WEBVTT - The case against Diddy explained

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<v Speaker 1>Before we jump into today's deep dive, just a quick

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<v Speaker 1>heads up that this episode deals with fairly distressing content,

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<v Speaker 1>things like sexual assault and sex trafficking. If you do

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<v Speaker 1>choose to listen to this episode, please listen with care.

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<v Speaker 1>Help is always available at one eight hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>Respect already. And this is the Daily OS.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the Daily ohs oh, now it makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty sixth of September.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm zara, I'm emma.

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<v Speaker 1>Earlier this month, rapper Sean Diddy Combs was denied bail

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<v Speaker 1>after he was charged with sex trafficking and a slew

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<v Speaker 1>of other crimes. Investigators accused Combs of using his business

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<v Speaker 1>empire to cover up decades of abuse against women to quote.

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<v Speaker 2>Fulfill his sexual desires and protect his reputation.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, in today's deep dive, we're going to explain the

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<v Speaker 1>timeline leading up to those child and what it could

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<v Speaker 1>mean for the Rappernecks. But first, m what's making headlines.

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<v Speaker 3>New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows inflation

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<v Speaker 3>dropped to its lowest rate in three years in August,

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<v Speaker 3>down to two point seven percent for the twelve months

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<v Speaker 3>to August. That's down from three point five percent the

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<v Speaker 3>month before. The category with the greatest drop was electricity,

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<v Speaker 3>which fell by almost eighteen percent. The ABS attributed this

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<v Speaker 3>to the government's three hundred dollars energy rebates, which came

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<v Speaker 3>into effect in July. Inflation is a measure of the

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<v Speaker 3>rate at which prices rise, so lower inflation means prices

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<v Speaker 3>arising at a slower rate than before, not that they

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<v Speaker 3>are falling. Treasurer Jim Charmers said the figures were welcoming

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<v Speaker 3>and encouraging, while Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor said the price

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<v Speaker 3>of services remains high.

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<v Speaker 1>PM Anthony Albanezi has refused to rule out chain just

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<v Speaker 1>to tax concessions for Australians who own multiple properties. Negative gearing,

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<v Speaker 1>as it's known, allows poemowners to claim losses on their properties,

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<v Speaker 1>meaning they end up paying a lower rate of tax.

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<v Speaker 1>Nine newspapers reported the government asked the Treasury Department to

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<v Speaker 1>run a cost analysis for a negative gearing policy. Albernizi

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<v Speaker 1>said the Treasury was considering a range of proposals, but

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<v Speaker 1>didn't confirm any further details. Labour promised to scrap negative

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<v Speaker 1>gearing ahead of the twenty nineteen election, which it lost

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<v Speaker 1>to the Coalition. The party has refused to commit to

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<v Speaker 1>the policy ever since.

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<v Speaker 3>Australia's Foreign Minister, Penny Wong has met with her Chinese

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<v Speaker 3>counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the UN General

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<v Speaker 3>Assemblies annual meeting in New York. It comes amid continuing

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<v Speaker 3>efforts by the government to have China removed tariffs on

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<v Speaker 3>Australian exports. China started imposing high input taxes on Australian

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<v Speaker 3>goods like wine, barley and beef when tensions increased during

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<v Speaker 3>the pandemic under the previous government. Talks between high level

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<v Speaker 3>Chinese and Australian officials have resulted in the tariffs mostly

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<v Speaker 3>being dropped in recent years, although the taxes remain for

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<v Speaker 3>rock lobster. Minister Wong said she and wog Ye discussed

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<v Speaker 3>ways to quote progress, our interests and manage our differences.

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<v Speaker 1>And In today's good news, several native marsupials, including the Bilbi,

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<v Speaker 1>have been reintroduced to a national park in northern New

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<v Speaker 1>South Wales where they went extinct a century ago. Unsw

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<v Speaker 1>researchers and conservation experts released a group of quoals, betongs

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<v Speaker 1>and Bilbi's to a fenced off section of the Sturt

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<v Speaker 1>National Park. The animals disappeared from the wild in New

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<v Speaker 1>South Wales, mostly due to changes in the ecosystem and

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<v Speaker 1>the prevalence of predators like feral cats and foxes. Now

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<v Speaker 1>a group of over one hundred individual marsupials have been

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<v Speaker 1>released in a ten thousand hecta semi bounded area where

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<v Speaker 1>they be protected from predators, followed successful repopulation efforts from

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<v Speaker 1>a similar trial in South Australia.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, Zara, So today we are talking about Sean Diddy

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<v Speaker 3>Comb's akap Diddy aka paf Daddy, a string of allegations

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<v Speaker 3>that he is currently facing. Now, this is a story

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<v Speaker 3>that's completely rocked the music industry, the entertainment industry more broadly,

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<v Speaker 3>and it has really far reaching implications. But let's start

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<v Speaker 3>from the beginning. There are a lot of layers to this,

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<v Speaker 3>as we'll get to for anyone who isn't familiar with

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<v Speaker 3>this story, with this man who is Diddy.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So Sean Diddy Combs and you referred there to

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<v Speaker 1>his many names. He's known as Puff Daddy, p Diddy,

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<v Speaker 1>Puffy and Diddy. He's a rapper and a producer, and

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<v Speaker 1>just I think for clarity, we'll just call him Diddy

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<v Speaker 1>throughout this podcast, because I think that's how most people

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<v Speaker 1>our age would know him and would certainly be familiar

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<v Speaker 1>with him through that name.

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<v Speaker 2>So did. He founded bad.

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<v Speaker 1>Boy Records back in nineteen ninety three, and that was

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<v Speaker 1>a really big music label that represented some of the

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<v Speaker 1>world's biggest and most famous rappers, including the notorious Big.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a three time Grammy Award winner. He's worked with

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<v Speaker 1>people like Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Usher, and Faith Evans.

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<v Speaker 1>He's also done a bit of acting. He starred in

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<v Speaker 1>Monster's Ball, Get Him to the Greek and Draft Day.

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<v Speaker 1>And I do really just want to say here, I'm not,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, running through his resume for any reason but

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<v Speaker 1>to show the extent of Ditty's power. He kind of

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<v Speaker 1>had this power that wasn't just contained, as you said,

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<v Speaker 1>to the music industry, but more broadly, he had really

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<v Speaker 1>shaped the foundations of the entertainment industry.

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<v Speaker 2>And even as a businessman.

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<v Speaker 3>You might know him from Sarok Vodka, like, he is

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<v Speaker 3>an entrepreneur in many different industries.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, So he was until very recently one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most powerful figures in the entertainment industry.

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<v Speaker 3>So you've mentioned there very poignantly until recently. So when

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<v Speaker 3>did we first learn of the allegations against Didty?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So I think that it is important to go

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<v Speaker 1>through this timeline because the news of this month didn't

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<v Speaker 1>happen in a vacuum. There were previous allegations that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of led to what happened earlier this month, And I'll

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<v Speaker 1>get to that in a second, but we'll start with

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<v Speaker 1>the first allegations that were leveled at Ditty, and they

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<v Speaker 1>were in twenty twenty three, and they were made by

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<v Speaker 1>former partner Cassandra Ventura.

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<v Speaker 2>She's known as Cassie. She is a singer.

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<v Speaker 1>So Cassie accused Ditty of sexual assault back then in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty three. At the time, her lawyers described him

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<v Speaker 1>as vicious, cruel and a controlling man. Did He denied

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<v Speaker 1>all of the allegations, and just one day after Cassie

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<v Speaker 1>filed that lawsuit, the matter was settled out of court. Then,

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<v Speaker 1>in May of this year, see Inn published I think

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<v Speaker 1>what can only be labeled as very disturbing footage that

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<v Speaker 1>appeared to show Didty kicking and dragging Cassie in a

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<v Speaker 1>Hope Hallway that dated back to twenty sixteen. In a

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<v Speaker 1>video to Instagram, did he apologize for what he called

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<v Speaker 1>his quote inexcusable behavior, but he didn't name Cassie in

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<v Speaker 1>that statement. Cassie wasn't the only person to file legal

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<v Speaker 1>action against Didty in recent years. Earlier this year, music

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<v Speaker 1>producer Rodney Jones, who goes by Lil Rod, filed a

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<v Speaker 1>lawsuit against him. Jones alleged that did He spiked the

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<v Speaker 1>drinks of miners and sex workers at his homes in California,

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<v Speaker 1>New York, Florida, and the US Virgin Islands. When those

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<v Speaker 1>allegations were made public, did he denied all of them.

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<v Speaker 1>And then, if we're to follow this timeline, in March

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<v Speaker 1>of this year, US authorities raided Diddy's properties in both

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<v Speaker 1>LA and Miami. Those were part of ongoing investigations bi

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<v Speaker 1>federal authorities that culminated in a lawsuit very recently. But

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<v Speaker 1>what we've since found out is that at his homes,

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<v Speaker 1>authorities uncovered things like firearms, ammunition, and also more than

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<v Speaker 1>one thousand bottles of life.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, so that was in March. We knew that those

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<v Speaker 3>police raids were going on, but we didn't really hear

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<v Speaker 3>anything in the immediate aftermath of what was found. So

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<v Speaker 3>since then we can assume investigators have been working on

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<v Speaker 3>this case against him, looking at the evidence recovered from

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<v Speaker 3>those homes. And earlier this month did he was arrested

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<v Speaker 3>and charged in New York?

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<v Speaker 2>Correct?

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<v Speaker 3>Can you talk me through the charges that are now

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<v Speaker 3>being leveled against him?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So, as you said, earlier this month did he

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<v Speaker 1>was arrested. It was then a day later that the

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<v Speaker 1>charges that had been leveled at.

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<v Speaker 2>Him were made public.

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<v Speaker 1>So Damian Williams, who's the US Attorney for the Southern

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<v Speaker 1>District of New York, announced the charges against Ditty in

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<v Speaker 1>a public press conference. We found out that Diddy was

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<v Speaker 1>being charged with racketeering, conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud

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<v Speaker 1>or coercion, and transportation to engage with prostitution. Here's a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of that press conference when Williams announced those charges.

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<v Speaker 4>The indicatement alleges that between at least two thousand and

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<v Speaker 4>eight and the present Comb's abused, threatened and coerce victims

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<v Speaker 4>to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal

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<v Speaker 4>his conduct as a legend. The indicatement to carry out

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<v Speaker 4>this conduct. Shaan Colms led and participated in a racketeering

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<v Speaker 4>conspiracy that use the business empire he controlled to carry

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<v Speaker 4>out criminal activity.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, I know that there is a fair bit of

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<v Speaker 1>legal jargon in those charges, so I think it's important

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<v Speaker 1>to just explain what's being alleged here. Ultimately, what they're

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<v Speaker 1>saying is that Diddy used his business empire to carry

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<v Speaker 1>out this alleged criminal activity, things including sex, trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery,

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<v Speaker 1>and the obstruction of justice.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, one of those charges, as you mentioned, uses the

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<v Speaker 3>word racketeering. I think that's a word that kind of

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<v Speaker 3>gets thrown around a lot. People don't really know what

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<v Speaker 3>it means. But in this case, it just means making

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<v Speaker 3>money from illegal activity. So the allegations are that did

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<v Speaker 3>he has used his business empire for illegal activity and

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<v Speaker 3>he makes money through that empire and through that illegal activity.

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<v Speaker 1>Exactly, And as you said, that's one of the charges,

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<v Speaker 1>but one of many charges. Authorities alleged that did he

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<v Speaker 1>use the pretense of a romantic relationship to intimidate, threaten,

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<v Speaker 1>and law female victims into his orbit. They alleged he

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<v Speaker 1>would eventually force victims to engage in extended and elaborate

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<v Speaker 1>sex acts with male commercial sex workers. And that really

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<v Speaker 1>goes to the heart of you know, what is being

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<v Speaker 1>alleged here, which is that did he would host I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to use the word events, but that's really

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<v Speaker 1>what is used here.

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<v Speaker 2>He would call them freak offs.

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<v Speaker 1>And according to the indictment, they were these highly orchestrated

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<v Speaker 1>performances of sexual activity that took place in hotels and

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<v Speaker 1>other places, and they were fueled by drugs and could

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<v Speaker 1>go on for days. And those freak offs are really

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<v Speaker 1>at the center of these.

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<v Speaker 3>Allegations, and that's what's really captured the media's attention and

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<v Speaker 3>public interest. It's also mentioned in the indictment that many

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<v Speaker 3>of those quote unquote free COFs were filmed, and that

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<v Speaker 3>Diddy would allegedly often film them himself. So he's observing

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<v Speaker 3>woman that he's allegedly lew it in under false pretenses

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<v Speaker 3>into these sexual situations, that he films them for whatever purpose.

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<v Speaker 3>That's also a really interesting part of this.

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<v Speaker 1>It is and I think it's important to note that

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<v Speaker 1>this isn't the first time that the public had learned of.

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<v Speaker 2>These free coffs. It was actually also.

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<v Speaker 1>Included in Cassie's original case that we spoke about earlier.

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<v Speaker 1>In her civil lawsuit, she mentioned these free COFs. She

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<v Speaker 1>alleged that during these incidents the free coffs, she was

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<v Speaker 1>forced to have sex with male sex workers while as

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<v Speaker 1>you said, did he watched, masturbated and took photos and videos.

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<v Speaker 1>She claimed the drug were supplied at these events and

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<v Speaker 1>that she took them so that she could quote disassociate

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<v Speaker 1>during these horrific encounters. And so in this latest indictment,

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<v Speaker 1>we have once again heard of these same events that

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<v Speaker 1>were echoed by Diddy's ex Cassie.

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<v Speaker 3>And also the indictment mentions or allegers that these freak

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<v Speaker 3>offs date back several decades. It's alleged that there is

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<v Speaker 3>decades of abuse at the hands of Didy or organized

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<v Speaker 3>by Diddy.

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<v Speaker 1>And according to the prosecutors, this is really where the

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<v Speaker 1>racketeering allegation comes in, because Williams, who I said led

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<v Speaker 1>that press conference earlier this month, said did he used

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<v Speaker 1>his business and employees of that business and other close

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<v Speaker 1>associates to get his way. They booked the hotel rooms

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<v Speaker 1>and stocked to them with supplies, and when those hotel

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<v Speaker 1>rooms got damaged, they helped to clean it up.

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<v Speaker 2>There.

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<v Speaker 1>They're referring to those freakoff events, but also to the

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<v Speaker 1>alleged role that his business associates played in those events.

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<v Speaker 3>So several really serious allegations in this federal indictment from

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<v Speaker 3>these recent charges, some that have been alluded to before

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<v Speaker 3>in other legal proceedings. Did he deny the allegations made

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<v Speaker 3>by Cassie Ventura? How has he responded to these new charges?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, look, in much the same way he's denied these

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<v Speaker 1>allegations too. I mentioned that earlier he was arrested, and

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<v Speaker 1>after he was arrested, he pleaded not guilty to the chargers.

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<v Speaker 1>That's then, you know, exposing the difference between this latest

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<v Speaker 1>indictment and what Cassie's suit was, which was a civil

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<v Speaker 1>suit not a criminal suit. So he was arrested in

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<v Speaker 1>this instance. His lawyer has said that did he is

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<v Speaker 1>innocent and that he will fight this until the end.

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<v Speaker 1>His legal team had a really interesting line in their statement.

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<v Speaker 1>They said, he is an imperfect person, but he's not

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<v Speaker 1>a criminal, right, But they have said that he's looking

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<v Speaker 1>forward to clearing his name. Did he is currently in jail?

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<v Speaker 1>He was denied because they believed he was too much

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<v Speaker 1>of a flight risk and that it could happen that

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<v Speaker 1>he could intimidate witnesses. So he is currently sitting in

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<v Speaker 1>jail and just an interesting, I think thing to notice

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<v Speaker 1>that People magazine actually reported that he's in the same

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<v Speaker 1>jail space as Sam Bankman Freed, who we've spoken about

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<v Speaker 1>on this pod before, who was the ftx.

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<v Speaker 2>Founder who was convicted of fraud crimes, the crypto king. Yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>He's currently serving a very long sentence for the crimes

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<v Speaker 1>that he was convicted of. But did he certainly hasn't

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<v Speaker 1>been convicted of anything yet. It's this pre trial. He's

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<v Speaker 1>been denied bail and he will await, you know, that

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<v Speaker 1>next court date to see what happens next.

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<v Speaker 3>The bail angle of this story is really interesting because

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<v Speaker 3>it's pretty unusual for someone so high profile, who is

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<v Speaker 3>so wealthy on paper, we know that, to not be

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<v Speaker 3>given an opportunity to post that bail and to go

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<v Speaker 3>and live their life while they await a court appearance.

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<v Speaker 3>His lawyers have alleged that did he come to New

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<v Speaker 3>York from his home in Miami in good faith as

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<v Speaker 3>a measure to present himself to police to be arrested

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<v Speaker 3>to hear these charges. Now, if that had happened, did

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<v Speaker 3>his lawyers say that it would have been nearly impossible

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<v Speaker 3>for a judge to deny him bail. But before did

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<v Speaker 3>he had a chance to hand himself in again, reportedly

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<v Speaker 3>he was arrested. He was intercepted by authorities unexpectedly or

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<v Speaker 3>a surprise arrest. Now that apparently makes it easier for

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<v Speaker 3>a judge to deny him bail. So his lawyers are

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<v Speaker 3>sort of suggesting some kind of conspiracy against their client,

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<v Speaker 3>which I think is really interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>And his lawyers were pushing for that bail to be

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<v Speaker 1>at around the fifty million dollar mark, but prosecutors pushed back,

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<v Speaker 1>and it turns out that he has been denied bail

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<v Speaker 1>and is currently in jail.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>In that press conference where we heard from Williams, who's

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<v Speaker 3>with the US Attorney, he said specifically about the influence

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<v Speaker 3>and the power of someone like Diddy, that prosecutors wanted

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<v Speaker 3>to very publicly show the community that it doesn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Matter what comes above the rule of law.

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<v Speaker 3>Exactly rands above the law, no matter how wealthy or

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<v Speaker 3>powerful you may be. Okay, So some extremely serious charges

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<v Speaker 3>if Ditty is found guilty, what sort of sentence is

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<v Speaker 3>he looking at?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, I think because there are so many charges,

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<v Speaker 1>it can vary quite dramatically. But it's been reported that

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<v Speaker 1>what he's looking at if he is convicted, is anywhere

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<v Speaker 1>from fifteen years to life in prison. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>for someone, as we started this podcast, to go full

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<v Speaker 1>circle as someone who was at the top of an industry,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, across the globe, to be possibly facing life

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<v Speaker 1>in prison, I mean, it's just it's a remarkable story.

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<v Speaker 3>What a lot of people are waiting to see next

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<v Speaker 3>in this case is if there will be other celebrity

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<v Speaker 3>names that fall with Ditty.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So there are these rumors of these really parties that

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<v Speaker 3>Diddy was famous for hosting, these white parties where everyone

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<v Speaker 3>all dressed in white. You might have seen some photos

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<v Speaker 3>doing the rounds from the nineties and the early noughties.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, people like j Lo, jay Z, Beyonce, Kim Kardashian,

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<v Speaker 3>other really high profile names who have been closely associated

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<v Speaker 3>with Diddy for decades and who are yet to say anything. So,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, what does that silence say in and of itself?

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<v Speaker 3>Usha really interestingly, a close friend of Ditty has wiped

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<v Speaker 3>all of his ex history, so all of his previous

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<v Speaker 3>Twitter posts have disappeared. Now that move from Ussia might

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<v Speaker 3>have meant absolutely nothing. It might be about something completely different,

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<v Speaker 3>but there are certainly corners of the Internet really waiting

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<v Speaker 3>with baited breath to see what comes next.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so interesting.

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<v Speaker 3>It's also worth mentioning Zara that separately, another lawsuit against

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<v Speaker 3>Ditty was launched this week by a woman who claims

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<v Speaker 3>she was raped by the and producer and one of

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<v Speaker 3>his security guards in the early two thousands. Her name

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<v Speaker 3>is Tarlia Graves. She's suing Ditty for sexual assault and

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<v Speaker 3>alleges that incident happened at the Rappers Music studios. As

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<v Speaker 3>with Cassandra Ventura, this is a civil suit. Her lawyers

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<v Speaker 3>said that holding those to account who had caused Graves

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<v Speaker 3>to suffer was long overdue. She is the eleventh person

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<v Speaker 3>to sue Ditty for sexual abuse, and prosecutors have really

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<v Speaker 3>reiterated calls in line with kind of the scale of

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<v Speaker 3>these allegations. They've urged victims of Ditty's alleged abuse or

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<v Speaker 3>anyone who knows anything about his alleged crimes to come

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<v Speaker 3>forward and said quote this investigation is far from.

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<v Speaker 1>Over again some pretty distressing allegations that are being leveled

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<v Speaker 1>against Ditty and if you do need help, it is

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<v Speaker 1>available at one eight hundred respect You can call any time.

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<v Speaker 1>But thank you for listening to today's episode of The

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<v Speaker 1>Daily os. We will be back again tomorrow, but until then,

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