1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mea podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges 2 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:18,134 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 3 00:00:18,214 --> 00:00:24,174 Speaker 1: is recorded on Hi. I'm Claire Murphy. This is Mumma 4 00:00:24,214 --> 00:00:28,294 Speaker 1: MIA's twice daily news podcast, The Quikie. Next week, Sean 5 00:00:28,414 --> 00:00:31,494 Speaker 1: Diddy Combs will face court on charges of sex trafficking 6 00:00:31,494 --> 00:00:34,574 Speaker 1: and racketeering. Today we're breaking down how one of hip 7 00:00:34,614 --> 00:00:37,654 Speaker 1: hop's biggest moguls became the center of one of the 8 00:00:37,694 --> 00:00:42,254 Speaker 1: most high profile criminal cases in entertainment history, and what 9 00:00:42,414 --> 00:00:45,534 Speaker 1: to expect from the proceedings. Before we get there, here's 10 00:00:45,534 --> 00:00:48,374 Speaker 1: the latest from the Quickie newsroom. Friday, May Too, the 11 00:00:48,494 --> 00:00:51,214 Speaker 1: husband of the woman accused of murdering her in laws 12 00:00:51,214 --> 00:00:54,374 Speaker 1: with a deadly mushroom laced meal, broke down in court 13 00:00:54,414 --> 00:00:56,934 Speaker 1: after recounting what it was like seeing his parents and 14 00:00:57,054 --> 00:01:00,854 Speaker 1: auntie and uncle in hospital following the poisoning. Simon Patterson 15 00:01:00,894 --> 00:01:03,014 Speaker 1: spent the entire day in the witness box at the 16 00:01:03,094 --> 00:01:06,854 Speaker 1: Latrobe Valley Court yesterday describing his on again, off again 17 00:01:06,934 --> 00:01:10,254 Speaker 1: relationship with his wife and how their communication had become 18 00:01:10,334 --> 00:01:14,014 Speaker 1: strained since he started describing their situation as separated, but 19 00:01:14,094 --> 00:01:16,614 Speaker 1: it was when he recalled seeing his parents in hospital 20 00:01:16,654 --> 00:01:19,814 Speaker 1: that mister Pattison broke down in tears. He explained how 21 00:01:19,854 --> 00:01:22,694 Speaker 1: his dad was substantially worse than his mum and that 22 00:01:22,774 --> 00:01:25,094 Speaker 1: he was really struggling, that he felt he wasn't right 23 00:01:25,134 --> 00:01:28,094 Speaker 1: inside and was in a lot of pain. Mister Pattison 24 00:01:28,174 --> 00:01:30,774 Speaker 1: will return to the stand today to give further evidence 25 00:01:30,814 --> 00:01:34,134 Speaker 1: in the case his estranged wife, Aaron Patterson, accused of 26 00:01:34,254 --> 00:01:38,454 Speaker 1: murdering Ian and Gail Patterson, Simon's parents and Gail's sister, Heather. 27 00:01:38,814 --> 00:01:42,494 Speaker 1: Heather's husband Ian, a local pastor, survived the ordeal. She's 28 00:01:42,614 --> 00:01:46,774 Speaker 1: charged with attempted murder in his case. Anthony Alberizi and 29 00:01:46,894 --> 00:01:49,814 Speaker 1: Peter Duddon have just one more full day to convince 30 00:01:49,854 --> 00:01:52,974 Speaker 1: those undecided voters to tick their box. With the election 31 00:01:53,094 --> 00:01:56,094 Speaker 1: to get underway. When polling boots open tomorrow, they will 32 00:01:56,134 --> 00:01:59,334 Speaker 1: both embark on a blitz of marginal seats across the country, 33 00:01:59,574 --> 00:02:02,374 Speaker 1: having already stopped in on South Australia and w Way. 34 00:02:02,534 --> 00:02:05,454 Speaker 1: Mister Alberizi will hit up the remaining four states today, 35 00:02:05,734 --> 00:02:08,814 Speaker 1: while mister Dutton will have visited twenty eight marginal seats 36 00:02:08,854 --> 00:02:11,414 Speaker 1: in this final weeks of campaigning. As he looks to 37 00:02:11,454 --> 00:02:14,734 Speaker 1: defy history in become prime minister with no party ever, 38 00:02:14,814 --> 00:02:18,454 Speaker 1: having lost government after just one term since nineteen thirty one. 39 00:02:18,734 --> 00:02:20,654 Speaker 1: If you want to get across what both leaders are 40 00:02:20,654 --> 00:02:23,454 Speaker 1: offering you, there's a link to our No Filter podcast 41 00:02:23,494 --> 00:02:26,174 Speaker 1: with Kate Langbrook where she sat down with both Anthony 42 00:02:26,214 --> 00:02:29,894 Speaker 1: Alberonizi and Peter Dutton. It's in our show notes. It's 43 00:02:29,934 --> 00:02:33,374 Speaker 1: being reported that US President Donald Trump's National security advisor, 44 00:02:33,414 --> 00:02:36,294 Speaker 1: Mike Waltz, is being forced out of the job. Waltz 45 00:02:36,414 --> 00:02:39,214 Speaker 1: is the man who accidentally added a journalist to a 46 00:02:39,214 --> 00:02:42,814 Speaker 1: group chat with other national security aids, including the Vice President, 47 00:02:43,134 --> 00:02:47,694 Speaker 1: discussing classified military action in Yemen. Waltz's deputy, Alex Wong, 48 00:02:47,814 --> 00:02:51,414 Speaker 1: is also reportedly leaving the role. It's not immediately clear 49 00:02:51,454 --> 00:02:54,334 Speaker 1: who'll replace Waltz, but his position is one that doesn't 50 00:02:54,334 --> 00:02:58,054 Speaker 1: require Senate confirmation. Russell Brand is due to appear in 51 00:02:58,094 --> 00:03:01,334 Speaker 1: court today in London, accused of sexually assaulting several women. 52 00:03:01,734 --> 00:03:03,894 Speaker 1: The forty nine year old comedian is now living in 53 00:03:03,894 --> 00:03:06,694 Speaker 1: the US. It's not clear if he will actually appear 54 00:03:06,734 --> 00:03:10,774 Speaker 1: in person at the Westminster Magistrate's Court faces allegations he 55 00:03:10,894 --> 00:03:13,934 Speaker 1: touched a woman's breast without permission, and trying to drag 56 00:03:13,974 --> 00:03:17,294 Speaker 1: another woman into the men's toilets. He's also accused of 57 00:03:17,454 --> 00:03:20,294 Speaker 1: orally raping the woman whose breasts he touched without consent. 58 00:03:20,774 --> 00:03:23,934 Speaker 1: Brand posted a video online last month denying the charges 59 00:03:24,174 --> 00:03:26,454 Speaker 1: and claiming it was part of a larger conspiracy to 60 00:03:26,534 --> 00:03:28,614 Speaker 1: use a legal system as a weapon against him. 61 00:03:28,694 --> 00:03:31,214 Speaker 2: I've always told you guys that when I was young 62 00:03:31,334 --> 00:03:33,454 Speaker 2: and single, before I had my wife and family who 63 00:03:33,494 --> 00:03:36,534 Speaker 2: were just that shot over there, my beautiful children, I 64 00:03:36,654 --> 00:03:39,334 Speaker 2: was a fool man. I was a drug addict, a 65 00:03:39,374 --> 00:03:42,774 Speaker 2: sex addict, and an imbecile. But what I never was 66 00:03:42,774 --> 00:03:46,494 Speaker 2: was a rapist. I've never engaged in non consensual activity. 67 00:03:46,534 --> 00:03:48,334 Speaker 2: I pray that you can see that by looking in 68 00:03:48,374 --> 00:03:50,654 Speaker 2: my eyes. I'm not going to have the opportunity to 69 00:03:50,694 --> 00:03:54,014 Speaker 2: defend these charges in court, and I'm incredibly grateful for that. 70 00:03:54,174 --> 00:03:56,974 Speaker 1: Brand is also facing accusations he raped a woman in 71 00:03:57,054 --> 00:04:00,494 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety nine and sexually assaulted another woman between two 72 00:04:00,494 --> 00:04:03,894 Speaker 1: thousand and four and two thousand and five. Next the 73 00:04:03,974 --> 00:04:13,454 Speaker 1: ras and fall of Sean Diddycombs. Just two years ago, 74 00:04:13,734 --> 00:04:17,094 Speaker 1: Sean Diddy Combs was celebrating a Grammy nomination for his 75 00:04:17,174 --> 00:04:20,974 Speaker 1: fifth studio album, the love Album Off the Grid. Now 76 00:04:21,294 --> 00:04:23,974 Speaker 1: he's sitting in a New York prison cell, facing the 77 00:04:24,014 --> 00:04:28,654 Speaker 1: possibility of life behind bars. The dramatic downfall began in 78 00:04:28,694 --> 00:04:32,214 Speaker 1: November twenty twenty three, when his former partner Cassandra or 79 00:04:32,334 --> 00:04:36,534 Speaker 1: Cassie Ventura, filed a lawsuit. Cassie, a singer and model, 80 00:04:36,654 --> 00:04:39,334 Speaker 1: were signed to Combs's Bad Boy Records when she was 81 00:04:39,454 --> 00:04:42,614 Speaker 1: just nineteen. The pair dated for over a decade, but 82 00:04:42,734 --> 00:04:45,934 Speaker 1: two years ago she accused him of rape, physical abuse, 83 00:04:46,254 --> 00:04:50,334 Speaker 1: and a pattern of coercive control. She described being trapped 84 00:04:50,334 --> 00:04:53,054 Speaker 1: in a cycle of abuse and forced to participate in 85 00:04:53,134 --> 00:04:57,094 Speaker 1: drug fueled free cough parties. While that suit was settled 86 00:04:57,094 --> 00:05:01,694 Speaker 1: within twenty four hours, it opened the floodgates. In March 87 00:05:01,734 --> 00:05:06,254 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, federal agents conducted simultaneous raids on Combs's 88 00:05:06,254 --> 00:05:10,694 Speaker 1: properties in Los Angeles and Miami, seizing hard D narcotics 89 00:05:10,694 --> 00:05:14,334 Speaker 1: and firearms. There was other evidence seized at that time too, 90 00:05:14,854 --> 00:05:18,254 Speaker 1: most notably more than one thousand bottles of baby oil 91 00:05:18,414 --> 00:05:21,974 Speaker 1: allegedly intended for use at Ditty's free cough parties. By 92 00:05:22,054 --> 00:05:24,614 Speaker 1: the way, a note on these parties, these events have 93 00:05:24,694 --> 00:05:28,334 Speaker 1: popped up in several places throughout Ditty's timeline of allegations. 94 00:05:28,574 --> 00:05:32,374 Speaker 1: If you're unfamiliar, Free Cough parties are described as exclusive 95 00:05:32,414 --> 00:05:37,534 Speaker 1: gatherings marked by coercive sexual behavior and potential exploitation. Two 96 00:05:37,614 --> 00:05:42,534 Speaker 1: months later, CCTV footage emerged showing Comb's physically assaulting Cassie 97 00:05:42,574 --> 00:05:46,534 Speaker 1: in an La Hotel hallway in twenty sixteen. Then in 98 00:05:46,574 --> 00:05:52,054 Speaker 1: September twenty twenty four, Combs was arrested and charged with racketeering, conspiracy, 99 00:05:52,294 --> 00:05:57,814 Speaker 1: sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. Prosecutors alleged 100 00:05:57,934 --> 00:06:02,294 Speaker 1: he used his business empire, including music, media and fashion companies, 101 00:06:02,494 --> 00:06:06,014 Speaker 1: as a front for criminal activity. The indictment details a 102 00:06:06,094 --> 00:06:09,734 Speaker 1: pattern of coercion, drugging, and violence, including the use of 103 00:06:09,774 --> 00:06:13,414 Speaker 1: firearms and threats to force women into sexual acts at 104 00:06:13,454 --> 00:06:17,134 Speaker 1: these so called freak off parties. Throughout twenty twenty four 105 00:06:17,174 --> 00:06:20,174 Speaker 1: and twenty five, a wave of additional civil lawsuits were 106 00:06:20,174 --> 00:06:24,054 Speaker 1: filed against Combs, including claims of rape, sexual assault from 107 00:06:24,094 --> 00:06:27,614 Speaker 1: both women and men, and abuse involving miners as young 108 00:06:27,614 --> 00:06:32,134 Speaker 1: as ten and thirteen. As it stands today, more than 109 00:06:32,214 --> 00:06:36,214 Speaker 1: fifty alleged victims have now come forward with claims spanning decades. 110 00:06:36,734 --> 00:06:40,134 Speaker 1: Mumma MEA's senior entertainment writer Tara Watson has been following 111 00:06:40,174 --> 00:06:43,254 Speaker 1: Ditty's downfall. Let's start with the criminal charges. What is 112 00:06:43,294 --> 00:06:45,374 Speaker 1: he actually fronting court for next week? 113 00:06:45,774 --> 00:06:49,974 Speaker 3: So Didty is facing five charges, including multiple counts of 114 00:06:50,054 --> 00:06:54,334 Speaker 3: sex trafficking and the transportation to engage in prostitution, along 115 00:06:54,374 --> 00:06:57,974 Speaker 3: with the racketeering conspiracy charge, which basically means he led 116 00:06:58,014 --> 00:07:02,614 Speaker 3: a criminal enterprise which typically involves fraudulent or illegal activities. 117 00:07:02,974 --> 00:07:06,294 Speaker 3: And Ditty has pled not guilty to all charges. 118 00:07:06,734 --> 00:07:09,454 Speaker 1: Okay, because we've heard so much evidence over the last 119 00:07:09,654 --> 00:07:12,454 Speaker 1: year or so, what evidence have we heard that relates 120 00:07:12,494 --> 00:07:13,534 Speaker 1: to those charges? 121 00:07:13,614 --> 00:07:17,734 Speaker 3: So there's a lot because these charges spend decades, There's 122 00:07:17,774 --> 00:07:20,294 Speaker 3: a lot of victim statements which I think will be key. 123 00:07:20,814 --> 00:07:25,494 Speaker 3: There's forensic evidences things like travel and financial records, and 124 00:07:25,534 --> 00:07:28,694 Speaker 3: then there's all the video footage, which we've just learned 125 00:07:28,774 --> 00:07:32,294 Speaker 3: will include the footage of Ditty beating and dragging his 126 00:07:32,414 --> 00:07:36,254 Speaker 3: ex girlfriend Cassie in that hotel lobby in twenty sixteen, 127 00:07:36,534 --> 00:07:38,134 Speaker 3: which will be included in the trial. 128 00:07:38,614 --> 00:07:40,774 Speaker 1: That was kind of the catalyst that changed the whole story, 129 00:07:40,854 --> 00:07:41,894 Speaker 1: right when we saw. 130 00:07:41,734 --> 00:07:44,054 Speaker 3: With our own eyes, absolutely. 131 00:07:43,974 --> 00:07:47,374 Speaker 1: But Cassie Ventura is probably one of the most high 132 00:07:47,374 --> 00:07:50,134 Speaker 1: profile of those who are accusing Diddy of these crimes. 133 00:07:50,254 --> 00:07:52,214 Speaker 1: Will she be testifying in court? 134 00:07:52,454 --> 00:07:55,534 Speaker 3: She will, so that will be a very powerful moment 135 00:07:55,694 --> 00:07:59,054 Speaker 3: obviously for victims. She will talk about her experience with 136 00:07:59,094 --> 00:08:02,934 Speaker 3: Ditty during that relationship, which she claims included alleged abuse 137 00:08:02,974 --> 00:08:06,174 Speaker 3: and coercion. And she is one of four alleged victims 138 00:08:06,174 --> 00:08:08,494 Speaker 3: who will take the stand for the prosecution's case. 139 00:08:09,054 --> 00:08:11,334 Speaker 1: Obviously, one of the things that keeps coming up in 140 00:08:11,414 --> 00:08:14,694 Speaker 1: conversation when we talk about Ditty and these alleged crimes 141 00:08:14,734 --> 00:08:19,854 Speaker 1: are these Freak Cough parties. What details have emerged about 142 00:08:19,894 --> 00:08:22,614 Speaker 1: them that will potentially be hearing about during this trial. 143 00:08:22,854 --> 00:08:26,334 Speaker 3: He orchestrated these like sex events that he called the 144 00:08:26,334 --> 00:08:30,134 Speaker 3: Freak Coff parties, and at these parties, women were allegedly 145 00:08:30,254 --> 00:08:33,214 Speaker 3: drugged and they were coerced into sex acts. Some of 146 00:08:33,254 --> 00:08:36,734 Speaker 3: these sex acts were filmed. They were also allegedly threatened 147 00:08:36,774 --> 00:08:40,094 Speaker 3: with violence, and it was a big team effort. Didty's 148 00:08:40,094 --> 00:08:43,454 Speaker 3: employees were all involved in this whole scheme, and there 149 00:08:43,534 --> 00:08:47,094 Speaker 3: was also allegedly copious amounts of baby oil at these parties. 150 00:08:47,214 --> 00:08:51,094 Speaker 3: So that's why when Ditty was first arrested, police seized 151 00:08:51,254 --> 00:08:54,454 Speaker 3: a thousand bottles of baby oil from Ditty's home, which 152 00:08:54,574 --> 00:08:57,694 Speaker 3: is expected to be used as physical evidence in this trial. 153 00:08:58,374 --> 00:09:01,974 Speaker 1: We have heard that there are some very nervous friends 154 00:09:02,334 --> 00:09:06,054 Speaker 1: of Ditty's in Hollywood and in the music scene. There 155 00:09:06,054 --> 00:09:09,974 Speaker 1: haven't been too many other high profile names attached to 156 00:09:10,654 --> 00:09:14,534 Speaker 1: these accusations, but are there some big names that are 157 00:09:14,534 --> 00:09:16,214 Speaker 1: potentially going to come out during this trial. 158 00:09:16,574 --> 00:09:18,894 Speaker 3: So as far as the lawsuits go, which are like 159 00:09:18,934 --> 00:09:21,534 Speaker 3: the civil lawsuits, obviously we know that jay Z was 160 00:09:21,614 --> 00:09:24,134 Speaker 3: named in a big one. There was a lawsuit from 161 00:09:24,134 --> 00:09:26,934 Speaker 3: an anonymous woman, but she has since dropped that lawsuit. 162 00:09:27,014 --> 00:09:30,294 Speaker 3: Then there was another lawsuit involving Kanye West where he 163 00:09:30,414 --> 00:09:33,254 Speaker 3: was suited for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting and ex 164 00:09:33,294 --> 00:09:37,054 Speaker 3: assistant in a studio session hosted by Diddy. And then 165 00:09:37,214 --> 00:09:40,774 Speaker 3: there's another lawsuit involving Cuba Gooding Junior and he was 166 00:09:40,854 --> 00:09:43,934 Speaker 3: named in a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and sexual assault. 167 00:09:44,654 --> 00:09:47,494 Speaker 3: But then there's the celebristous kind of mentioned in Passing, 168 00:09:48,174 --> 00:09:51,814 Speaker 3: and that includes people like Prince Harry and Nicki Minaj. 169 00:09:52,134 --> 00:09:55,214 Speaker 3: There's no allegations being leveled against them, but they're just 170 00:09:55,334 --> 00:09:58,494 Speaker 3: kind of been mentioned maybe being guests at these parties. 171 00:09:59,014 --> 00:10:01,334 Speaker 1: How has the entertainment industry responded to all of this 172 00:10:01,614 --> 00:10:03,854 Speaker 1: because we know that there's been some celebrities who have 173 00:10:04,494 --> 00:10:07,894 Speaker 1: not said anything and maybe for very good reason, and 174 00:10:07,934 --> 00:10:10,374 Speaker 1: there are others who have been very public, like fifty 175 00:10:10,414 --> 00:10:13,494 Speaker 1: cent for example, about the fact that they maybe knew 176 00:10:13,494 --> 00:10:16,374 Speaker 1: that stuff like this was going on all along allegedly. 177 00:10:16,814 --> 00:10:19,974 Speaker 1: So how has the entertainment industry responded in like the 178 00:10:20,054 --> 00:10:22,414 Speaker 1: last twelve months or so of all of this coming 179 00:10:22,454 --> 00:10:23,454 Speaker 1: to light, not. 180 00:10:23,374 --> 00:10:25,574 Speaker 3: On what has been said, which has been interesting for 181 00:10:25,614 --> 00:10:27,774 Speaker 3: a lot of alleged victims, just kind of watching the 182 00:10:27,854 --> 00:10:31,654 Speaker 3: silence that's kind of played out, But generally most people 183 00:10:31,734 --> 00:10:35,774 Speaker 3: have distanced themselves from Diddy, with the exception of Kanye West, 184 00:10:36,534 --> 00:10:40,054 Speaker 3: who has remained his most vocal defender, even putting a 185 00:10:40,134 --> 00:10:43,174 Speaker 3: phone conversation of him from prison in one of his songs. 186 00:10:43,574 --> 00:10:46,854 Speaker 3: So mostly silence and then Kanye West just saying way 187 00:10:46,854 --> 00:10:47,334 Speaker 3: too much. 188 00:10:48,054 --> 00:10:51,214 Speaker 1: Now, did I also just hear that Diddy's lawyer has 189 00:10:51,374 --> 00:10:53,174 Speaker 1: quick because a lot has been said about the lawyers 190 00:10:53,174 --> 00:10:55,334 Speaker 1: around this case as well, because there's one lawyer in particular, 191 00:10:55,374 --> 00:10:58,694 Speaker 1: who is the one behind like these hundred odd suits 192 00:10:58,734 --> 00:11:01,294 Speaker 1: that are currently against him and keeps claiming there's more coming. 193 00:11:01,494 --> 00:11:03,654 Speaker 1: But not a lot has been heard from Ditty's layer 194 00:11:03,654 --> 00:11:05,254 Speaker 1: other than to kind of deny a lot of the things. 195 00:11:05,534 --> 00:11:06,414 Speaker 1: Has this person quit? 196 00:11:06,774 --> 00:11:11,174 Speaker 3: Yes? So, one of Ditty's lawyers, and Anthony Ricco he 197 00:11:11,454 --> 00:11:14,854 Speaker 3: quit the case in February this year. He didn't say why. 198 00:11:15,094 --> 00:11:18,214 Speaker 3: I mean, they don't often say why, but in his 199 00:11:18,534 --> 00:11:22,494 Speaker 3: court filing he stated, although I have provided Shawn Combs 200 00:11:22,494 --> 00:11:25,854 Speaker 3: with the high level of legal representation expected by the court, 201 00:11:26,294 --> 00:11:30,094 Speaker 3: under no circumstances can I continue to effectively serve as 202 00:11:30,174 --> 00:11:32,774 Speaker 3: counsel for Shawn Combs. I don't know what to make 203 00:11:32,814 --> 00:11:35,374 Speaker 3: of that. It feels like there's something like infighting between 204 00:11:35,374 --> 00:11:38,814 Speaker 3: his legal team and may potentially he's just stepped away, 205 00:11:39,094 --> 00:11:41,574 Speaker 3: or maybe Shawn Combs made that decision. 206 00:11:42,774 --> 00:11:44,454 Speaker 1: Thanks for taking the time to feed your mind with 207 00:11:44,574 --> 00:11:47,534 Speaker 1: us today. The quickie is produced by me Claire Murphy 208 00:11:47,614 --> 00:11:50,414 Speaker 1: and Taylor Strano, with audio production by Lou Hill.