John Legend’s longtime supervisor, Ty Stiklorius, is sharing a private account from one among Sean “Diddy” Combs’ notorious events.
Stiklorius, 49, penned a bit titled “The Music Business Is Poisonous. After P. Diddy, We Can Clear It Up” for The New York Instances printed on Thursday, October 31. Within the article, the music govt opened up about her alleged expertise at one among Combs’ New Yr’s Eve yacht events in St. Barts, almost three many years in the past.
“I used to be a latest faculty graduate and it was exhausting to not be overwhelmed by the slew of boldface names onboard. However the sheen of the scenario wore off shortly. I believed,” she wrote. “I used to be being proven to the disco room after I was directed right into a bed room by a person who appeared to be an affiliate of the get together’s host, Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs.”
Stiklorius clarified she didn’t know the unnamed man and was uncertain if he was related to Diddy.
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former collaborator John Legend stated he’s “horrified” by the allegations of abuse raised towards the rapper and mogul and stated all situations of abuse should be “delivered to mild.” In an interview with CNN on Thursday, Might 30, the “All of Me” singer, 45, mentioned the pending sexual assault lawsuits towards […]
“To today, I can’t bear in mind how I managed to speak my approach out of that terrifying scenario,” she penned. “Maybe my nervous babbling — ‘My brother’s on this boat, and he’s most likely searching for me!’ — satisfied him to unlock the bed room door and let me go.”
Ty Stiklorius and John Legend Emma McIntyre/Getty Photos
Stiklorius didn’t assume a lot of the scenario on the time, considering it was “only one man behaving badly at a drunken get together.” Nevertheless, Stiklorius now is aware of that occasions like these have most definitely occurred to different ladies within the business.
“What number of different ladies had early experiences just like mine and deserted their ambition to be artists — not to mention recording engineers, producers or executives?” she questioned. “What number of ladies have been coerced, abused, assaulted and silenced on their option to their desires — trapped by males who managed entry and who made us imagine that the important thing to the dominion was a key card to their lodge room?”
Us Weekly has reached out to Diddy for remark.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. Theo Wargo/Getty Photos for Tribeca Movie Competition
Whereas Stiklorius didn’t have a direct run-in with Diddy, greater than 100 individuals have come ahead with tales about alleged abuse by the hands of the music mogul or his interior circle.
Lots of the accusations — which embody rape and sexual assault — got here to mild following Diddy’s arrest on September 6. The rapper was charged with racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking by power, fraud or coercion and transportation to interact in prostitution. Diddy at present stays in jail, as he was denied bail 3 times, as he awaits trial. Since his arrest, Diddy has maintained his innocence and denied the allegations.
INF/INSTAR Sean “Diddy” Combs has been below investigation for not less than a 12 months after being accused of sexual assault by a number of individuals. The rapper and music mogul, 54, made headlines in November 2023 after his ex-girlfriend Cassie accused him of sexual abuse in a bombshell lawsuit. She accused Diddy of beating her, forcing her to […]
“We’re disenchanted with the choice to pursue what we imagine is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace,” Diddy’s legal professional Marc Agnifilo advised Us in an announcement. “Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving household man and confirmed philanthropist who has spent the final 30 years constructing an empire, adoring his youngsters and dealing to uplift the Black group.”
Agnifilo added, “He’s an imperfect individual, however he’s not a felony. To his credit score, Mr. Combs has been nothing however cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York final week in anticipation of those expenses. Please reserve your judgment till you’ve got all of the information. These are the acts of an harmless man with nothing to cover, and he appears to be like ahead to clearing his identify in courtroom.”
If you happen to or somebody you already know has been sexually assaulted, contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).