Diddy’s mom has finally weighed in on her son’s legal troubles ... stating while he might not have been completely honest about the whole Cassie situation, that doesn’t automatically make him guilty of all the allegations in his indictment.
Janice Combs spoke out about the situation to Local 10 News on Sunday through her attorney, Natlie G. Figgers ... expressing her devastation over the allegations against her son, saying he was judged not by the truth but by a "narrative created out of lies."
Janice added, "To bear witness to what seems like a public lynching of my son before he has had the opportunity to prove his innocence is a pain too unbearable to put into words.”
She said she thinks his settlement with Cassie set off a domino effect leading to all this drama, but she firmly believes her son deserves his day in court to prove his innocence after being hit with serious charges like sex trafficking, racketeering and other serious crimes.
Diddy's Ex-Bodyguard Denies Rape Claims In Emotional Interview: 'You Got The Wrong Man!'
Diddy‘s one-time bodyguard Joseph ‘Big Joe’ Sherman was named in a recent sexual assault lawsuit filed against the embattled mogul, but he’s confident that his innocence will be proven.
A woman named Thalia Graves filed the complaint in a New York federal court late last month, alleging that back in 2001, she was dating someone who worked at Bad Boy, and Diddy called her to set up a meeting, under the guise of needing to talk to her about her partner’s “performance issues” at work.
The suit recounts her alleged subsequent rape by both Diddy and his then-bodyguard Joseph Sherman.
But in a new interview with NBC New York, Joe has denied ever having met the woman , let alone take part in what she’s alleging.
“It’s a lie on me,” he said. “I don’t know this lady from anywhere. […] I am not questioning her integrity. I am just questioning her claims against me. You got the wrong man. I wasn’t even in the same room with you. I have never seen you. I wasn’t even in New York that I recall at the time.”
According to Joe, he did do security for Diddy and Bad Boy Records in the 90s, but was no longer with the company at the time she alleges the incident occurred in 2001.
Diddy Gets New Judge In Sex Trafficking & Racketeering Case
Diddy‘s sex trafficking and racketeering case has already undergone a major development with a change of judge early in proceedings.
On Thursday (October 3), a notice was issued announcing that the case had been reassigned to Judge Arun Subramanian, who took the bench just last year after being nominated by President Joe Biden. No reason for the change has been given by the court or the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and Diddy’s legal team have yet to comment on the swap.
Judge Andrew Carter was previously overseeing the high-profile case and his most significant actions to date have been repeatedly denying Diddy bail.
Lawyer Tony Buzbee Says More Celebs Will Be Sued With Diddy, Demand Letters Sent
Big celebrities on the level of Diddy are going to be sued for allegedly helping him carry out and cover up sexual assaults, unless they settle out of court first ... so says attorney Tony Buzbee.
The Houston-based attorney joined us Monday on "TMZ Live," and we asked him what we should be expecting from his forthcoming lawsuits against Diddy ... specifically, if other major celebs would be named as defendants too.
Buzbee says a bunch of famous people everyone has heard of are going to be sued by his law firm in the coming weeks ... and he's already sent out demand letters, giving these celebs the chance to pony up a lot of money to settle and avoid a public lawsuit.
And, get this ... Buzbee says some celebs have already settled.
The way Buzbee sees this case ... anyone involved with Diddy's alleged sexual assaults should be on the hook here ... and that includes folks who participated in the assaults, helped them happen, went to parties where they knew people were being drugged and assaulted, saw crimes being committed and remained silent, or helped cover up the assaults.
Foxy Brown Addresses Rumor She Slept With JAY-Z When She Was Underage
Foxy Brown has addressed long-running rumors that she had sex with JAY-Z when she was underage.
The pioneering female MC shut down the speculation in a series of posts on social media, also denying claims that she was forced to sign an NDA by the Roc Nation boss. Responding to a post on X (formerly Twitter) spreading the unsubstantiated rumor, Foxy replied: “In icon business! Miss me wit tha fake news[.] NDA? Ain’t a MF alive that could stop my story. NDA on my shit gon run 100 mil.”
She later added: “Stop playin’ wit me name dyin’ for a comment! Can’t spin me with the sucker shit to take Hov down. Betta ask ‘bout tha cloth I’m cut from.”
Foxy continued: “Y’all want me to be anti-Hov so bad.” Rumors that the former Def Jam labelmaters had an inappropriate sexual relationship largely stem from a line on Nas‘ infamous diss track “Ether” where he rapped: “Foxy got you hot ’cause you kept your face in her puss / What you think, you getting girls now ’cause of your looks?”
There was also speculation years later that Foxy lost her virginity to the rap legend and caught an STD in the process, but she later denied the claims.
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Humble’ Video Reaches A Major Milestone
Kendrick Lamar no longer has a reason to be “Humble” when it comes to his YouTube play count: the clip for the rapper’s 2017 smash hit has cracked a billion views.
On Youtube The Not Like Us videos are, Lyric video is 30 Million,
YouTube main video for song is 166 Milllion and the Music video is 149 million in 3 months.
The video, directed by Dave Meyers, Kendrick and Dave Free (with the latter two credited as “the little homies”), stands at 1,000,355,582 views as of this writing.
Rich Homie Quan Estate Releases Posthumous Album on Rapper's 35th Birthday
Rich Homie Quan's first posthumous album, "Forever Going In," was released Friday -- a month after his death ... the day the star rapper would have turned 35.
The album looks to capitalize on RHQ's growing streaming numbers while also memorializing his life -- it clocks in at 35 songs!!!
2 Chainz, Lil Tjay, Sukihana, Skilla Baby and more help round out the guest list -- RHQ's family dedicated the project to all the supporters.
Halle Bailey and DDG Split
Halle Bailey and DDG are no longer a couple ... the rapper just announced their split on social media.
DDG says ... "After much reflection and heartfelt conversations, Halle and I have decided to go our separate ways. This decision was not easy, but we believe it's the best path forward for both of us." Halle and DDG share a son, Halo, together ... and DDG says they will co-parent the child. He reflected on how having a relationship can take away focus that would otherwise be dedicated to one’s career.
He said: “If I could tell myself something at age 22, I would tell myself not to get into a relationship because it’s damn near like having a part time job. You really have to apply a lot of time and effort.
Sidney Starr Says Darius McCrary Paid for Gender Surgery With 'Saw VI' Royalties
Transgender model Sidney Starr and "Family Matters" alum Darius McCrary have been putting on a strong public front for months, and their union just got a whole lot tighter ... and Sidney says it's all thanks to gender-affirming surgery!!!
The two lovebirds recently paid Adam22 a visit at "No Jumper" ... where Sidney jumped at the chance to reveal Darius slapped down big bucks for her member to get the permanent snip!!!
Adam asked to be gifted Sidney's removed penis for safekeeping, but it looks to be long gone.
Future & Metro Boomin’s ‘Like That’ Named In New Lawsuit By Estate Of Barry White
Future and Metro Boomin (along with Kendrick Lamar) are mentioned in a new lawsuit by the estate of legendary singer Barry White — but they’re not the ones being sued.
The Barry White Family Trust is suing 1980s rap duo Rodney-O & Joe Cooley, whose classic song “Everlasting Bass” is interpolated on Future, Metro and K.dot’s hit song “Like That” — Rodney and Cooley both received writing credits on the track. “Everlasting Bass” itself, the suit claims, uses elements of White’s 1973 song “I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby.”
The suit calls “Like That” the “infringing work,” but does not name any of the song’s producers or artists because the White estate believes that Kendrick, Metro, Future and their respective record companies have all indemnified themselves — meaning that they made an agreement with the owners of “Everlasting Bass” that if there were legal issues with “Like That” due to problems with the older song (such as uncleared samples) then the owners of “Everlasting Bass” would be liable, not the writers of “Like That.”
The White Family Trust is asking for “all profits and damages” resulting from the alleged infringement of their copyright.
Rich Homie Quan Estate Releases Posthumous Album on Rapper's 35th Birthday
Rich Homie Quan's first posthumous album, "Forever Going In," was released Friday -- a month after his death ... the day the star rapper would have turned 35.
The album looks to capitalize on RHQ's growing streaming numbers while also memorializing his life -- it clocks in at 35 songs!!!
2 Chainz, Lil Tjay, Sukihana, Skilla Baby and more help round out the guest list -- RHQ's family dedicated the project to all the supporters.
Halle Bailey and DDG Split
Halle Bailey and DDG are no longer a couple ... the rapper just announced their split on social media.
DDG says ... "After much reflection and heartfelt conversations, Halle and I have decided to go our separate ways. This decision was not easy, but we believe it's the best path forward for both of us." Halle and DDG share a son, Halo, together ... and DDG says they will co-parent the child. He reflected on how having a relationship can take away focus that would otherwise be dedicated to one’s career.
He said: “If I could tell myself something at age 22, I would tell myself not to get into a relationship because it’s damn near like having a part time job. You really have to apply a lot of time and effort.
Sidney Starr Says Darius McCrary Paid for Gender Surgery With 'Saw VI' Royalties
Transgender model Sidney Starr and "Family Matters" alum Darius McCrary have been putting on a strong public front for months, and their union just got a whole lot tighter ... and Sidney says it's all thanks to gender-affirming surgery!!!
The two lovebirds recently paid Adam22 a visit at "No Jumper" ... where Sidney jumped at the chance to reveal Darius slapped down big bucks for her member to get the permanent snip!!!
Adam asked to be gifted Sidney's removed penis for safekeeping, but it looks to be long gone.
Future & Metro Boomin’s ‘Like That’ Named In New Lawsuit By Estate Of Barry White
Future and Metro Boomin (along with Kendrick Lamar) are mentioned in a new lawsuit by the estate of legendary singer Barry White — but they’re not the ones being sued.
The Barry White Family Trust is suing 1980s rap duo Rodney-O & Joe Cooley, whose classic song “Everlasting Bass” is interpolated on Future, Metro and K.dot’s hit song “Like That” — Rodney and Cooley both received writing credits on the track. “Everlasting Bass” itself, the suit claims, uses elements of White’s 1973 song “I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby.”
The suit calls “Like That” the “infringing work,” but does not name any of the song’s producers or artists because the White estate believes that Kendrick, Metro, Future and their respective record companies have all indemnified themselves — meaning that they made an agreement with the owners of “Everlasting Bass” that if there were legal issues with “Like That” due to problems with the older song (such as uncleared samples) then the owners of “Everlasting Bass” would be liable, not the writers of “Like That.”
The White Family Trust is asking for “all profits and damages” resulting from the alleged infringement of their copyright.
