Welcome to The Trial of Diddy. The show is hosted by DailyMail.com’s West Coast News Editor Marjorie Hernandez and Manhattan-based Kayla Brantley, reporter-at-large and TV correspondent at Daily Mail. Each week Kayla and Marjorie will be exploring each and every new development in this story, looking at what may - or may not - be coming next for Diddy. This week Marjorie and Kayla go in deep on a brand new claim against Diddy and break down just some of the extraordinary details of his own $100m defamation lawsuit. Don’t miss it! Follow us on instagram @thetrialpod Email us [email protected] Whatsapp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Marjorie Hernandez and Kayla Brantley Editor: Sam Morris Producer Rob Fitzpatrick Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Executive Producer: Jamie East A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What allegations are being made against Diddy?
The following episode explores a number of allegations regarding the artist Diddy. He denies all charges and has pled not guilty to sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
The biggest secret in the entertainment industry that really wasn't a secret at all has finally been revealed to the world.
At the height of his career, Sean Diddy Combs had it all. It seemed like everything Diddy touched turned to gold. Now the once untouchable hip-hop mogul is fighting for his life as he faces multiple federal charges in New York, including sex trafficking and allegedly running a criminal enterprise.
Chapter 2: What is the background of Diddy's legal troubles?
Music mogul and rapper Sean Diddy Combs has faced four different lawsuits in recent weeks alleging sexual assault. I'm DailyMail.com journalist Marjorie Hernandez.
And over the last six months, I've been investigating this incredible story and speaking to the people in the eye of the storm. Welcome to the Trial of Diddy.
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Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for The Daily Mail in Manhattan.
And I'm Marjorie Hernandez, DailyMail.com's West Coast news editor.
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Chapter 3: What is Diddy's recent defamation lawsuit about?
And welcome to episode 22 of The Trial of Diddy. Another week, another lawsuit, and again, just as we were preparing to record this episode, a new case dropped. And this one is from Diddy himself. And while we usually have guests as many episodes as we can, this one's just gonna be an update episode because there's a lot to update you on, so you get the two of us, everybody. Just me and Marge.
So the news came in this morning that today Diddy's attorney, her name's Erica Wolfe, she's launched a multi-million dollar lawsuit alleging that NBC Universal Media, Peacock TV, and documentary makers Ample made, quote, "...a conscious decision to line their own pockets at the expense of truth, decency, and basic standards of professional journalism."
Chapter 4: What claims does Diddy's attorney make about the documentary?
So Wolf's statement, it goes on to say that those companies were, quote, grossly exploiting the trust of their audience and racing to outdo their competition for the most salacious diddy expose. Defendants maliciously and recklessly broadcast outrageous lies in the Diddy, the Making of a Bad Boy documentary.
So this lawyer goes on to say that in the documentary, the defendants accuse Diddy of horrible crimes, including serial murder and sexual assault of minors, which I feel like murder is kind of a new one. Like we've heard all of these sexual assault allegations, but serial murder is interesting. It goes on to say that they said all this knowing that there's no evidence to support these claims.
It goes on to say that Mr. Combs brings this lawsuit to hold defendants accountable for the extraordinary damage their reckless statements have caused.
Yes, Kayla, the details in this case are really extraordinary. Wolf went on to claim, quote, the documentary includes numerous false and defamatory statements that defendants NBCU and Ample knew were false or published with reckless disregard as to whether they were false or not.
Indeed, the entire premise of the documentary assumes that Mr. Combs had committed numerous heinous crimes, including serial murder, rape of minors, and sex trafficking of minors, and attempts to crudely psychologize him. It maliciously and basely jumps to the conclusion that Mr. Combs is a monster and an embodiment of Lucifer, with a lot of similarities to Jeffrey Epstein.
Wow, those are a lot of very strong words. The documentary, Wolf goes on to say, quote, falsely, recklessly, and maliciously accuses Mr. Koza of murdering his former girlfriend, Kim Porter, Christopher Wallace, who we all know as Biggie, Andre Harrell, Dwight Arrington Myers, who's Heavy D, and attempted to murder R&B singer Albert Joseph Brown, a.k.a. I'll Be Sure.
Now, I'll Be Sure, as most people know, used to date Diddy's ex, Kim Porter. Albie and Kim had a son, Quincy, who Diddy is very close to and considers as one of his own sons.
Now Diddy's attorneys added that the documentary, quote, shamelessly advances conspiracy theories that lack any foundation in reality, repeatedly insinuating that Mr. Combs is a serial killer because it cannot be a coincidence that multiple people in Mr. Combs' orbit have died.
So the first person who's mentioned in this filing who was in the documentary is Albie Shore. And Wolf claims he conclusively asserts that Miss Porter was murdered. And in the documentary, you hear Albie Shore saying, do I have to say allegedly when he's talking about Kim Porter's death and the allegations that Diddy's somehow responsible?
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of the accusations in the documentary?
Then there's Jaguar Wright and her, quote, conspiracy theories. Wolf states, the documentary includes a clip from a YouTube interview with Jaguar Wright, a conspiracy theorist who skeptically points out that of the five people who she says started Uptown Records, the only two people left are Puffy and I'll Be Sure and Al Almost Died.
The case goes on to attack what it called false claims of sex trafficking, saying an unidentified interviewee claimed Mr. Combs was, quote, fucking and making love and sex to girls who for sure were underage.
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Combs, NBCUniversal, Ample Productions, Peacock, and NewsNation for comment. This isn't Diddy's first defamation lawsuit in January, which I know feels like years ago, but was only a few weeks ago. He also filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against an accuser for exposing alleged sex tapes with celebrities.
Diddy claims that Courtney Burgess, his lawyer and News Nation, deliberately fabricated and amplified false claims about him for financial gain. And there's also this new case filed by Texas-based attorney Tony Busby, which I know we've been hearing that name a lot. This was just filed on Monday, accusing Diddy of sexually assaulting a man in 2022.
The alleged victim, who's filing anonymously as John Doe, has alleged in a New York County Supreme Court filing that he was, quote, drugged and forcefully raped by Diddy. The alleged incident happened after he was seen busking on the street outside a nightclub in Los Angeles in November of 2022.
The claimant, who says he was a young musician at the time, claimed Diddy's team invited him to attend an exclusive A-list birthday party at a private home where he met Sean Combs. As has been alleged numerous times before, Diddy is said to have given the man a spiked drink while making promises about helping him secure a, quote, major recording contract.
The man says he was, quote, incapacitated from the drugs and forcefully coerced into performing oral sex before he alleges he was raped. The man's lawsuit goes on because of Combs' power and notoriety and because he was shocked and embarrassed, though did not report what had happened.
The man is now seeking, quote, 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 in an amount to be determined at trial.
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Chapter 6: How does this legal battle affect Diddy's reputation?
Lawyers for Diddy, who has denied all of the claims against him, told DailyMail.com in a statement Monday, quote, As we've said before, Mr. Combs cannot respond to every new publicity stunt, even in response to claims that are factually ridiculous or demonstrably false. Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process.
In court, the truth will prevail that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone, man or woman, adult or minor.
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Welcome back to The Trial of Diddy.
As we all know by now, the start date for Diddy's trial is set for May 5th. That's 82 days or 11 and a half weeks from the day that we're recording this on Wednesday, February 12th. Our guest last week, New Jersey criminal defense attorney and longtime friend of the show, David Gelman. He has always said that he thinks this is very unlikely, but we shall see.
If one thing's for sure, we've learned this over the last five months. Nothing about this trial is predictable.
So for now, that's it. And as we prepare for Diddy's trial in May, or wherever it might actually happen, what other trials would you like for us to cover? Let us know by email, thetrialatdailymail.com, or you can WhatsApp us on plus 44-7796-657512. Please start your message with trial.
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