Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of raping woman over Tupac claims

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October 16, 2024

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Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of raping a woman as alleged payback for her saying she believed he was involved in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, a new lawsuit shows.

The court document, filed in California, is the latest civil case to be filed against Combs, who is currently behind held in New York as he awaits a criminal trial on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.

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In the lawsuit, the woman claims the hip-hop mogul raped her using a remote control – and that associates witnessed and also took part in sexual abuse. She also alleges he threatened to give her “a Glasgow smile” – to cut her face with a knife – and threatened he could harm her and her family if she spoke out.

She is suing Combs, along with four other men and two women, over allegations of sexual assault, battery, rape, sexual abuse, false imprisonment and kidnapping, and has called for a trial by jury.

Combs, known as P Diddy, has not yet responded to this lawsuit, but has denied all claims of sexual assault made against him.

He has also previously denied any involvement in the murder of Shakur, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996.

The woman claims she first met one of Combs’ friends in a bar in February 2018. In the lawsuit, she says the man made a video call to Combs and showed her – but she told him she “was not impressed” as she believed “he had something to do with the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur”.

She heard Combs remark that she would “pay” for her statement and dismissal of him, the court documents say.

The woman says she was at the friend’s home in Orinda, California, the following month, when the rapper arrived unannounced.

He told her again she would “pay”, the lawsuit claims, and approached her with a knife. He held it to the right side of her face “and threatened to give her a ‘Glasgow smile’ in retaliation for her previous statements on the video call”, the document says.

The woman alleges her clothes were removed and that Combs covered her in a substance she realised was an oil or lubricant, before picking up a television remote and “violently” raping her with it.

Combs is accused of telling the woman “her life was in his hands and that if he wanted he could ‘take her’ and she would never be seen again”, and also that he “owned her now”.

She was then raped by Combs and others “until eventually she had no control over her body nor could she move her body”, the lawsuit alleges. The rapper recorded some of this, she claims.

The woman says she eventually managed to run for help and that Combs offered her money to say she was a sex worker and that they had had consensual sex.

She says she told a local sheriff about her ordeal, but her complaint was “ignored”.

Her claim in California comes a day after six lawsuits were filed against Combs in New York, with more expected in the coming weeks.

In a statement, Combs’ representatives said the rapper and his legal team “have full confidence in the facts, their legal defences, and the integrity of the judicial process”.

They added: “In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone – adult or minor, man or woman.”

When planned lawsuits were announced on 1 October, one of his lawyers said he could not “address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus”.

Combs, 54, was once one of the most influential producers in hip-hop, and also known as a rapper in his own right, with hits including Bad Boy For Life and I’ll Be Missing You.

After being arrested in September, he pleaded not guilty to three felony charges accusing him of using his business empire, including record label Bad Boy Entertainment, to transport male and female sex workers across state lines to take part in recorded sexual performances called “freak offs”.

His criminal trial has been set for May 2025.

The killing of Tupac remained unsolved for more than two decades, but the case was reinvestigated in recent years.

In September 2023, former gang member Duane “Keffe D” Davis was charged with murder. His trial is due to take place in March 2025.

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Kate Moss makes Victoria’s Secret catwalk debut – as famous show returns after six years

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October 16, 2024

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Kate Moss makes Victoria's Secret catwalk debut - as famous show returns after six years

Kate Moss has made her Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show debut, following her daughter on the catwalk – as the US lingerie brand brought its famous show back after six years.

Some of the world’s most famous models and musicians took part in the fashion show in New York, including sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid, Tyra Banks, and Adriana Lima.

Valentina Sampaio and Alex Consani also made history as they became the first transgender models to walk the famous Victoria’s Secret runway.

The show, which launched in 1995, was watched by millions of viewers each year at its peak.

However, it was cancelled in 2019 after suffering its lowest ratings the previous year. It had also begun to attract criticism for lack of diversity.

Now, it is “celebrating all women” with its return, the brand said.

Moss, 50, made a surprise appearance during the event in New York – appearing on the runway wearing a pair of feathered angel wings, walking to I Love Rock’n’Roll, just moments after her 22-year-old daughter, Lila.

Bella Hadid, 28, emerged during a performance from Cher – who sang a medley of her 1998 tracks Believe and Strong Enough, leading the show’s first line-up of all female music performers, including K-pop star Lisa and South African singer Tyla.

Banks, the former America’s Next Top Model host, returned to the show for the first time in two decades.

The star, 50, broke her retirement to close the event, her first Victoria’s Secret runway since 2005.

Brazilian model Lima also made a comeback, having announced her retirement in 2018.

Cher’s boyfriend Alexander “AE” Edwards and US actor Dylan Sprouse were among the crowd, with Sprouse cheering on his model wife Barbara Palvin – showing family support with cardboard cut-outs of their pets.

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Ozzy Osbourne’s former guitarist shot multiple times while walking his dog

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October 16, 2024

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Ozzy Osbourne’s former guitarist shot multiple times while walking his dog

Ozzy Osbourne’s former guitarist has been shot multiple times as he walked his dog in Las Vegas.

Jake E Lee, who helped write the 1983 album Bark At The Moon, is conscious and “is expected to fully recover”.

Tim Heyne, manager for Lee’s rock band Red Dragon Cartel, told The Associated Press: “By the grace of God, no major organs were hit, he’s fully responsive, and expected to make a full recovery.”

A spokesperson for the musician said: “As the incident is under police investigation, no further comments will be forthcoming.”

Las Vegas police said the shooting happened at around 2.40am on Tuesday – in a neighbourhood around 10 miles from the Strip.

No arrests have been made, and the police department said its investigation was ongoing.

Lee, 67, played guitar in several bands in the glam metal scene of Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip in the 1980s, including an early version of Ratt.

He played for Ozzy Osbourne’s band from 1982 to 1987 and was later involved with Badlands.

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Donald Trump’s criticism of The Apprentice film ‘all the more reason’ to see it, star Jeremy Strong says

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October 15, 2024

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Donald Trump's criticism of The Apprentice film 'all the more reason' to see it, star Jeremy Strong says

Actor Jeremy Strong has said Donald Trump calling those involved with his new film The Apprentice “human scum” is “all the more reason” cinemagoers should go and see it.

Ahead of the UK release of the biopic which depicts the presidential candidate’s rise as a New York property developer back in the 1970s, Strong told Sky News: “We all knew we were playing with fire getting involved with [this], but it also felt just supremely important and meaningful to try and understand and tell the story about how Donald Trump became who he is now.”

While Marvel actor Sebastian Stan plays Mr Trump, the Succession star plays notorious lawyer Roy Cohn, a mentor of sorts to Mr Trump, whom it’s claimed taught him power plays like denying everything and to “attack, attack, attack”.

“As a film I think it stands on its own but there are also things in it that I think a lot of the American public certainly don’t know about and, because of the stakes right now, it would behove everyone to become informed about where this is all coming from and how we got here,” Strong insisted.

Co-written by Vanity Fair journalist Gabriel Sherman who has penned biographies on both Mr Trump and Mr Cohn, not only does the film show the former president having cosmetic surgery and popping diet pills – most controversially it depicts him raping his first wife Ivana.

An incident based on an assault that was detailed in her divorce deposition – a claim she recanted years later.

Mr Trump has repeatedly denied the allegations.

After premiering at the Cannes Film Festival at the start of this year, lawyers for Mr Trump unsuccessfully filed a cease and desist notice to the team behind the film.

This week, in a 1am rant on his Truth Social app on Monday, Mr Trump called the film “FAKE and CLASSLESS”.

Referring to those involved as “human scum”, he hit out at the timing of the movie’s release, calling the film a “cheap, defamatory, and politically disgusting hatchet job” aimed at thwarting his re-election attempts.

“I feel very proud of being part of this film,” Strong said.

“It’s also unsettling to be kind of, you know, at the sharp end of the spear and intersecting with history and politics in this moment… for Trump to call us ‘human scum’ is a heavy thing but also, to me, the fact that he felt compelled to do that is just all the more reason why I think it’s essential for people to see it.”

Strong claims Mr Trump’s early morning post is exactly what his character Mr Cohn would advise, “always attack, deny everything and never admit defeat”.

Strong explained: “The veracity of the film, that he’s attacking us, once you start to see the playbook and you realise what these tactics are, you see that it permeates literally everything that [Mr Trump] does.”

The Apprentice is released in the UK & Ireland on 18 October.