Jay-Z files a lawsuit against the woman who accused him of rape and her lawyer Tony Buzbee, who said: "This case is baloney and has no legal merit".Plus the new civil cases against Diddy and his mum Janice Combs. Diddy’s team has told us the case against his mum ‘is another frivolous attempt to relitigate claims that have been repeatedly thrown out of court over the past 30 years’ and a civil suit from Sara Rivers is ‘another example of false claims filed against Mr Combs’.Rolling Stone's Investigative Reporter Cheyenne Roundtree and Criminal Defence Attorney Shaun Kent answer your questions and discuss the latest news with Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty.The Diddy on Trial podcast is here to investigate the rumours, confront the theories, and give you the answers that you need.We also want YOU to be part of the conversation. Have you any burning questions about the cases or the upcoming trial? Heard a theory that doesn’t sit right with you? Get in touch now via WhatsApp: 0330 123 555 1.Presenter: Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty Series Producer: Laura Jones Sound Design: Richard Hannaford and Nicky Edwards Production Coordinator: Hattie Valentine Editor: Clare FordhamCommissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts Assistant Commissioner: Will Drysdale Commissioning Producer: Adam Eland Commissioning Assistant Producer: Rechmial MillerSean ‘Diddy’ Combs - who has also gone by the names Puffy, Puff Daddy, P Diddy, Love, and Brother Love - emerged into the hip-hop scene in the 1990s. He founded Bad Boy Records, which launched the careers of the Notorious B.I.G. and Mary J Blige.His current legal issues began when he was sued by his ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, also known as Cassie, in late 2023. She accused him of violently abusing and raping her. That lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed amount a day after it was filed, with Mr Combs maintaining his innocence.His controversial history with Ms Ventura resurfaced in 2024, when CCTV footage emerged showing Mr Combs kicking his former girlfriend as she lay on a hotel hallway floor in 2016.Multiple people have filed lawsuits accusing Mr Combs of sexual assault, with accusations dating back to 1991. He denies all claims.He is accused of the federal charges of kidnapping, drugging and coercing women into sexual activities, sometimes by using firearms or threatening them with violence.In a raid on his Los Angeles mansion, police found supplies that they said were intended for use in parties known as “freak offs”, including drugs and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil. Mr Combs denies all the charges.
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BBC Sounds. Music, radio, podcasts. Hello and welcome back to Diddy on Trial from BBC Sounds with me, Anushka Matanda-Doughty. Make sure you subscribe and turn on your push notifications so you never miss a thing. We're here every week to bring you the latest news about Sean Diddy Combs in the build-up to his federal trial in May.
He's also facing civil lawsuits and it's been a busy week for those. We also have a whole bunch of listener questions to work through. Joining me today is our resident criminal defence attorney, Sean Kent. Hi, Sean. Hey, guys. How are you all doing? And Rolling Stone senior investigative reporter, Cheyenne Roundtree. Hi, Cheyenne. Morning.
So this week, Cheyenne, you've been pretty busy covering the Oscars and Sean fighting many fires, no doubt. But it's been a relatively busy week for Diddy News in terms of new lawsuits being filed, one against his mum. Cheyenne, could you just talk us through what happened there?
Yeah, so the former co-founder of Bad Boy Records, Kirk Burrows, he filed a lawsuit early last week against Janice Combs, Diddy's mom. He claims back in the early 90s, Diddy walked into his office with a baseball bat, and the implication was that he was forced to sign over his 25% stake in Bad Boy Entertainment.
But Janice was a beneficiary, so he filed a suit against her and some other companies associated with Diddy. that time. Kirk says that when this all happened, that Janice was fully aware of it, that she knew that he was being unjustly kind of forced out. But they played dumb throughout the years and decades that they knew known each other.
And it was only recently in the past few years that he discovered that Janice was allegedly fully aware of what happened.
Is this the first lawsuit we've had filed against Janice?
I believe it is the first lawsuit that she's accused of being more wrapped up into Diddy's businesses than previously thought.
And Sean, you've spoken before about how suing Diddy at the moment in a civil lawsuit isn't going to do you much good because we've got to get through the federal proceedings first. But Janice Combs, could she sit for a deposition?
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