part of bad Boy Enterprise and
a successor in interest to other bad Boy defendants that
comprise the bad Boy Enterprise, founded and owned by Combs Defendants.
Organizational Dose one through ten are currently unknown entities who
were owned by and or employed defendants Combs and or
Sherman and enable the commission of the conduct complained of
here in. As the parties engage in discovery, Plaintiff retains
the right to amend the complaint to add these entities
by name. Each of the Combs corporations A aided and
abetted Combs in Sherman in committing the unlawful sexual violence
against Plaintiff described herein, and or in harassing and subsequently
intimidating her into silence after the rape. B provided Combs
in Sherman with the studio office space where they committed
the rape and or chattel including recording equipment, storage equipment, etc.
To record the rape and disseminate it. See our alter
egos for Combs completely dominated by him and used by
his personal interests to engage in wrongdoing, which aren't Plaintiff
and others and or deserve or half served as vehicles
for Combs to move, dispose of, and or insulate his assets,
including in connection with his criminal activities, and to avoid
compensating the victims of as many crimes, including Plaintiff. All right,
we're going to wrap up episode one right here, and
in the next episode, we're going to pick up with
jurisdiction and venue. All of the information that goes with
this episode can be found in the description box. What's
up everyone, and welcome back to the program. In this episode,
we're going to pick up where we left off with
the Tally of Graves lawsuit that was filed against Diddy.
Jurisdiction and venue. This court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuing
to US Code twenty eight, section thirteen thirty two because
this case is between citizens of different states and the
amount in controversy exceeds seventy five thousand dollars. This court
has specific personal jurisdiction over defendants because the acts giving
rise to the plaintiff's claims took place in New York State,
and because several of the defendants are domiciled in New
York State and or regularly transact business in New York State.
Venue is proper in this district pursuing to US Code
twenty eight section thirteen ninety one B because a substantial
part of the events or omissions giving rise to the
claims occurred in this district. Jury demand plaintiff hereby demands
a trial by jury on her claims in this action
the factual allegations. Plaintiff's family immigrated to New York City
when plaintiff was a teenager in connection with her mother's work.
Her family ultimately settled in Rego Park, Queens, where she
completed her education and where she was living when she
met Colmbs. Defendant. Combs, also known by his stage names
Puff Daddy, Puffy, p Diddy, Diddy, Brother Love, or Love,
is a prominent rapper, record executive, and businessman. He rose
to fame in the nineteen nineties with his record label
Bad Boy, and continued to be a notable figure in
the music and entertainment industry in the following years. Colmbs
has continued to amass wealth and power through his business
ventures in the music, fashion, fragrance, beverage, marketing, film, television,
and media industries. The bad Boy Enterprise is the foundation
of Comb's wealth and power. Bad Boy has sold over
five hundred million records through its lucrative distribution deals with
the top music companies in the world, and has signed
acclaimed hip hop and R and B artists, including the
notorious Big Mary J. Blige, n Usher. Combs later founded
CEO Pco LLC aka A Combs Enterprises, later rebranded as
Colmb's Global to serve as a home for his portfolio
of businesses, including his investments in the music, fashion, fragrance,
beverage marketing, film, television and media industries, on information and belief,
Colm's Global, House's bad Boy, and other notable businesses such
as Comb's Fashion, Sean John, his vodka line Soroc, and
his cable media company, Revolt Media, as detailed below. Colmbs
has a long history of violence and of abusing and
raping women, and there have been several lawsuits filed against
Colmbs in the past year alleging sexual violence and abuse.
On September sixteenth, twenty twenty four, Colmbs was arrested in
charge with racketeering and sex trafficking. He was denied bell defendin. Sherman,
also known as Big Joe, was employed by Combs as
his bodyguard and head of security during the relevant time
period described herein and served in various roles in the
Combs corporations. Sherman is also the founder of Rhymes and
Dimes Magazine, Incorporated, a New York State registered corporation, and
through or in connection with that company produces and distributes
pornography on information and belief. He has often distributed videos
of his and or his friend's sexual assaults through his
pornography company. Plaintiff met defendant Combs in or around late
nineteen ninety nine or early two thousand through her then boyfriend,
who was an executive at Bad Boy. In addition to
working together, Plaintiff's boyfriend and Colmbs had a close personal relationship.
Plaintiff frequently visited her boyfriend at the Bad Boys studio
in New York City and attended events hosted at Comb's residences.
Over time, Plaintiff became familiar with Combs, and he knew
about her relationship with her boyfriend. Defendants trick drug and
violently rape Plaintiff. In or around the summer of twenty eleven,
plaintiff received a call from Colmes concerning her boyfriend's employment
at Bad Boy. He told her that he wanted to
meet with her in person to discuss her boyfriend's supposed
performance issues. Her boyfriend was determined to climb up the
ladder at Colmb's record label, and his romantic partner, Plaintiff
was committed to helping him plaintiff agreed to meet with Combs.
In retrospect, it was evidently as sick and twisted way
of using his ownership of entitle lied Bad Boy and
its affiliate entities to abuse plaintiff and also show his
power and ability to humiliate her boyfriend, his executive. A
few hours later, Combs arrived at plaintiff's mother's residence in
Queen's with Sherman, who was employed by Colmbs as his
bodyguard at the time. Sherman was driving an suv and
Colmbs was in the back seat. After plaintiff entered the vehicle,
Colmbs offered her a glass of wine, which he accepted.
Colmes began discussing his alleged concerns about her boyfriend's performance
at work. Meanwhile, as plaintiff drank what had been handed
to her, she started to feel lightheaded, dizzy, and physically weak.
In retrospect, it's clear that Colmb's had caused a drug
to be put into the plaintiff's drink, as a few
SIPs of wine had never impacted her that way. Combs
and Sherman drove plaintiff to Bad Boy Studio in Manhattan.
When they arrived and plaintiff tried to get out of
the car, she realized that she was feeling odd and
she found it difficult to walk. She assumed this was
her fault and did her best ag normal and followed
Combs as he led her, eventually to a couch in
a private room in the Bad Boy Studio. She later
came to understand this was Colmb's personal lounge and office
in the Bad Boy Studio. Combs sat on the couch
next to plaintiff and continued speaking to her. Plaintiff began
feeling even more woozy and sedated. She then lost consciousness.
When plaintiff regained consciousness, she was naked and her hands
were tied behind her back with what felt like a
plastic grocery bag. Plaintiff shouted for help. In response, Sherman
lifted her up from the couch and forcefully slammed her
face down on what was apparently a pool table. Shortly thereafter,
Combs entered the room naked. Combs reached for a container
of lubricant that smelled like menthol and proceeded to apply
it to his penis. He then bent plaintiff over the table,
causing her feet to dangle above the floor, forcefully held
her head down and anally penetrated her without her consent.
Plaintiff is four feet eleven inches tall and weighed only
one hundred and three pounds at the time, Plaintiff was
unable to move totally overpowered physically in addition to being
drugged and bound, Plaintiffs screamed out in pain, but Combs
continued to violently anally raperr He easily physically overpowered her,
smashing her head down on the pool table while she
futally tried to wriggle out from under him. During the
brutal attack, plaintiff vomited into her mouth and onto the table.
At one point, she involuntarily defecated. Combs was undeterred. He
wiped himself off, applied more lubricant, and without any acknowledgment
of Plaintiff's distress, proceeded to vaginally penetrate plaintiff. Plaintiff experienced
intense pain and burning sensations in her vagina and anis.
Plaintiff continued to scream for help because of the extreme
pain she felt as calms penetrated her over and over.
She then lost consciousness again. The next time she regained
consciousness Plaintiff was on the couch and Sherman was standing
in front of her with his bare penis in her face.
Sherman slapped plaintiff in the face and then forcefully inserted
his penis into her mouth. Sherman slapped her yet again
and continued to thrust his penis into Plaintiff's mouth. Plaintiff
once again lost consciousness. When she next awoke, Plaintiff was
on the couch, naked and alone in the room. Plaintiff
was in severe pain and distress. Her anis and vagina burned,
her face and wrists were bruised, and her gentle area
smelled strongly of menthol She felt a liquid, presumably seamen,
dripping out from inside of her. Her dress was thrown
over her, Her purse was on the couch next to her,
and her bra was on the floor nearby. She did
not see her underpants. Terrified that Combs and Sherman would return,
Plaintiff quickly got dressed and bolted out of the studio
room where she had been raped. Still dizzy and weak,
plaintiff called a livery driver that her family regularly hired
and knew well. The driver picked her up from outside.
Bad boys studio. She was disheveled, crying uncontrollably and suffering
from agonizing pain. The driver drove her to the hospital
and tried to convince her to report the rape and
get a rape kit, but she was unable to leave
the car, shaking and crying hysterically and terrified of what
Combs would do to her and her family if she
reported them. The aftermath and impact of the rape on plaintiff.
Plaintiff sustained serious physical injuries in the aftermath of the rape,
As noted, she had burning in her vagina and anus,
and bruising on her wrist and face. In the day
after the assault, she suffered prolonged anal bleeding and hemorrhoids.
Because of colmb's power and notoriety, plaintiff was afraid to
report what had happened. She was involved in a contentious
divorce and a custody battle at the time, and feared
that reporting the rape would cause her to lose custody
of her child. Plaintiff confided in her boyfriend, colmb's employee,
hoping that he would comfort and support her, but instead
of supporting her, he discouraged her from disclosing the assault,
telling her that I could negatively impact his own career.
Following the assault, and multiple times over the years, both
Comb's and Sherman contacted plaintiff and warned her to be silent,
threatening repercussions, including plaintiff potentially losing custody of her son
if she ever disclosed the assault. Because of their enormous
power in the industry, including through their ownership of and
positions at the Combs Corporations, plaintiff knew that they could
follow through on their threats. Plaintiff told close friends that
Comb's and Sherman had drugged and savagely raped her, but,
as noted, was afraid to report the attack to police
out of fear that the defendants would follow through on
their threats. She was even afraid to stay in New
York City while Colmes lived there, so with the help
of a friend, she fled to Pennsylvania. Plaintiff has in
fact relocated multiple times throughout the years in an effort
to stay away from Calms. Plaintiff has suffered irreparable harm
because of the brutal rape by defendant Comes and Chairman.
She suffers from severe depression and post traumatic stress disorder.
She also suffered suicidal ideation and intrusive thoughts, and has
attempted to end her life. Plaintiff lives in constant fear.
She struggles with hypervigilance and experiences anxiety and panic attacks
at social settings, preferring to be alone. Her need to
hide to feel safe has strained her relationships with friends
and family. Defendant's rape has also impacted Plaintiff's ability to
engage in sexual acts with her intimate partners. To this day,
she cannot be in certain sexual positions without experiencing flashbacks
Holme's violently penetrating her from behind. All right, folks, we're
gonna wrap up that brutal, disgusting episode right there, and
in the next episode, we're gonna pick up with Plaintiff
learns that the rape was videotaped and published. All of
the information that goes with this episode can be found
in the description box.