Speaker 1: What's up everyone, and welcome back to the program. In
this episode, we're getting right back to the lawsuit filed
by Talia Graves against Ditty. Plaintiff learns that the rape
was videotaped and published on our Around November twenty seventh,
twenty twenty three, all the trauma of the rape came
flooding back to plaintiff when her former boyfriend revealed to
her for the first time that Colms and Sherman had
recorded and published the video of the horrific attack. Earlier
that month, Cassie Ventura had come forward and filed a
lawsuit against Colmbs for subjecting her to years of severe
sexual and physical abuse. The case had been settled one
day after it had been filed. Plaintiff's former boyfriend invoked
mister Ventura's effort to hold mister Colmbs accountable and for
the first time confessed that years earlier, but sometime after
the actual rape itself, Sherman and Colms had showed him
and a group of men, some of whom were also
employed by Colms companies and or their related entities, the
video of plaintiff being raped. He disclosed that Colmbs and
Sherman had a pattern and practice of non consensually recording
women engaging in sexual acts and making those videos available
to the public, including by selling tapes as pornography. A
Bad Boy artist later corroborated in a text message that
Sherman used to sell porn of him doing this to
chicks and that Sherman did that to a lot of women.
Plaintiff's former boyfriend reported that he and the other men
watch recording of Plaintiff's rape on a handheld camera while
at the Bad Boys studio in New York City. Colmbs, Sherman,
and some of the other men made derogatory comments about
the former boyfriend's relationship with plaintiff in an attempt to
shame him into cutting ties with plaintiff and to CAUs
her further emotional harm and embarrassment. On information and belief,
defendants continued to show the video of the rape to
others over the years and through to the present, and
or sold the video as pornography. Plaintiff was shocked and
horrified that Colmb's and Sherman had recorded and publicized the
video of them raping her. After two decades spent trying
to heal and distance herself from the experience. Plaintiff was
devastated by the news. She felt as if her life
had been turned upside down again and like the rape
had been happening again and again even as she was
trying to forget it. She experienced acute psychological distress, plunging
into a deep depression and having suicidal ideations. She felt
intense fear, anger, and anxiety. Plaintiff lives with the distress
of knowing that the video of her brutal rape is
in circulation and that anyone, including her family, friends, and peers,
could view it at any time. In a panic, she
reached out to sherman after learning about the tape, hoping
to protect herself from further humiliation by convincing him to
destroy the tape or provide it to her, but he
did not respond. Comb's pattern and practice of violence and
abuse include drugging, raping, and secretly recording his violence against women.
Colmbs has a long history of violence and abuse. This
long standing behavior has been enabled by his ownership of
entitles at the Combs Corporations and their affiliated entities, and
the immense wealth and power he is amassed through such
business dealings. Among a long list of allegations. In nineteen
ninety six, he was found guilty of criminal mischief for
threatening a photographer from the New York Post with a gun.
In nineteen ninety nine, he was arrested in charge with
second degree assault and criminal mischief in connection with the
beating of a record executive, and arrested again the same
year in relation to his shooting out a club in
New York. That female victim has consistently stated that Colmbs
shot her in the face at point blank range. Colmbs
also has a pattern and practice of using his power
and influence in music and entertainment industries to submit people
to sexual violence, often drugging his victims and or coercing
them to consume drugs and recording the assaults, often without
the victim's knowledge, just as he did with plaintiffs. In
the past year, a number of these people have come
forward to accuse Combs of sexual assault, violent rapes, and
door sex trafficking. In November of twenty twenty three, three
lawsuits were filed against Colmbs under the New York Adult
Survivors Act. As noted above, Cassie Ventura, an artists signed
A Bad Boy, sued Combs in the Southern District of
New York for rape and years long physical abuse, facilitated
in part by Combs having supplied miss Ventura with copious
amounts of drugs and urging her to take them. Beginning
in two thousand and six, Combs regularly recorded miss Ventura
engaging in sex acts he forced her to engage in.
Joy Diggerson Neil, who had appeared with Combs in a
music video, sued Combs in New York County Supreme Court,
allegend Combs drugged her, sexually assaulted her, and secretly recorded
the assault. In nineteen ninety one, Li Gardner, whom Colmbs
met at an event hosted by a record label affiliated
with Bad Boy, sued him for raping her and the
friend in nineteen ninety or ninety one when she was
only sixteen. In December twenty twenty three, an anonymous plaintiff
sued Combs in the Southern District of New York for
drugging and gang raping her in two thousand and three,
when she was only seventeen. That Complant alleges that Colmbs
and one of his business associates and employees lured the
plaintiff to Daddy's house through their affiliations with Bad Boy
Enterprise and its related entities, and raped her at the
same location where plaintiff was raped. In February twenty twenty four,
Rodney Little Rod Jones, one of colmb's former producers, sued
Combs for forcing him to engage in unwonted sex acts
and sex trafficking, among other allegations. In that complaint, mister
Jones alleges that Colmbs regularly drugged others, including miners, by
giving them alcoholic beverages placed with ecstasy and other date
rape drugs, that he believes he himself was drug by Combs,
and that Combs routinely secretly recorded sexual encounters. In May
of twenty twenty four, two more women sued Combs. Former
model Crystal McKinney sued Combs in the Southern District of
New York for drugging and sexually assaulting her at his
recording studio in two thousand and three. Combs had promised
to help advance miss Kinney's modeling career, a promise she
believed he would fulfill because of his ownership of and
his titles at the Bad Boy Enterprise and its related entities.
April lamp Pros, an intern at Arista Records, which was
an owner of Bad Boy, also sued Combs in May
of twenty twenty four in New York County Supreme Court
for raping her on multiple occasions, secretly filming at least
one of the assaults and showing the recording the multiple people.
Miss lamp Prose alleges that Combs ordered her to take
drugs on one occasion before he raped her. In July
of twenty twenty four, former adult film star Adria English,
who was employed by Combs as an entertainer at his
infamous white parties that brought together the biggest names in
the music and entertainment industries, sued Combs in the Southern
District of New York for sex trafficking, alleging that he
required her to consume drugs lace with ecstasy and secretly
recorded the sexual acts he forced her to engage in.
In September twenty twenty four, singer and songwriter don Angelique
Richard also sued Combs. Richard was employed by Combs as
part of the girl group Dannity Kane, formed by Combs
and later as a key member of combs Ban Ditty
Dirty Money She sued Combs in the Southern District of
New York for sexual assault, false imprisonment, and for subjecting
her to hostile working conditions due to her gender, including
degrading comments and threats. Miss Richard has alleged that Combs
regularly supplied others, including miners, with copious amounts of drugs
and alcohol, and subjected them to sexual acts while they
were sedated and or unconscious due to the drugs and
the alcohol. On September sixteenth, twenty twenty four, Combs was
arrested out an Manhattan hotel after a grand jury indicted
him on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. The indictment
details how for decades Colmbs abused, threatened, and coursed women
and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect
his reputation, and conceal his conduct. It notes that Colmb's
abuse of women was enabled by the employees, resources, and
influence of the multifaceted business empire that he led and controlled,
creating a criminal enterprise whose members and associates engaged in
and attempted to engage in, among other crime, sex trafficking,
force labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice. The
indictment notes that Comb's business was operated at various times
in both Manhattan and Los Angeles under a variety of
United States based corporate entities, including bad Boy Entertainment, Comb's Enterprises,
and Colmb's Global collectively of the Comb's businesses. According to
the indictment, physical abuse by Colmbs was recurrent and widely known.
It notes that colmb's assault on women includes striking, punching, dragging,
throwing objects at them, and kicking them. Colmbs was also
charged with using the Comb's business, including certain employees, to
carry out, facilitate, and cover up his abuse in commercial sex,
and the indictment notes that his employee's conduct was facilitated
and desisted by colmb's control of the Comb's business. The
indictment specifically refers to the involvement of Comb security staff,
likely referring to Sherman. It notes that Combs and his
affiliates recorded sexual assaults and control victims through the use
of drugs in er. About March of twenty twenty four,
law enforcement seized narcotics and more than one thousand bottles
of baby oil and lubricant from Comb's residences. Comb's long
history of violence against women makes unmistakably clear that his actions,
including his attack a plaintiff, have been motivated by gender. Specifically,
he has a profound contempt for women and an ongoing
practice of denigrating and trying to humiliate them. Colm's treatment
of plaintiff accords with his pattern and practice of drugging, raping,
and secretly recording women he is abusing. All right, we're
gonna wrap this bad boy up right here, and in
the next episode we're gonna finish it off. 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 picking up where
we left off with the Talia Graves lawsuit filed against Ditty.
First cause of action Violation of New York Cities Victim
of Gender Motivated Violence Protection Act, All Defendants. Plaintiff hereby
incorporates each of the foregoing paragraphs as if fully set
forth here in. By viciously and violently forcing sexual contact,
oral sex, anal sex, and sexual intercourse on plaintiff, defendant
Colmbs and Sherman committed a crime of violence motivated by
gender under the Victims of Gender Motivated Violence Protection Act,
as defined in New York City Administrative Code Section ten
Dash eleven O three, the requirement that the crime of
violence be committed because of gender or on the basis
of gender, and due to at least in part to
an animist based on the victim's gender is satisfied because
defendant Calms and Chairmen violently forced plaintiff to engage in
vaginal intercourse and oral and anal sex without her consent.
Gender animus indheres when consent is absent. Moreover, Calm's long
history of violence against women convinces a deep contempt for women,
as does Sherman's allege pattern of committing his own sexual assaults,
recording them, and selling them as pornography. Defendant Colms in
Sherman's rapes of plaintiff presented a serious risk of physical
injury to her, and in fact caused her significant physical injuries,
including burning and pain in her vagina and danis anal
bleeding and bruising to her efface, and risks the Colm's
corporations enable Combs and or Sherman to commit the crime
of violence motivated by gender. Because Colmb's and Sherman raye
plaintiff at the Bad Boys Studio, where, on information and belief,
they routinely committed sexual assault and gender motivated violence, as
detailed and other of civil lawsuits. Given Combs in sherman
long standing pattern and practice of committing sexual violence against women,
including at the same location where they ray plaintiff, the
Colm's Corporations had and or should have the knowledge of
Colm's and Sherman using the premises for the unlawful conduct,
and did nothing to stop it. The Colm's Corporations enabled
Combs and or Sherman to commit the crime of violence
motivated by gender by failing to, among other things, protect
plaintiff from a known danger and or have sufficient policies
and procedures in place to prevent sexual assault, and or
train their employees on identifying and preventing sexual assault. Given
Combs and Sherman's long standing pattern and practice of committing
sexual violence against women, including on premises owned and or
operated by defendants, the Combs Corporation had and or should
have had knowledge that Combs and Sherman were a danger
to plaintiff and did nothing to stop Colmb's and Sherman.
The Combs Corporation enabled Combs and or Sherman to commit
the crime of violence motivated by gender by failing to
properly supervise Combs and or Sherman. Further, Combs, is the
owner of Bad Boy in Daddy's House, watched plaintiff being
raped by his employee on the premises of Bad Boy.
The Combs Corporations had knowledge and or should have had
knowledge of Comb's widespread and well known practice of committing
sexual assault and gender motivated violence, including on premises owned
and or operated by defendants, and did nothing to stop it.
The Combs Corporations further enabled Combs and Sherman to commit
the crime of violence motivated by gender by actively placing, maintaining,
and or employing Combs and or Sherman in positions of
power and authority, despite the fact that they knew and
or should have known that Combs had a widespread and
well known practice of committing sexual assault and gender motivated violence,
including on premises owned and or operated by defendants. Colmbs
and Sherman used their titles and authority conferred by the
Combs Corporations, including his CEO, founder and Chairman Combs and
head of Security Sherman to facilitate and perpetuate the violent
assault on plaintiff, and to intimidate and force plaintiff to
keep quiet in subsequent years. The Combs Corporations also enable
Combs and or Sherman to commit the crime of violence
motivated by gender because Combs and Sherman use plaintiff's boyfriend's
employment as an executive for Bad Boy in Daddy's House
and their stated concerns about his performance at work to
lure plaintiff out of her home to meet with them alone.
On the information and belief plaintiff alleges that defendant organization
does one through ten inclusive. Are other parties not yet
identified who have enabled Combs and or Sherman to commit
the crime of violence motivated by gender in the ways
articulated above and or in other ways. As a result
of Defendant's actions, Plaintiffs suffer damages in an amount to
be determined at trial, and pursuant to the fee shifting
provision of the statute, this legal action has been commenced
within the statutory timeframe provided by the two year look
back window four VG MVPA claims see New York City
Administrative Code Section Tendash eleven O five second cause of
action violation of New York Civil Rights Laws Section fifty
two B Combs and Sherman. Plaintiff hereby incorporates each of
the foregoing paragraphs as of fully set forth herein. By
raping plaintiff and recording it, Defendants cause plaintiff to be
depicted in a video image unclothed and with intimate body
parts exposed, engaging in sexual conduct with another person, in
violation of New York's Civil rights law S fifty two B.
Defendant published and or disseminated the video without Plaintiff's knowledge
or consent. On information and belief, defendants have continued to
disseminate the video, including by selling it as pornography through
the present. Plaintiff was fully identifiable in the video. Plaintiff
had a reasonable expectation that defendants will not secretly record
a violent rape of her and disseminate the video to others.
By intentionally publicly humiliating plaintiff and trying to ruin plaintiff's
romantic relationship with her them boyfriend. When they published the video,
defendants had the purpose of harassing, annoying, and or alarming
plaintiff as a direct and proximate result of defendant's actions
and violation of New York's Civil Rights Law s fifty
two B, Plaintiff is suffered and continues to suffer emotional harm,
including mental anguish, emotional distress, and humiliation in an amount
to be The determined that trial defendants violations of New York
City Civil Rights Laws Section fifty two B were malicious, wilful, wanton,
and outrageous, entitling plaintiff to an award of punitive damages.
Defendants should be ordered to account for and destroy all
copies of the video that are in their actual or
constructive possession, custody or control. Defendants should be temporarily and
permanently enjoined from further disseminating or publishing any intimate images
of plaintiff. Third cause of action violation of New York
City Administrative Code Section ten Dash one eighty Combs and Shirman.
Plaintiff hereby incorporates each of the foregoing paragraphs as a
fully set forth Herein, by recording and showing others the
video of themselves violently raping plaintiff, defendants disclosed an intimate
image of plaintiff without her consent, in violation of New
York City Administrative Code Section ten Dash one eighty. Defendants
are covered recipients because they recorded and or cause of
the video to be recorded themselves. On information and belief,
defendants have continued to disseminate the video, including by selling
it as pornography through the present. Such intimate images depicted
plaintiff unclothed, with intimate body parts exposed, and engaging in
sexual conduct with another person, in violation of Section ten
Dash one eighty. Plaintiff was fully identifiable in the video.
Plaintiff had a reasonable expectation that defendants would not secretly
record a violent rape of her and disseminate the video
to others, and certainly did not intend for the recording
to be disclosed to anyone. Defendants intentionally disclosed and disseminated
the video of plaintiff's then boyfriend and others without plaintiff's
consent and the intent to publicly humiliate plaintiff and ruin
her relationship with her then boyfriend, causing her economic, physical,
and or substantial emotional harm. Defendant's intention in disseminating and
publishing the video was to harass Annoi, a law and
humiliate Plaintiff and the causer economic physical, and or substantial
emotional harm. As a direct and proximate result of defendant's
actions in violation of New York City Administrative Code Section
ten Dash one eighty, Plaintiff is suffered and continues to
suffer emotional harm, including mental anguish, emotional distress, and humiliation,
in an amount to be determined at trial. Defendants violations
of New York City Administrative Code Section ten Dash one
eighty were malicious, wilful, wanton, and outrageous, entitling Plaintiff to
an award of punitive damages. Defendants should be ordered to
account for and destroy all copies of the video that
are in their actual or constructive possession, custody or control.
Defendants should be temporarily and permanently enjoined from further disclosing
and disseminating any intimate images of the plaintiff. Wherefore, Plaintiff
respectfully requests that judgment be entered against defendants as follows,
a awarding compensatory damages for all physical injuries, emotional distress,
psychological harm, anxiety, humiliation, physical and emotional pain and suffering,
family and social disruption, and other harm and an amount
to be determined that trial awarding punitive damages in an
amount to be determined that trial awarding attorney fees and
cost pursuant any applicable statute or law, including under New
York City Administrative Code Section ten DASH ELEVENZ four, New
York Civil Rights Law Section fifty two B two, New
York City Administrative Code Section ten DASH one eighty, and
any other applicable statute or law awarding pre and post
judgment interest on all such damages, fees, and or costs
attaching any and all defendants real property and other assets
located in the State of New York, pursuant the Federal
rule of Civil Procedure sixty four, ordering defendants to account
for and destroy all copies of any and all images
and videos taken of or in connection with Combs and
Sherman sexual assault a plaintiff that are in their actual
or constructive possession, custody, or control, and enjoining defendants temporarily
and permanently from further disseminating or publishing any intimate images
or videos of plaintiff, and awarding such other further relief
as this Court may deem justin proper. This was signed
by mary Ann Meyer Wang and it was dated September
twenty fourth of twenty twenty four. All right, so there
is the Tallya Graves complaint in full now, and unfortunately
for Diddy, these complaints are just going to keep rolling in.
We just got another complaint now from another girl, and
this one's a fourteen page complaint. So as soon as
I have those core documents, we'll get that lawsuit added
to the catalog as well. But that's going to do
it for this one. But I have no fear plenty
more is on the way. All of the information that
goes with this episode can be found fund in the
description box.