Let's try harder for P. Diddy
Puff Daddy, P. Diddy and others who remain unnamed have been accused of having a “violent temper” and being violent towards women. In rages, he has thrown cell phones, laptops, equipment and food. All are suspected.
A 55-page demand for jury trial was filed on September 10 in the United States District Court for the Southern District. According to the criminal complaint, he “choked, strangled and hit his girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, with an object” and made threats to others, including asking, “Do you want to die tonight?”
The plaintiff is Dawn Richards, formerly of the singer and musician Danity Kane. The defendants are Combs and his 20 companies and business partners. Her lawyers, Bloom Firm and IP Legal Studio LIC, claim she saw Diddy “choking, choking, hitting, punching and throwing objects at her.” [his then-girlfriend Ventura] This includes hot frying pans.”
At the time, Richard was threatened: “Do you want to die today? I'll kill people… You might disappear.”
The suit also seeks an estimated $1.5 million in damages for unpaid wages and back pay for album sales, as well as $1.5 million for promoting Diddy's vodka brand, Ciroc.
Page 13 alleges that Richard was found unconscious at a party in Atlanta after the Soul Train Awards, where illegal drugs and alcohol were used and scantily clad women were subjected to sexual acts, while Item 74 alleges that while in the recording studio, Richard was denied food and Combs told him “absolutely not.”
The fourth count in the suit is “human trafficking” – labor trafficking, unpaid labor, and forced labor. Page 23 alleges that Richard was locked inside a Bad Boy Records Bentley that was “missing an inside door handle.” Pages 25 and 26 allege copyright infringement and unpaid payments for songs she claims to have written and contributed to.
Ventura sued Diddy last year for rape and other abuse but quickly settled out of court. His lawyer said, “Dawn Richards is fabricating a series of false allegations in an attempt to obtain money.”
Punch Up
Governor Kathy Hockle continues to perform official duties despite undergoing surgery on the tip of her nose: “I look like I lost to Mike Tyson. I'm bruised and swollen.”
No place to hide
Chris Rock: “I've always eaten alone. But now I can't. There's always some clown sitting near me and starting to talk. For him, this is his chance to wipe away all the bad things in his life. Like one day he'll snap. With any luck, this is his chance to wipe away everything in his life.”
“Fame is like the moon. It's so big. It affects everything. Everybody wants something. So now nobody respects my space.”
“I was bad at everything until I got into comedy years ago. I was like, 'Wow, I'm good at something,' and I didn't want to lose what I was good at.”
The Sun and the Fund
The Hamptons — South, West, East and Bridge — are emptying, along with the dead Range Rovers of the dead beach dwellers.
Old Rover is trying to sell us new models. Dubbed “Beach Break,” the new spot is said to be inspired by Montauk hangout Surf Lodge.It comes with a roof rack for Gucci surfboards. Prices start at more than $70,000, and with only 20 made, not many people are likely to hoard one.
So listen up, hurry up.
In Havana, a brilliant inventor develops a new AI computer, but it runs into a problem: the computer is so smart that it defectes to Miami.
Only in Cuba, kids, only in Cuba.
