Ahead of Sean Combs’ arraignment on two superseding indictments Friday, federal prosecutors and Combs’ defense attorneys are proposing vastly different timelines for a jury selection as both parties gear up for the May trial. The government is seeking to start jury selection on Monday, April 21, with the hope the …
Read More »Jay-Z Accuser Heard on Tape Saying Rapper Didn't Assault Her, Lawyer 'Pushed' Her to Sue
The Jane Doe who recently dismissed a lawsuit claiming Jay-Z raped her alongside Sean Combs when she was 13 years old was captured on an audio recording agreeing with private investigators that Jay-Z did not assault her. In the recording, first reported by ABC News and independently obtained by Rolling …
Read More »Jay-Z Is at War With the Lawyer for Diddy's Accusers: Everything to Know
Jay-Z, the billionaire rapper and entrepreneur, found himself catapulted into Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex abuse saga Dec. 8 when he was named as a co-defendant in a refiled lawsuit garnering global headlines. In the amended complaint, the Grammy winner, born Shawn Carter, was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl alongside …
Read More »Sean Combs Coerced 'I Want to Work for Diddy' Contestant into Sex, Lawsuit Claims
A new lawsuit alleges disgraced music mogul Sean Combs repeatedly sexually assaulted a female contestant on the first season his VH1 reality show I Want to Work for Diddy. The contestant, Kendra Haffoney, claims the abuse took place in 2007 after she was selected as a finalist for the first …
Read More »Judge Signals Jay-Z's Defamation Claim Against Tony Buzbee Will Proceed to Trial
Can I get a… trial? A Los Angeles judge signaled Tuesday that Jay-Z’s defamation claim against high-profile attorney Tony Buzbee will overcome a legal challenge and be allowed to proceed to trial. In a tentative ruling and courtroom comments during a lengthy hearing, Judge Mark H. Epstein said he believed …
Read More »Prosecutors Say Sean Combs Distributed Meth, Hallucinogens in New Indictment
In a new superseding indictment filed Thursday, prosecutors expanded their sex trafficking and racketeering case against Sean “Diddy” Combs, claiming he coerced two additional women into commercial sex acts, “dangled a victim over a hotel balcony” and possessed and intended to distribute two new drugs not listed in his original …
Read More »As Sean Combs' 'Love' Era Began, New Accusers Say He Was Still a 'Demon'
O n a balmy weekend last September, Sean Combs returned to Harlem to roam his old neighborhood with four of his seven children. He reveled in the attention from passersby who gasped and honked as the billionaire hip-hop mogul chatted and posed for pictures. Perhaps for a moment, he could …
Read More »'SNL' Monologue: Dave Chappelle Takes on L.A. Wildfires, Trump, Diddy
Dave Chappelle, two days before Donald Trump‘s inauguration, spoke to the president-elect during the tail end of his SNL monologue to wish him good luck, and to urge everyone to have empathy for all displaced peoples–“whether they’re in the Palisades or Palestine.” In the comedian’s fourth time hosting since 2016, …
Read More »Jay-Z's Lawyer Says Jane Doe Rape Claim Too Old to Pursue
Jay-Z is opening yet another new front in his all-out attack on the Jane Doe accuser who alleges he sexually assaulted her with Sean Combs when she was a minor in September 2000. After suing the woman’s lawyer for extortion, vehemently denying the woman’s claims in a lengthy X post, …
Read More »Sting Says Diddy Allegations Don't 'Taint' Police Hit 'Every Breath You Take'
In a recent interview, Sting discussed Police’s chart-topping hit “Every Breath You Take” from their 1983 album,Synchronicity, and the song’s ties to Sean “Diddy” Combs. During an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Sting said that despite the allegations against Combs — who sampled the song on 1997’s “I’ll Be …
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