1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome back to the program. In 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:06,519 this episode, we're diving back into those ditty court documents 3 00:00:06,839 --> 00:00:09,080 and we're going to start taking a look at the 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:15,000 Talio Graves lawsuit that was filed recently against Ditty Case 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,519 number twenty four Sieve seventy two oh one Talia Graves 6 00:00:19,559 --> 00:00:25,039 plaintiff for Sean Comes and Joseph Sherman plaintiff Talio Graves 7 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:29,320 plaintiff buy and through her attorneys Allred Morocco and Goldberg 8 00:00:29,399 --> 00:00:33,479 and Coody Hecker Wang for her complaint alleges as follows. 9 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,560 In or around the summer of two thousand and one, 10 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:41,200 Plaintiff's life was violently knocked off course when defendant Shawn 11 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,399 Combs and Joseph Sherman viciously raped her at the Bad 12 00:00:44,439 --> 00:00:47,960 Boy Recording Studio in New York City. Plaintiff was twenty 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,759 five at the time and dating one of colmb's employees, 14 00:00:51,039 --> 00:00:54,960 a relationship that Colmbs exploited to lord plaintiff into meeting 15 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:59,840 him and Sherman alone. Once they successfully sequestered plaintiff, Colmbs 16 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,920 and Sherman gave plaintiff a drink likely laced with a 17 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,040 drug that eventually caused her briefly to lose consciousness. She 18 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,280 awoke to find herself bound and restrained. Combs in Sherman 19 00:01:10,599 --> 00:01:15,640 proceeded to brutally sexually abuse and violate Plaintiff. Combs mercilessly 20 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:20,280 raped her anally and vaginally. Sherman forcefully slam plaintiff onto 21 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,439 a table, slapped her, and repeatedly thrust his penis into 22 00:01:23,519 --> 00:01:27,079 her mouth. Both men were undeterred by plaintiff cries for 23 00:01:27,159 --> 00:01:32,200 help throughout the attack. Plaintiff never recovered from defendant's violent rape. 24 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:36,000 She had suicidal thoughts and ideation and has received extensive 25 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:40,840 psychological treatment because of defendant's attack. For decades, she remained 26 00:01:40,879 --> 00:01:43,239 silent and did not report the crime out of fear 27 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,879 of the defendants and how they would use their power 28 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,680 to ruin her life, as they repeatedly explicitly threatened to do. 29 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:54,480 To this day, plaintiff suffers from severe depression, anxiety, and 30 00:01:54,599 --> 00:01:57,239 panic attacks, and still lives in fear of the defendants. 31 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,879 Any progress plaintiff is made in dealing with the attack 32 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,359 over the years was dramatically reversed on or around November 33 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,359 twenty seventh, twenty twenty three, when she learned for the 34 00:02:07,359 --> 00:02:10,599 first time that Combs and Sherman had video recorded the 35 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,919 horrific rape twenty two years before, and had shown the 36 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:18,000 video to multiple men, seeking to publicly degrade and humiliate 37 00:02:18,039 --> 00:02:22,039 both plaintiff and her boyfriend. Plaintiff cannot believe that the 38 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,719 defendants would record themselves committing such a gruesome crime and 39 00:02:25,759 --> 00:02:29,520 then proceed proudly and widely to disseminate the recording of it. 40 00:02:30,159 --> 00:02:33,680 She was distraught and sunk into deep depression. She again 41 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:39,319 considered ending her life. This action seeks redress for defendants brutalizing, 42 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,560 misogynistic and violent attacks on plaintiff, starting in two thousand 43 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,599 and one with their rape, and continuing in the subsequent 44 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,120 years as they compounded her humiliation by showing the video 45 00:02:50,159 --> 00:02:55,120 of sexual assault to others parties. Plaintiff Talia Graves is 46 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,960 a female who resides in Harris County, Texas. Defendant Sean 47 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,360 Colmes is a male who, on information and belief, resides 48 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,680 in Los Angeles County, California, though at the time of 49 00:03:05,879 --> 00:03:10,039 filing was incarcerated in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. 50 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,560 On information and belief, at all relevant times, Colmbs owned 51 00:03:14,599 --> 00:03:18,400 and or controlled Bad Boy Entertainment, Bad Boy Productions, Bad 52 00:03:18,439 --> 00:03:22,800 Boy Books, Bad Boy Records, bad Boy Entertainment, Bad Boy Productions, 53 00:03:23,159 --> 00:03:28,919 Daddy House Recording Studio, CEO PCO LLC, Combs Global colmb's 54 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,639 enterprise and the facts the Colm's ownership and titles and 55 00:03:32,719 --> 00:03:36,280 the Colms Corporations enabled him to commit the unlawful sexual 56 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,120 violence against plaintiff described herein and door to harass and 57 00:03:40,159 --> 00:03:45,919 subsequently intimidator into silence after the rape. Defendant Joseph Sherman 58 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:50,000 aka Big Joe, is a male who, on information and belief, 59 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,240 resides in Westchester County, New York. On information and belief, 60 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,319 Sherman was employed by Colmbs and or by the Combs 61 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:01,360 Corporations during the relevant period. The facts of Calm's ownership 62 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,120 and titles and Sherman's titles at the Combs Corporations enabled 63 00:04:05,159 --> 00:04:09,159 Sherman to commit the unlawful sexual violence against plaintiff and 64 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:14,280 described herein and to or harass and subsequently intimidator into 65 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:19,079 silence after the rape. Defendant. Daddy's House Recordings, Incorporated. Daddy 66 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:23,199 House is a domestic business corporation that is incorporated in 67 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,399 New York and, on information and belief now has its 68 00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:32,600 principal place of business at ninety two fifty five Sunset Boulevard, West, Hollywood, California. 69 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:37,800 Colmbs is listed as CEO in public filings and at 70 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,439 the time of the events alleged here in, Daddy's House 71 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,480 was a world class recording studio owned by Colmbs, located 72 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,600 in New York. On information and belief, at all relevant times, 73 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,680 bad Boy and Colmbs together owned and operated Daddy's House. 74 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,360 On information and belief, the bad Boy Recording Studio was 75 00:04:56,439 --> 00:05:00,920 located on the premises of Daddy's House and chairman use 76 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,160 the Daddy's House premises and their ownership and titles at 77 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:08,240 Daddy's House to commit the unlawful sexual violence against plaintiff 78 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:12,759 described here in, and or to harass and subsequently intimidator 79 00:05:13,079 --> 00:05:19,040 into silence after the rape. Defendant. CEO Pco LLC is 80 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:22,839 a limited liability company incorporated in Delaware that has its 81 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:28,199 principal place of business in Hollywood, California. On information and belief, 82 00:05:28,439 --> 00:05:31,720 all members of the Colm's Global are citizens of Delaware, 83 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:35,680 New York, and Lori, California. On information and belief, Colm's 84 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,079 Global is an alter ego for Combs and or successor 85 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:43,040 in interest to Colm's other corporations, and or was established 86 00:05:43,199 --> 00:05:46,600 or used by Combs for the purpose of moving, disposing of, 87 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,519 and or insulating his assets, including in connection with his 88 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:55,839 criminal activities, and to avoid liability. Colm's Global currently owns, controls, 89 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,560 and or oversees bad Boy in Calm's other business ventures 90 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,600 in the muse Uzig, fashion fragrance, beverage marketing, film, television, 91 00:06:03,759 --> 00:06:07,839 and media industries. As part of his renowned bad Boy 92 00:06:07,879 --> 00:06:11,920 record label and brand, Combs has established several corporate entities 93 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,639 under the bad Boy name over the past few decades, 94 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:18,920 including but not limited to, bad Boy Entertainment, bad Boy Productions, 95 00:06:19,079 --> 00:06:22,720 bad Boy Books, bad Boy Records, bad Boy Entertainment, and 96 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,560 Bad Boy Productions. On information and belief, all bad Boy 97 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,560 corporate entities are alter egos for Combs, are controlled and 98 00:06:30,759 --> 00:06:34,639 or directed by Combs, and or were established or used 99 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:38,360 by Combs for the purpose of moving, disposing of, and 100 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,600 or insulating his assets, including in connection with his criminal activities, 101 00:06:42,959 --> 00:06:47,439 and to avoid liability. On information and belief, all active 102 00:06:47,759 --> 00:06:50,639 bad Boy entities are now owned and or controlled by 103 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,600 Combs and or by Colms Global. Combs and Sherman use 104 00:06:54,639 --> 00:06:58,439 the bad Boy premises, recording Studio and their ownership entitles 105 00:06:58,519 --> 00:07:01,759 at bad Boy to commit the unlawful sexual violence against 106 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:06,879 plaintiff described herein, and or to harass and subsequently intimidator 107 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:11,680 into silence after the rape. Defendant. Bad Boy Entertainment is 108 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:16,560 a domestic business corporation incorporated in New York. Bad Boy 109 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,879 Entertainment Holdings is part of the Bad Boy Enterprise founded 110 00:07:19,959 --> 00:07:23,120 and owned by Combs and On Information and Belief is 111 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,399 now owned and or controlled by Combs and or Combs 112 00:07:26,439 --> 00:07:30,920 Global Defendant. Bad Boy Production Holdings is a domestic business 113 00:07:30,959 --> 00:07:35,199 corporation incorporated in New York that on Information and Belief 114 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,560 now has its principal place of business in California. Bad 115 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,319 Boy Productions is part of the Bad Boy Enterprise founded 116 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,079 and owned by Combs and On Information and Belief is 117 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:50,920 now owned and controlled by Combs and or Homes Global Defendant. 118 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:55,759 Bad Boy Holdings, Incorporated is a domestic business corporation incorporated 119 00:07:55,759 --> 00:07:59,000 in New York that on Information and Belief now has 120 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,519 its principal place of business in New York. Bad Boy 121 00:08:02,519 --> 00:08:05,800 Holdings is part of the Bad Boy Enterprise founded and 122 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:09,519 owned by Combs and On Information and Belief is now 123 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,560 owned and controlled by Combs and or Combs Global. The 124 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:17,439 CEO listed on public filings is Eddie Norwood Junior, and 125 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:21,879 it's listed as addressed in New York. Defendant. Bad Boy 126 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,680 Records is a Delaware limited liability company that, on information 127 00:08:25,759 --> 00:08:29,920 and belief, is headquartered in New York and California. On 128 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,360 information and belief, all members of bad Boy are citizens 129 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:37,320 of Delaware, New York, and California. On information and belief, 130 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,320 bad Boy Records is part of the bad Boy Enterprise 131 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,840 and or successor in interest to other bad Boy defendants 132 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,799 that comprise the bad Boy Enterprise founded and owned by Combs. 133 00:08:48,399 --> 00:08:51,960 On information and belief, bad Boy Records LLC is now 134 00:08:52,039 --> 00:08:57,399 owned and or controlled by Combs and or buy Combs Global. Defendant. 135 00:08:57,399 --> 00:09:00,360 Bad Boy Entertainment is a New York limited by ability 136 00:09:00,399 --> 00:09:04,120 company that on information and belief is headquartered in New 137 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,799 York and Door, California. On information and belief, all members 138 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,519 of bad Boy are citizens of New York and Door, California. 139 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:15,000 Bad Boy Entertainment is part of bad Boy Enterprise and 140 00:09:15,039 --> 00:09:18,519 a successor in interest to other bad Boy defendants that 141 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:24,000 comprise the bad Boy Enterprise, founded and owned by Combs Defendants. 142 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:27,759 Organizational Dose one through ten are currently unknown entities who 143 00:09:27,759 --> 00:09:31,759 were owned by and or employed defendants Combs and or 144 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:34,840 Sherman and enable the commission of the conduct complained of 145 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,960 here in. As the parties engage in discovery, Plaintiff retains 146 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,600 the right to amend the complaint to add these entities 147 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:46,000 by name. Each of the Combs corporations A aided and 148 00:09:46,039 --> 00:09:49,960 abetted Combs in Sherman in committing the unlawful sexual violence 149 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:54,519 against Plaintiff described herein, and or in harassing and subsequently 150 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:58,840 intimidating her into silence after the rape. B provided Combs 151 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:02,279 in Sherman with the studio office space where they committed 152 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:06,799 the rape and or chattel including recording equipment, storage equipment, etc. 153 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:11,399 To record the rape and disseminate it. See our alter 154 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,200 egos for Combs completely dominated by him and used by 155 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:19,039 his personal interests to engage in wrongdoing, which aren't Plaintiff 156 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:23,559 and others and or deserve or half served as vehicles 157 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:27,679 for Combs to move, dispose of, and or insulate his assets, 158 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,480 including in connection with his criminal activities, and to avoid 159 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:36,840 compensating the victims of as many crimes, including Plaintiff. All right, 160 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,039 we're going to wrap up episode one right here, and 161 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,000 in the next episode, we're going to pick up with 162 00:10:41,159 --> 00:10:45,080 jurisdiction and venue. All of the information that goes with 163 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,919 this episode can be found in the description box. What's 164 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,480 up everyone, and welcome back to the program. In this episode, 165 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:54,440 we're going to pick up where we left off with 166 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:58,720 the Tally of Graves lawsuit that was filed against Diddy. 167 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:04,120 Jurisdiction and venue. This court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuing 168 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,039 to US Code twenty eight, section thirteen thirty two because 169 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,200 this case is between citizens of different states and the 170 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:15,360 amount in controversy exceeds seventy five thousand dollars. This court 171 00:11:15,399 --> 00:11:19,480 has specific personal jurisdiction over defendants because the acts giving 172 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,480 rise to the plaintiff's claims took place in New York State, 173 00:11:22,799 --> 00:11:26,519 and because several of the defendants are domiciled in New 174 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:30,919 York State and or regularly transact business in New York State. 175 00:11:31,879 --> 00:11:34,840 Venue is proper in this district pursuing to US Code 176 00:11:34,879 --> 00:11:38,639 twenty eight section thirteen ninety one B because a substantial 177 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,519 part of the events or omissions giving rise to the 178 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:46,720 claims occurred in this district. Jury demand plaintiff hereby demands 179 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,159 a trial by jury on her claims in this action 180 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:54,200 the factual allegations. Plaintiff's family immigrated to New York City 181 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,480 when plaintiff was a teenager in connection with her mother's work. 182 00:11:58,159 --> 00:12:01,559 Her family ultimately settled in Rego Park, Queens, where she 183 00:12:01,639 --> 00:12:04,679 completed her education and where she was living when she 184 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:08,840 met Colmbs. Defendant. Combs, also known by his stage names 185 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:13,200 Puff Daddy, Puffy, p Diddy, Diddy, Brother Love, or Love, 186 00:12:13,639 --> 00:12:17,960 is a prominent rapper, record executive, and businessman. He rose 187 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,480 to fame in the nineteen nineties with his record label 188 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,159 Bad Boy, and continued to be a notable figure in 189 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:27,360 the music and entertainment industry in the following years. Colmbs 190 00:12:27,399 --> 00:12:30,200 has continued to amass wealth and power through his business 191 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:35,799 ventures in the music, fashion, fragrance, beverage, marketing, film, television, 192 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,840 and media industries. The bad Boy Enterprise is the foundation 193 00:12:39,919 --> 00:12:42,639 of Comb's wealth and power. Bad Boy has sold over 194 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:46,000 five hundred million records through its lucrative distribution deals with 195 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,639 the top music companies in the world, and has signed 196 00:12:48,639 --> 00:12:51,799 acclaimed hip hop and R and B artists, including the 197 00:12:51,799 --> 00:12:56,919 notorious Big Mary J. Blige, n Usher. Combs later founded 198 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:03,360 CEO Pco LLC aka A Combs Enterprises, later rebranded as 199 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,440 Colmb's Global to serve as a home for his portfolio 200 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:10,600 of businesses, including his investments in the music, fashion, fragrance, 201 00:13:10,639 --> 00:13:17,120 beverage marketing, film, television and media industries, on information and belief, 202 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:21,039 Colm's Global, House's bad Boy, and other notable businesses such 203 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:25,080 as Comb's Fashion, Sean John, his vodka line Soroc, and 204 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:30,440 his cable media company, Revolt Media, as detailed below. Colmbs 205 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,679 has a long history of violence and of abusing and 206 00:13:32,799 --> 00:13:36,480 raping women, and there have been several lawsuits filed against 207 00:13:36,519 --> 00:13:40,159 Colmbs in the past year alleging sexual violence and abuse. 208 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:44,000 On September sixteenth, twenty twenty four, Colmbs was arrested in 209 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:50,000 charge with racketeering and sex trafficking. He was denied bell defendin. Sherman, 210 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:53,559 also known as Big Joe, was employed by Combs as 211 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:56,600 his bodyguard and head of security during the relevant time 212 00:13:56,639 --> 00:14:00,200 period described herein and served in various roles in the 213 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,679 Combs corporations. Sherman is also the founder of Rhymes and 214 00:14:04,759 --> 00:14:09,399 Dimes Magazine, Incorporated, a New York State registered corporation, and 215 00:14:09,519 --> 00:14:13,240 through or in connection with that company produces and distributes 216 00:14:13,279 --> 00:14:18,240 pornography on information and belief. He has often distributed videos 217 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,240 of his and or his friend's sexual assaults through his 218 00:14:21,279 --> 00:14:25,879 pornography company. Plaintiff met defendant Combs in or around late 219 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:29,559 nineteen ninety nine or early two thousand through her then boyfriend, 220 00:14:29,679 --> 00:14:32,440 who was an executive at Bad Boy. In addition to 221 00:14:32,519 --> 00:14:36,679 working together, Plaintiff's boyfriend and Colmbs had a close personal relationship. 222 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,840 Plaintiff frequently visited her boyfriend at the Bad Boys studio 223 00:14:40,919 --> 00:14:45,840 in New York City and attended events hosted at Comb's residences. 224 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,200 Over time, Plaintiff became familiar with Combs, and he knew 225 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:54,279 about her relationship with her boyfriend. Defendants trick drug and 226 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:59,080 violently rape Plaintiff. In or around the summer of twenty eleven, 227 00:14:59,159 --> 00:15:02,759 plaintiff received a call from Colmes concerning her boyfriend's employment 228 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,799 at Bad Boy. He told her that he wanted to 229 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,679 meet with her in person to discuss her boyfriend's supposed 230 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:12,519 performance issues. Her boyfriend was determined to climb up the 231 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,320 ladder at Colmb's record label, and his romantic partner, Plaintiff 232 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,120 was committed to helping him plaintiff agreed to meet with Combs. 233 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,679 In retrospect, it was evidently as sick and twisted way 234 00:15:24,039 --> 00:15:27,000 of using his ownership of entitle lied Bad Boy and 235 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:31,120 its affiliate entities to abuse plaintiff and also show his 236 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:36,080 power and ability to humiliate her boyfriend, his executive. A 237 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,320 few hours later, Combs arrived at plaintiff's mother's residence in 238 00:15:39,399 --> 00:15:42,200 Queen's with Sherman, who was employed by Colmbs as his 239 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:45,879 bodyguard at the time. Sherman was driving an suv and 240 00:15:46,039 --> 00:15:49,600 Colmbs was in the back seat. After plaintiff entered the vehicle, 241 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,639 Colmbs offered her a glass of wine, which he accepted. 242 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:57,120 Colmes began discussing his alleged concerns about her boyfriend's performance 243 00:15:57,159 --> 00:16:00,720 at work. Meanwhile, as plaintiff drank what had been handed 244 00:16:00,759 --> 00:16:04,519 to her, she started to feel lightheaded, dizzy, and physically weak. 245 00:16:05,279 --> 00:16:08,360 In retrospect, it's clear that Colmb's had caused a drug 246 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,720 to be put into the plaintiff's drink, as a few 247 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,240 SIPs of wine had never impacted her that way. Combs 248 00:16:14,279 --> 00:16:17,039 and Sherman drove plaintiff to Bad Boy Studio in Manhattan. 249 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:19,279 When they arrived and plaintiff tried to get out of 250 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,000 the car, she realized that she was feeling odd and 251 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,879 she found it difficult to walk. She assumed this was 252 00:16:24,919 --> 00:16:27,759 her fault and did her best ag normal and followed 253 00:16:27,799 --> 00:16:30,080 Combs as he led her, eventually to a couch in 254 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,440 a private room in the Bad Boy Studio. She later 255 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,840 came to understand this was Colmb's personal lounge and office 256 00:16:37,039 --> 00:16:39,679 in the Bad Boy Studio. Combs sat on the couch 257 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:43,240 next to plaintiff and continued speaking to her. Plaintiff began 258 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:47,480 feeling even more woozy and sedated. She then lost consciousness. 259 00:16:48,519 --> 00:16:52,519 When plaintiff regained consciousness, she was naked and her hands 260 00:16:52,519 --> 00:16:55,000 were tied behind her back with what felt like a 261 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:59,879 plastic grocery bag. Plaintiff shouted for help. In response, Sherman 262 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,240 lifted her up from the couch and forcefully slammed her 263 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:07,519 face down on what was apparently a pool table. Shortly thereafter, 264 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:11,119 Combs entered the room naked. Combs reached for a container 265 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,240 of lubricant that smelled like menthol and proceeded to apply 266 00:17:14,319 --> 00:17:17,599 it to his penis. He then bent plaintiff over the table, 267 00:17:17,799 --> 00:17:20,839 causing her feet to dangle above the floor, forcefully held 268 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:23,759 her head down and anally penetrated her without her consent. 269 00:17:24,519 --> 00:17:27,440 Plaintiff is four feet eleven inches tall and weighed only 270 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,319 one hundred and three pounds at the time, Plaintiff was 271 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:34,079 unable to move totally overpowered physically in addition to being 272 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:38,400 drugged and bound, Plaintiffs screamed out in pain, but Combs 273 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:43,519 continued to violently anally raperr He easily physically overpowered her, 274 00:17:43,559 --> 00:17:46,119 smashing her head down on the pool table while she 275 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:50,359 futally tried to wriggle out from under him. During the 276 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,799 brutal attack, plaintiff vomited into her mouth and onto the table. 277 00:17:54,599 --> 00:17:59,200 At one point, she involuntarily defecated. Combs was undeterred. He 278 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:03,039 wiped himself off, applied more lubricant, and without any acknowledgment 279 00:18:03,079 --> 00:18:08,559 of Plaintiff's distress, proceeded to vaginally penetrate plaintiff. Plaintiff experienced 280 00:18:08,599 --> 00:18:12,200 intense pain and burning sensations in her vagina and anis. 281 00:18:12,559 --> 00:18:15,200 Plaintiff continued to scream for help because of the extreme 282 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,440 pain she felt as calms penetrated her over and over. 283 00:18:19,039 --> 00:18:22,599 She then lost consciousness again. The next time she regained 284 00:18:22,599 --> 00:18:26,119 consciousness Plaintiff was on the couch and Sherman was standing 285 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,880 in front of her with his bare penis in her face. 286 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,519 Sherman slapped plaintiff in the face and then forcefully inserted 287 00:18:33,559 --> 00:18:36,799 his penis into her mouth. Sherman slapped her yet again 288 00:18:37,039 --> 00:18:41,200 and continued to thrust his penis into Plaintiff's mouth. Plaintiff 289 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:44,960 once again lost consciousness. When she next awoke, Plaintiff was 290 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,680 on the couch, naked and alone in the room. Plaintiff 291 00:18:48,759 --> 00:18:52,759 was in severe pain and distress. Her anis and vagina burned, 292 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,680 her face and wrists were bruised, and her gentle area 293 00:18:55,759 --> 00:18:59,599 smelled strongly of menthol She felt a liquid, presumably seamen, 294 00:19:00,079 --> 00:19:03,279 dripping out from inside of her. Her dress was thrown 295 00:19:03,279 --> 00:19:05,599 over her, Her purse was on the couch next to her, 296 00:19:05,799 --> 00:19:08,440 and her bra was on the floor nearby. She did 297 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:12,640 not see her underpants. Terrified that Combs and Sherman would return, 298 00:19:12,799 --> 00:19:15,759 Plaintiff quickly got dressed and bolted out of the studio 299 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,599 room where she had been raped. Still dizzy and weak, 300 00:19:19,839 --> 00:19:24,000 plaintiff called a livery driver that her family regularly hired 301 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,640 and knew well. The driver picked her up from outside. 302 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:31,240 Bad boys studio. She was disheveled, crying uncontrollably and suffering 303 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,599 from agonizing pain. The driver drove her to the hospital 304 00:19:34,599 --> 00:19:36,559 and tried to convince her to report the rape and 305 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:38,920 get a rape kit, but she was unable to leave 306 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:42,559 the car, shaking and crying hysterically and terrified of what 307 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,920 Combs would do to her and her family if she 308 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:49,440 reported them. The aftermath and impact of the rape on plaintiff. 309 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,720 Plaintiff sustained serious physical injuries in the aftermath of the rape, 310 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,119 As noted, she had burning in her vagina and anus, 311 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,119 and bruising on her wrist and face. In the day 312 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,920 after the assault, she suffered prolonged anal bleeding and hemorrhoids. 313 00:20:04,599 --> 00:20:07,759 Because of colmb's power and notoriety, plaintiff was afraid to 314 00:20:07,839 --> 00:20:11,720 report what had happened. She was involved in a contentious 315 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,519 divorce and a custody battle at the time, and feared 316 00:20:14,519 --> 00:20:17,119 that reporting the rape would cause her to lose custody 317 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:21,279 of her child. Plaintiff confided in her boyfriend, colmb's employee, 318 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:24,160 hoping that he would comfort and support her, but instead 319 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,240 of supporting her, he discouraged her from disclosing the assault, 320 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,960 telling her that I could negatively impact his own career. 321 00:20:30,519 --> 00:20:33,640 Following the assault, and multiple times over the years, both 322 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,200 Comb's and Sherman contacted plaintiff and warned her to be silent, 323 00:20:37,799 --> 00:20:42,279 threatening repercussions, including plaintiff potentially losing custody of her son 324 00:20:42,559 --> 00:20:45,839 if she ever disclosed the assault. Because of their enormous 325 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:49,319 power in the industry, including through their ownership of and 326 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:53,039 positions at the Combs Corporations, plaintiff knew that they could 327 00:20:53,079 --> 00:20:56,960 follow through on their threats. Plaintiff told close friends that 328 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,359 Comb's and Sherman had drugged and savagely raped her, but, 329 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,960 as noted, was afraid to report the attack to police 330 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,759 out of fear that the defendants would follow through on 331 00:21:05,839 --> 00:21:08,279 their threats. She was even afraid to stay in New 332 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:10,640 York City while Colmes lived there, so with the help 333 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,039 of a friend, she fled to Pennsylvania. Plaintiff has in 334 00:21:14,079 --> 00:21:17,440 fact relocated multiple times throughout the years in an effort 335 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:21,920 to stay away from Calms. Plaintiff has suffered irreparable harm 336 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,119 because of the brutal rape by defendant Comes and Chairman. 337 00:21:25,519 --> 00:21:28,680 She suffers from severe depression and post traumatic stress disorder. 338 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:33,440 She also suffered suicidal ideation and intrusive thoughts, and has 339 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,920 attempted to end her life. Plaintiff lives in constant fear. 340 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:41,480 She struggles with hypervigilance and experiences anxiety and panic attacks 341 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:44,440 at social settings, preferring to be alone. Her need to 342 00:21:44,519 --> 00:21:47,359 hide to feel safe has strained her relationships with friends 343 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:51,960 and family. Defendant's rape has also impacted Plaintiff's ability to 344 00:21:52,079 --> 00:21:55,880 engage in sexual acts with her intimate partners. To this day, 345 00:21:56,039 --> 00:21:59,759 she cannot be in certain sexual positions without experiencing flashbacks 346 00:22:00,039 --> 00:22:03,319 Holme's violently penetrating her from behind. All right, folks, we're 347 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:06,920 gonna wrap up that brutal, disgusting episode right there, and 348 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,759 in the next episode, we're gonna pick up with Plaintiff 349 00:22:09,839 --> 00:22:13,680 learns that the rape was videotaped and published. All of 350 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,720 the information that goes with this episode can be found 351 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:18,160 in the description box.