The Facilitators of Foul Play | "Diddy Saga" Part 10

0:12 The conduct we will describe today occurred over more than twenty years. There are many people and many entities involved. After vetting, we now represent one hundred and twenty individuals who intend to bring civil claims in civil court against Sean Diddy Coombs, as well as claims against many other individuals and entities that we will name as defendants. As we file these individual cases, many powerful people will be exposed. Many dirty secrets will be revealed. The names that we're going to name are names that will shock you. They already know who they are, and I'm talking about the people that participated, encouraged it, egged it on willing participants, and viol conduct. I would imagine as we speak here, they're a myriad of people who are very nervous. You can't hide skeletons in the closet forever. The claims we intend to bring will include violent sexual assault or rape, sexual abuse, facilitated sex with a controlled substance, false imprisonment, compelling prostitution, sexual misconduct, dissemination of video recordings, false imprisonment,

1:45 sexual abuse of miners. I would expect there are many people out there right now who are desperately searching their memories as they delete their texts and data. Hery for one to welcome back to Expose bos scandalist files of the elite. I am your host, Jim Chapman, and before we get into today's episode, look, I want to take a second and thank all of you who have shared Exposed. We are now among the highest rated podcast in the United States right now. Actually, as I'm recording this, we're number thirty three in a category of over one hundred and six thousand the Society and Culture category on Apple Podcasts, and number two forty four out of over two million podcasts in the United States in the overall podcast category. And I just want to give all of you a heartfelt thank you for your support of what we're doing. Look, the ratings have been coming in.

2:50 Y'all been rating the podcast. If you haven't, please do so on whatever podcast platform you listen to. It's so important because that how the podcast gets out there to other people. So I just want to give you all a heartfelt thank you very much for all you do for this podcast to help much love. Seriously, this particular episode is very detailed and it contains information that just came out and for legal purposes, I want to say that all of these are allegations. They're alleged. Nobody's been found guilty in a court of law yet. And I'm going to give you some specific scenarios for the first time that you've never heard in this episode. So I want to preface it with the legal ease of this is all alleged. You can be left up to your own peril as to what you think. I know you probably have a good idea what I think. So let's get into it. And I want to start with what occurred Tuesday, October first, around eleven o'clock am. There was a press conference in Houston, Texas that was called and held by a very prominent Texas attorney, a guy by the name of Tony Busby Partner head partner, I guess you could say in Busby Law Firm. Now, let me

4:22 tell you a little bit about Tony Busby, because I know a lot about Tony Busby. Shut up Tony Busby. Now some of you should know about him already. I did a two part series it's probably about three months ago on the former quarterback of the Houston Texans, a guy by the name of DeShawn Watson, who had a rash to say the least of sexual assault cases related to Massus's and massage therapist. If you hadn't heard good check it out. Tony Busby was the attorney that represented many of the victim in those cases, and a lot of those cases Deshaun Watson had to pay a lot of money. Let's just say that honestly. He's one of the most successful trial lawyers of all time. His law firm has settled cases in the billions with a b of dollars, and of course the most high profile cases in the South, especially in Texas. He was a big time lawyer for the victims of the deep Water Horizon oil spill, and he actually represented over one hundred and twenty victims who died or were injured in the what was nam is the Astra World Festival crowd crush incident.

5:49 So no stranger to high profile cases by any means. Now, Tony Busby, he is a little bit unique. He was actually quite well known in the Houston area because he parked a tank, an actual Sherman tank in his driveway and it was designed a lot of people say to aggravate those who lived in his very rich subdivision. Although he's very unique. He is also an amazing attorney, which no doubt will strike a little bit of fear into Diddy's legal team. There's a lot of high profile lawyers involved in this stuff right now. So in this press conference, he gave information that has never been heard and you're going to hear it today and folks, shocking. So let's get into it. I'm gonna summarize it, and then I'm going to play the actual news conference for you to hear Tony Busby in his own words, and he really lays it out, so you really need to hear both.

7:00 But the first big bomb that he dropped was that he was representing, along with another attorney, one hundred and twenty alleged victims who intend to bring claims in civil court against Sean Ditty, Combs and many other individuals underline many right now. He got involved in this lawsuit in an interesting way a guy by the name of Andrew Orsdale. And Andrew Orsdale is managing partner of a law firm called ABA Law Group, and ABA Law Group has been working for like six months on this well before Diddy was indicted and put in jail recently. The issue was the lawsuits that Andrew Orsdale was getting, they just never quit coming in and he started to get overwhelmed and he just couldn't handle the case load by himself. And with Tony Busby's reputation, he knew that Tony Busby was not only a great attorney, but he's also someone who has handled a ton of cases as it relates to sexual assault, especially with the Deshaun Watson stuff. So he reaches out to Tony and he said, hey, not only do I want you to help me with these cases, I would like you to take the lead on these cases.

8:31 And shout out to him for recognizing that Busby needs to be in the lead on these cases. He just has an extraordinary amount of experience with these So Tony Busby himself he's handling about fifty of these cases, and Andrew Arsdale is handling the balance of these cases that they have so far. Tony Busby in this press conference he said a lot of key things, and I'm going to cover those for you. One of the things he said was that many of these people that have filed these lawsuits have already spoken to the FBI, and he explained what I told you several episodes ago, which was the people who are coming out wouldn't have ordinarily came out, but they're now stepping forward to make their voices heard in an effort to pursue justice for themselves because the fear has lessened. Cassie already came out, right You remember I told you I think it was in the last episode how much of a hero that she is because she was the first. They're all heroes, but Cassie. Had she not come out, probably none of this would be out right now. When they saw and when I say they, I'm referring to the victims, When they saw Cassie speak up,

10:03 they felt empowered. And we all know what it's like at some point in our life, hopefully to feel empowered, and it just gave them the confidence that they can do it too. So don't think just because nobody had came out for so long it means it didn't happen. The power that Diddy wielded was a real thing, and the fear that he wielded was a real thing. That's why this has taken so long. Now. Tony Busby did not hold back in the press conference at all, as you'll hear, and he stated many secrets are going to be revealed. He also said his law firm has already collected pictures, video text, and he made it known that he's currently in the process of corroborating many of the statements to make sure that they have legitimacy in merit.

11:04 He said he has a former detective from the Major Offenders Unit in the Houston Police Department. He's put him on staff, hired him, and he's going to help the Busby law firm that each and every claim. And let's talk about that for a second, because it's important to note that these attorneys don't just file lawsuits the second someone comes to them and accuse somebody else of doing something, especially when it's something of a sexual nature, because before they ever go to the public with anything, they have to vet it. Otherwise they can be seen as acting in bad faith and you can actually be disbarred for bringing frivolous lawsuits. So what that tells me is that every one of these cases that he is about to file in court, they have a lot of evidence. Look, he's no dummy. He knows that Sean Combs has some powerful lawyers and anything any misstep that he makes, they're gonna catch He's gonna make sure his ducks are in a fucking row. You can believe that. And so if he's about to file one hundred and twenty lawsuits, guaranteed he's got some pretty good evidence that this shit occurred.

12:27 Make no mistake about it. Just because someone shows up at Tony Busby's law firm or his co counsel's law firm and says I got a lot of evidence regarding Diddy, they don't just run with it. They vet all of that they have to, especially in this case with the defendant having so much money and you know, his own powerful law system. And he also brought up a good point in that these cases are very hard to prove, and look y'all, many times it's the victim's war against the alleged perpetrator's word. If you're a fan of A Few Good Men, a great movie, if you'll remember Tom Cruise in that film, he had a line where he said, it doesn't matter what I believe, It only matters what I can prove. When these victims come in to a law firm, most lawyers they're giving the victim the benefit of the doubt. They're going to assume they're telling the truth, but they don't look at things that way in a legal sense. They look at Okay, you're saying, all this happened, Prove it, because it doesn't matter if I believe you.

13:41 It only matters if I can prove it in court. One person's word against another's is typically not enough, y'all. And that kind of leads me to my next point, which is what is the difference between civil and criminal prosecution? And the example that comes to mind when I think about it is the OJ Simpson trial. And that's a good example and a bad example. It's a bad example because he was found not guilty, and just about everybody that's breathing knows that OJ Simpson was probably guilty. But I'm using it as an example because he was found not guilty in a criminal case, but he was found guilty in the civil trial. And a lot of people couldn't understand that. They couldn't understand how how are you not guilty in a criminal trial but guilty in a civil trial? So let me explain that to you. The burden of proof is different between those two things. In those two instances. In a criminal trial, you have to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, meaning overwhelming evidence that this person did whatever it is they're accused of doing.

15:00 The civil trial, you just have to prove it's more likely that the person being sued is guilty. Look at it as fifty percent plus one. But nonetheless, even in a civil trial, one person's word against another's usually not enough. You have to have some form of the evidence. Then he went on in the press conference to describe the demographics of the people that filed the lawsuits. He said, you should know this group is evenly divided between males and females. There are sixty males and there are sixty females sixty two percent, or African American thirty percent, or white in the remainder, or Hispanic or Asian. He even talked about the states the victims were from, and he said they were from more than twenty five states, with the majority being from California, New York, Georgia, in Florida.

16:01 And then it got even more shocking with regard to the ages of the victims. He said the youngest victim at the time of the occurrence was nine years old. He said they had an individual who was fourteen years old, one that was fifteen years old, and even went on to say that of the one hundred and twenty individuals who are plaintiffs, twenty five were minors at the time that the incidents occurred. Fucking sick. Then he got into the timeframe again and he made a point to mention that these occurrences span over twenty five years, all the way back to nineteen ninety one. Twenty five years. Think about that, this guy has been getting away with this for twenty five years. And he did say that the majority of the cases were from twenty fifteen going forward, but the oldest case is from nineteen ninety one. And he brought up that point because he wanted to make the point that that's why you're seeing so many lawsuits.

17:24 We're not talking about one hundred and twenty individuals in a year time span or two years or even ten years. We're going over twenty five years. And he addressed all the people out there wondering why it took so long for victims to step forward, and again he made a good point. He mentioned that many states in the United States have not recognized how difficult it is for victims to step forward in these circumstances and make those type of allegations, and he actually shouted out in New York and California as states that has specific statutes in place that revive claims, meaning even if the statute of limitations is up criminally on that case, it can still be pursued civilly, which is the case here in a lot of those cases. And he had a great quote in that press conference that I certainly think is worth repeating, and that was to keep in mind that a lie has great speed, but the truth has endurance. And what he was getting at there was you can get away with something for twenty five years, but eventually it's going to catch up with you and the truth is going to come out. And then it got really interesting. He started talking about the acts in some of the specific details,

18:59 and he started out by saying the incidents occurred primarily in New York, either Manhattan or the Hampton's, or they occurred in California primarily Los Angeles, or Florida primarily Miami, with most of the events occurring at parties after parties, release parties, New Year's Eve parties in all white parties, which did he was known for. He was famous for what was known as his white parties, and he even mentioned something called a puppy party, which I have yet to figure out what a puppy party is, but I hope it's not what it sounds like. And if anybody out there knows what Diddy's puppy parties were, please message me on Facebook and let me know because I can't figure it out. So another interesting thing that he said, and hopefully this will shut up a lot of the naysayers who were saying, why didn't they ever report it?

19:59 Because they don't understand the power that intimidation has, right, But I will have them all know that in the cases that he's brought forward, these one hundred and twenty cases, more than fifty five percent either reported it to the police when it occurred, or they went to the hospital and reported it to the hospital and had exams and rape exams and rape kits and drug tests to find out what the fuck they were given. So they were reported in these cases over fifty five percent of the time.

20:49 So I hope that puts that question to bed now before we go any further. One of the things that these attorneys investigators are investigating is they're looking at these cases and they're saying, what are the common denominators, Because if you have one hundred and twenty people come out and in one hundred and ten of those cases, they're all describing the same things. They were drugged the same way. You know, the sex will occurred, the same way, they were tied up, the same way. There's a lot of similarities. But these people don't know each other, they haven't communicated with each other. It's just all the cases are similar. That's a good clue that they're telling the truth. Right.

21:32 So he brought up the drugs and that in the majority of these cases, the common denominators were the way in which they were given these drugs. And we'll get into that a little bit. But he mentioned one particular drug that popped up a lot in a lot of these cases, kind of like the quote unquote chosen drug. And get ready for this. It's called zylazang and it has a street name called trank. So you may wonder what that is. Horse tranquilizer. It is sold by veterinarians to tranquilize a horse and you can put it in a drink. You can put it in water or alcohol.

22:23 In the case of Diddy, and there's other ways. You can mix this tranquilizer as well. But he was given allegedly horse tranquilizer to many of these victims. And how do they know that, because these victims would go to the hospital and they would get tested to see what kind of drugs were in their system. And that's what will pop up. And that's not a drug that's common, y'all. Nobody gives themselves. Well, there's some people that do, but the majority of people don't use trank. It's not just going to pop up in relation to all these cases with Ditty unless it was used by someone intentionally trying to tranquilize you. He also mentioned in this press conference that it's not a class action lawsuit, and y'all, a class action is when one or two people file a case and it's on behalf of a much larger population of people. Okay, all of these cases will be individual cases.

23:33 Each case is going to live and die on its own merit. And that's important because if these are individual cases, that means they'll be individual defendants. And he mentioned that one case may just be Sean Combs is getting sued. Another case, it may include a range of people. And he went on to say that the day will come when we will name names other than Diddy Combs, and he said, I already know who some of these individuals are.

24:13 We're going to make damn sure that we're right before we do that. But the names we're going to name, assuming our investigators confirm and corroborate what we've been told, which he's pretty sure that's going to happen. He said, they are names that will shock you. These are individual cases, and they will be revealed when that particular case is ready to be filed. They already know who they are, so those names are coming. And he mentioned that he's not just talking about people that participated, but also complicit bystanders.

25:03 And let me tell you what a complicit bystander is. That's someone who watched the behavior occurred, but they did nothing to stop it. They didn't report it. They just basically watched and didn't give a shit. Right, people that encouraged it, egged it on. But he's also going after people that participated in it. And he said in that particular quote, they know who they are, and I know who they are. And he continued on with what I titled this episode because I loved the term so much, he said, I call them facilitators of foul play. That's strong.

25:44 He went on to say, as we identify them, each will be part of the case as defendants. These defendants will not only include individuals, but will also include corporate entities who ultimately profited off of this culture and behavior, banks, pharmaceutical companies, hotels, whatever. And let's talk about that real quick. In many episodes ago, we talked about the Cassie incident, the video that came out in the hotel where did he beat the shit out of her? Right? If you'll remember, did he thought that he bought the only copy of that tape from the hotel? Guess what? That hotel is complicit?

26:38 And I've screamed that shit since that tape came out. Why is that hotel not getting the shit suit out of them right now? Because they knew about this shit and let it happen pisses me off. But he went on to say, these individuals, and he's talking about the people that were plusit in these activities, not necessarily corporations, but the individuals. These individuals were paid cash. Many of these individuals involved, whether they were the ones being assaulted or abused or they witnessed other people being assaulted and abused, were paid and threatened and then told to leave, typically paid ten grand in cash and then told to leave.

27:30 Then they were threatened as they were leaving. He went on to say, so in addition to Sean Combs, you should know that the defendants in these cases were going to file will include anyone who engaged in the assault, anyone who participated in such a way, who encouraged or facilitated the conduct, who was in the room and watched it happen but made no effort to stop it, Any venue and venue owner who was aware of what was going on but failed to stop it. Any individual or entity who knew about the conduct, and any individual or entity who covered it up or helped covered it up. These people know who they are, and they should come forward now.

28:17 And then he fucking struck lightning when he said, I would imagine as we speak here, there are a myriad of people who are very nervous. You can't hide skeletons in a closet forever, and I would expect there are many people out there right now who are desperately searching their memories as they delete their text and data boom that is dead on balls, accurate love it. So he gave some facts into the individual cases and he mentioned what I mentioned just a few minutes ago. The mo the common theme, right, that's what they look for, these attorneys, and he said, typically the victim is lured into a situation where he or she is given a drink. Typically that drink reported by these victims is laced with something.

29:22 Once the drink takes effect, the perpetrators perform all kinds of sexual acts on the victims, many times passing him or her around as other people watch and enjoy the show, and then leave the victim ashamed, confused, injured, and wondering what happened. When the victim reaches out, he or she is told to not say anything. Sometimes there are threats of physical violence or financial repercussions or bodily harm sick. He also said that he expects they will start filing cases against Seawan Combs and other perpetrators within the next thirty days. Andrew Viganarsdale also came up to the podium and he mentioned a staggering number in a ten day period that Andrew Van Arsdale's law firm ABA Law Group had come forward and he mentioned that number at over three thousand people in ten days. Now, you're gonna have your share of bullshit on there. You're gonna have people that are just they're just wanting to cause trouble. You're gonna have people that just want to be famous. You're gonna have all that. But so I don't want you to focus on that. I want you to focus on one hundred and twenty because if it gets to a point where the case is filed, that's what matters. That means

30:52 there's proof there because that attorney, again, especially in this case, especially with the amount of money did he have, in the powerful attorneys he has, these attorneys aren't going to file unless they're pretty sure they can win that case. So don't focus on that too much, but it was worth bringing up. Busby went back to the podium and he discussed specific individuals and he said, depending on the age of the victim, when you file these cases, these individual cases, you file them under Jane Doe or John Doe. And he said each state is different in that respect.

31:33 Typically there's a balancing test, like a public's right to know the name of the victim in plaintiff versus confidentiality and safety of the plaintiff. So he said his intention was to file them all under a pseudonym, meaning the victim, not the person actually be ensued. Right, He's going to file those under a pseudonym until the court tells him otherwise, because it's different from state to state. And then he said, just to give you a sense of what we're trying to coroborate, he said, one individual who was twenty two years old at the time she was assaulted, said, the typical mo at one of these parties that has widely been discussed in the price was when you were handed a drink and now you know that drink's laced with something, and if you refuse to drink it, you were actually kicked out of the party. Let that sink in for a minute. I mean, the admission to this party was that you had to drink the chosen drink that was handed to you. And now we know that in most cases, maybe even more than ninety percent, these individuals were drugged with some sort of drug. That was kind of the mo they would kick you out of the party. Did he hand you a drink? Drinking the drink? Bye, get the fuck out now. In another instance, he mentioned an

33:05 individual who was nine years old at the time and he was taken to an audition in New York City with bad Boy records. Other boys were there to audition as well, and all of them were trying to land a record deal. All of them were miners. This individual was sexually abused allegedly by Shawn Combs and several other people at the studio in the promise to both his parents and himself that he was going to get a record deal. In another instance, another miner told allegedly by Shawn Combs that he would make him a star, but he needed to visit with him in private about it, away from his parents, and once they were in a private area, allegedly mister Cumbs made the victim perform oral sex on him. Another incident, he mentioned an individual fifteen years old at the time, flew to New York City to attend a party, was drugged and then taken into a private room allegedly in the presence of mister Combs, where this female individual miner was raped and then other individuals took turns raping her. He referenced another individual twenty six at the time of the occurrence who was picked up by allegedly mister Combs and several other people in a black suv from an airport giving a drink, and

34:39 woke up the next day not knowing what the hell happened, but had pain and damage to both her vagina and anus. She then went to the hospital, was missing her underwear and her shoes. Just horrible. Another incident wear an individual, this time not a minor, was attending a group dinner allegedly with mister Cones in Miami. She was not drinking because she was pregnant, but whatever she drank at the table, apparently it was laced. According to her, she blacked out. She woke up in the same bed again, allegedly with mister Combs at his mansion in Miami, in her vagina and anus were tor and sore. He named another incident where an individual who was twenty at the time was asked to attend a party. She was on the street right and she's flattered. She went to the party, she was given one drink, remembers nothing else. Ultimately, she was so messed up she went to the hospital. They found cocaine in her system, and they found that horse tranquilizer trank in her blood system twenty five out of one h twenty Y'all of these individuals were minors at the time that their assaults occurred. Absolutely disgusting. So I'm going

36:12 to go ahead and I'm going to play you in its entirety. It's about thirty minutes long. It's that press conference that Tony Buzzby held, and you got to hear it in his words, because there's a lot of things I left out. I want you to hear him say it. So here's that. As they speak. As many of you know, our law firm has been at the forefront of some of the most important litigation in the United States. We like the tough cases. We thrive in the complicated cases we've handled over the last twenty five years, some very big and very important cases.

36:53 I believe that this one may surpass them all. There are many facets to this. The conduct we will describe today occurred over more than twenty years. There are many people and many entities involved, and we're going to follow this evidence wherever it takes us. We will find the silent accomplices. We will expose the enablers who enabled this conduct behind closed doors. We will pursue this matter no matter who the evidence implicates, These brave victims who have stepped forward deserve nothing less. The biggest secret in the entertainment industry that really wasn't a secret at all, has finally been revealed to the world. The wall of silence has now been broken, and victims are coming forward. Our team has had at this point more than three thousand and two hundred and eighty five individuals contact us with people claiming people claiming to have been victimized by Sean Combs.

38:07 After vetting, we now represent one hundred and twenty individuals who intend to bring civil claims in civil court against Sean Diddy Combs, as well as claims against many other individuals and entities that we will name as defendants as we file these individual cases, and you should know, to the extent the clients feel comfortable, we also intend to make these individuals available to the authorities, specifically to the FBI, and you should also know a few of them have already been spoken to by the FBI. Now, before we discuss the nature of the claims and claimants themselves, let me comment on the large volume of CU calls we have received since our first announcement, Even before or the indictment of Shawncomb's. We had received a small volume of calls and had screened a handful of cases. After the indictment of Shawn Combs and the announcement that we were pursuing these claims, the floodgates opened. People who wouldn't otherwise for a variety of reasons, are now stepping forward to make their voices heard and to pursue justice. But no, most of these people are scared. They fear backlash in their communities. They fear backlash and their own families. They are afraid of retaliation from the perpetrators and their associates.

39:39 They are rightly afraid for their own personal safety. I expect that through this process, many powerful people will be exposed, many dirty secrets will be revealed. We know what we are potentially up against, and as is always the case in situations like this, when a celebrity is involved, people can be downright mean and nasty. You would be shocked at the length fans will go, no matter the evidence to the contrary, to defend celebrities they love. I mean, there's a reason for this word fans. They're fanatics. I've personally already been threatened multiple times on social media, and when I agreed to pursue this, I expected as much.

40:19 This isn't my first rodeo, but victims who step forward to have their voices heard should not be subjected to that kind of conduct. They should not be targeted. I want to say this, and I want to be clear about it. Although we are vetting each call as stringently as we can, I always start with the mindset that I believe victims. I believe victims because I understand the tremendous courage it takes to step forward. So if you're watching this, please hear me. If you are out there and you have been victimized, you are not alone. There is a great strength in numbers. You can seek redress, you can obtain justice. We can help you, and we will help you. That being said, as stated, we're vetting every call that we receive. We've had to turn away some.

41:19 For each we ask for corroboration. For each, we ask for the identity of witnesses. We also have collected pictures, videos, texts. We check venues, we check dates. We want to corroborate that the claims being made have legitimacy and merit. We have on staff now a former detective from the Major Offenders Unit of Houston Police Department who is helping us vet each claim. We're using our common sense. We're being stringent because, as I said, these are not easy cases. They're very tough. The process is hard, and in some cases the process is very lengthy. These cases are hard to prove. Many times it's a victim's word against the alleged perpetrator. Each of these victims will no doubt be publicly attacked by the alleged perpetrators and in some cases the general public. The feckless and cowardly keyboard warriors love to attack. We know what we're up against. We did not enter this fray blindly. I wish it was my last such fray. I wish this type of hate behavior wasn't so pervasive, but it is what it is, so we will press on. As I said, our law firms have been retained by one hundred and twenty individuals at this point to pursue cases in civil court against Sean Diddy Coombs. You should know in this group it is

42:53 evenly divided between males and females. There are sixty males and sixty females who have joined US to pursue these claims as plaintiffs. In this group, sixty two percent identify as African American, thirty percent or white, and the remainder Hispanic or Asian. The victims are from more than twenty five states. The majority are from California, New York, Georgia, and Florida. And I don't want to focus on the ages of these victims. When you talk about the ages of the victims when the conduct occurred, it's shocking. Our youngest victim at the time of the occurrence was nine years old. We have an individual who was fourteen years old, we have one who was fifteen. Twenty five of the one hundred and twenty individuals who are plaintiffs in these cases were miners at the time of the acts complained of.

43:54 The time frame of the acts complained of is very wide. The conduct that issue spans from the US years nineteen ninety one all the. Way till this year twenty twenty four. If you wonder why there are so many alleged victims, that's your answer. We're talking about more than twenty five years of this type of conduct. Now, although most of the victims who have stepped forward were victimized after twenty fifteen. This has been going on for a very long time now. When you think about the fact that some of this conduct occurred twenty five years ago, and you wonder, why would it take somebody so long to step forward. I want to remind you that many states in the United States have recognized that it's very difficult for a victim to step forward and to make these types of allegations when something very terrible has happened to them. I'll use New York, the State of New York as an example.

44:48 The State of New York has specific statutes in place that revive claims that are even claims that would typically be not able to be brought, that it revives such claims and they can be brought even twenty five years later, because there's a recognition there in New York and California and other states that it's very difficult for a victim to come forward. And I would respectfully suggest the only reason many of these people are coming forward because they see other victims coming forward and it gives them some comfort that, hey, I won't be the only one, and I expect. More victims will come forward. You know as an old saying, it says a lie has great speed, but truth has endurance. The acts complained of in these cases that we're going to file occurred primarily in New York, either Manhattan or the Hampton's, or occurred in California, primarily in Los Angeles, or in Florida, primarily in Miami. Most of these events and incidents occurred at parties, typically after parties or album release parties, New Year's Eve parties, Fourth of July parties, something they called a puppy party all white party. Although several of these events occurred at auditions, many times, especially young people people wanting to break into the industry were coerced into this type of conduct in the promise of being made a star, or in the promise of having Shawn Combs listened to

46:19 their tape or even let them read for Shawn Combs. You should know that some of this behavior occurred at well known venues in New York City. Some of this behavior occurred at private residences of people that we all know. Some of this behavior occurred at hotels that we're all familiar with. You should know that more than fifty five percent of the victims filed reports reported this conduct to either the authorities, that is, the police, or to hospitals. We're in the process of collecting with our team assistance medical records reports that were made to the authorities. And I've already said that some of the individuals in this group did in fact talk to the FBI. You should know that several of the individuals, and when I say several, I mean many who did in fact sik meadical treatment were drug tested and drugs were found in their system.

47:21 We're drugs, drugs that you probably never heard of. One in particular that continues to pop up is a drug called exalazine or trenk, which, based on our research, is known as a horse tranquilizer. Now there's been a lot of reports that we're filing a class action. This is not a class action. Class actions when one or two people file a case on behalf of a group of people. That's not this. These cases will be individual cases. Each case will live and die on its own merit. These cases will be filed individually one plaintiff against whoever the defendants were involved in the case. Each case may be filed in one venue like California. Another case may be filed in New York.

48:10 One case may sue just Shawn Combs, but multiple other people. One case may sue. A range of people to a range of people. I would expect most though, to be filed. As I said, thinking or hoping or perhaps believing that I may start naming names, Well, that day will come, but it won't be today. The day will come when we will name names other than Shawn Combs. And there's a lot of names. It's a long list already, And of course I already know who some of these individuals are. But because of the nature of this case, we're gonna make damn sure, damn sure that we're right before we do that. But the names that we're going to name, assuming that our investigators confirm and corroborate what we've been told, are names that will shock you. These are individual cases. There are indeed other perpetrators involved. They will be revealed when that particular individual case is ready to be filed.

49:10 They already know who they are. And I'm talking here about not just the cowardly but complicit bystanders. That is, those people that we know watched this behavior occur and did nothing. And I'm talking about the people that participated, encouraged it, egged it on. They know who they are. I call them the facilitators of foul play, willing participants in viol conduct. As we identify them, each will be part of this case as defendants. These defendants will not only include individuals, but would also include corporate entities who ultimately profited off of this culture and behavior. I'm looking at banks, pharmaceutical companies, hotels. We know that many of these individuals were paid cash. We know that many of these individuals involved, whether they were the ones being assaulted and abused, or they're witnessing other people being assaulted and abused and then paid and threatened and told to leave, typically paid ten grand in cash and told to leave, and then threatened as they were leaving. So, in addition to Sean Combs, you should know the defendants in these cases we're going to file will include anyone of course who engaged in the assault or exploitation, anyone who participated in such an any way. Anyone who encouraged or facilitated this conduct. Anyone who was in the room and watched

50:43 it happen but made no effort to stop it. Any venue or venue owner who was aware of what was going on but failed to stop it. Any individual or entity who knew about the conduct and benefited from it but did nothing and to report it or stop it. And any individual or entity who covered it up or helped cover it up. These people who know who they are, should just come forward now. I would imagine as we speak here, they're a myriad of people who are very nervous. You can't hide skeletons in the closet forever. I would expect there are many people out there right now who are desperately searching their memories as they delete their texts and data. Now, although these are in fact individual cases, there is a common theme an mo if you will. Typically, the victim is lured into a situation where she or she is given a drink. Typically, that drink, reported by these victims is apparently laced with something. Once that drink takes effect, the perpetrators perform all kinds of sexual acts on the victims, many times passing him or her around as other people watch and enjoy the show, and then leave the victim ashamed, confused, injured, and wondering what happened.

52:10 When the victim reaches out, he or she is told not to say anything. Sometimes there are threats of all physical violence or financial repercussions or bodily harmed. The claims we intend. To bring will include the following violent sexual assault or rape, sexual abuse, facilitated sex with a controlled substance, false imprisonment, compelling prostitution, sexual misconduct, dissemination of video recordings, false imprisonment, sexual abuse of minors. Given the large volume of cases and giving our other docket obligations and get in the fact that we want to be sure when we file these cases that they are fully vetted, I expect we'll start filing these cases against Sean Combs and other perpetrators within the next thirty days. Now it's rare, you know, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, these types of this type of activity is pervasive in our society, and it's rare we get a chance we can really focus on this as a country and really focus on this about how pervasive this is and what we as collectively.

53:34 Can do about it. So I thought I'd take this opportunity before I go into some of the individual cases and talk about some of the individual claims being made and some of the so you'll get a sense of what this one hundred and twenty people group looks like individually. I want to bring forward Carrie Paul. She's a National Victim Advocate who helps victims who have been victimized by this type of conduct, and she has some important words and I hope you'll pay close attention. I think it's important that you hear from her.

54:14 Hello, I'm Carrie Paul with the National Victim Advocate. It's not easy for any survivor to come forward. Our culture doesn't believe survivors. It blames and questions them. Instead of showing support, many choose to enable abusers. The media runs stories asking why it took so long for survivors to come forward, instead of asking what barriers exist. We also don't equipped law enforcement with the ability to handle sexual assault crimes. Lack of funding translates to lack of true We have officers in the field that don't know what to say to a rape victim and also an alarming amount of backlogged untested rape kits. Prosecutors are focused on what they can prove in a case, and, if so, how to do that at time of trial. Advocates and staff are stretched thin with growing caseloads in the criminal justice system. Most people don't know how the criminal justice works.

55:35 In general, there isn't enough staff or resources to adequately explain the entire process to every victim and survivor. Our culture works against victims and survivors every day, and abusers know this. Abusers work themselves into positions of power, building a public image that is trusted and financially large enough to make people look away. Abusers are unfortunately very skilled at power and control the foundation of abuse. They seek victims who are vulnerable, such as children, their employees, and their intimate partners, all who see a different version than the public does, all who rely on the abuser in some way, And for those that do come forward and aren't believed, face questions like are you sure it happened that way? Were you drinking? What were you wearing? All of this creates an environment that enables abusers to continue you abusing them and future victims. To the survivors that

57:05 have come forward despite not being believed at some point in time, your courage is like nothing we have seen before. Me. Thank you for coming forward for yourself and all survivors. And lastly, I want all survivors that are watching this to know we believe you and we support you. Thank you. I want you now to hear from my co counsel, Andrew van Arsdale. You know, we've created a sexual abuse hotline, and I want him to visit with us just a few moments about how that works and the kind of volume of calls we received.

57:56 Thank you, Tony. Like Tony said, my name is Andrew Benarsdeal, Energy partner of BABA, a law group. We have offices in California, Montana, and North Carolina. To build off of what you just so well said, it's very hard to come forward, and given what we've experienced the past ten days is really unprecedented in my career. At least, we represent thousands of survivors of abuse, and never ever in a ten day period have we've seen over three thousand people come forward or we've confirmed and decided to investigate and represent one hundred and twenty people, while we're continuing to work through another one hundred plus cases to prove them up, to validate what had happened here and to hold those that are responsible accountable. And so, like Tony said, we've set this up tent eight two hundred and seven four seven four.

58:57 I have a team of people standing by. Literally. If you know that this happened to someone and you have information about it, please contact us. If this happened to you, come forward. There's attorney client privilege here. What you tell us is in confidence. Yes, we'll have to go out and build your case, but we will protect you. And the other thing that I want to say is the pattern in practice of this again in unprecedented over thirty plus years, of the same sort of events happening, people thrust into the circle reportedly and horrible things happening to them as a result. And from talking to these people that have come forward these past ten days, I can tell you unequivocally that because the federal government did what it needed to do and indicted this man, that they put him in jail, and a judge kept him in jail.

59:58 They tell me directly, this validates my feelings. For so long I thought it was my fault. What is it about me that put myself in that scenario? What was I wearing at the time? What did I do to be subjected to such horrific treatment at these people that I was trying to trust? What we know now it was not your fault. You were victimized by a group of powerful people that operated for thirty plus years taking advantage of their wealth and the power that they held within the music industry. So again, thank you to every single person that has come forward and contacted our office over the past ten days. If you or someone you know suffered the same sort of treatment, please contact us at the number behind me and we will help you. Thank you.

1:00:58 I think it speaks to how important this issue is in the United States and frankly internationally, that we have reputable people here that want to provide kind of information that I think victims need to hear, witnesses need to hear, the public needs to hear. Let me introduce to you now Olivia Rivers from the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault and let her visit with you a few moments about these types of cases. Thank you, Good afternoon everyone. My name is k Olivia Rivers. I am just served my six year as the board chair for the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault. I'm also the CEO for the Bridge over Troubled Waters, which is a local rate crisis center here in the Houston area.

1:01:40 So thank you for being here as we address these heinous crimes sexual assault is not just a crime of violence against the body. It's an assault on the very essence of human dignity and safety. It shatters lives, it destroys confidence, and all too often it leaves survivors feeling like they are voiceless, isolated, and vulnerable. The reality for many survivors is that coming forward to report their assault is one of the most difficult and daunting tasks that they will ever have to do, and for some it may take days, months, or even years to speak up if they ever do. The reasons for this have been mentioned, but include the fear of being disbelieved, being blamed or judged, and of course, retaliation. The trauma of the assault itself being compounded by the trauma of the criminal justice process, where survivors must relive their experience in order to seek justice, and these feelings and fears are further exacerbated when the allegations are against prominent figures in the entertainment industry or Hollywood.

1:02:42 Cases involving powerful figures often attract significant media attention, which can deter victims from coming forward due to fear of public exposure or scrutiny. The intense focus on these high profile cases can make survivors feel that their personal lives are being put under a microscope, causing further emotional distress. These allegations mentioned here today, as reported, reflect deeply troubling claims that deserve thorough investigation, and no individual, regardless of their stature, is above the law or public accountability. Sadly, the statistics paint a very disturbing picture. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, one in three women and one in six men will experience some form of sexual violence in their lifetime. In the US alone, there are approximately four hundred and sixty three thousand victims of rape or sexual assault every year, and these numbers barely scratch the surface, as sexual of violence remains one of the most underreported crimes. But the numbers that follow tell an even more troubling story. Only about twenty three percent of sexual assaults are reported to law enforcement. Of those, just five percent lead to an arrest, and even fewer less than one percent of reported cases ever result in a conviction, which is a devastating gap between the crime and the justice that serves deserve. I want to briefly focus on our state here in Texas. According to the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault, six point three million Texans men and women will experience some form of violence. That's every two

1:04:13 minutes someone is sexually assaulted, meaning during the course of this press conference, around sixty individuals will forever be changed by this violence, and those are just a few of the victims. Obviously, this is unacceptable. We cannot allow this cycle of silence and an action to continue. We have to create an environment where survivors feel empowered to come forward, where they are met with empathy and respect and support, not skepticism and blame. We have to ensure that our legal system is equipped to handle these cases with the seriousness they deserve, and that survivors have access to the resources that they need. Beyond the legal courtroom, we have to address the root causes of this epidemic, prevention, awareness, and fostering environments where respect, consent, and safety are non negotiable values. Additionally, support for survivors has to be holistic.

1:05:06 They have to have access to counseling, medical services, legal advocacy, and of course, community support, regardless of whether they choose to report or not. To every survivor who has come forward, your bravery is an inspiration to those who are still grappling with their decision know that you are not alone and that your voice matters, your story matters. We see you, we believe you, and we are committed to fighting for a future where sexual violence is no longer tolerated and where justice is not the exception but the standard. Thank you. I want to visit with you real quickly before we close. Here about some specific instances without disclosing the victim's name.

1:05:51 You probably know that depending on the age of the victim, you can file these cases, these individual cases or. Jane Doe or John Doe. Each state is different in that respect. Typically there is a balancing test like the public's right to know the name of the of the victim and planing versus versus the confidentiality and the safety of the plan, and so we'll have to struggle with that with each one of these cases. Our intention, of course is to, like we always do, file these cases under a pseudonym until the court tells us otherwise. But let me let me share with you if you just kind of give you a sense of the kind of cases, in the kind of instances that people are calling and reporting that we are trying to corroborate, vet and these are the ones that we've already corroborated, vetted, and collected evidence on. One individual who was twenty two years at the time she was assaulted, said that the typical mo at one of these parties that have been widely discussed in the press was that when when you were handed a drink, and now we know that the drink is laced with something, if you refuse to drink it, you were kicked out of the party.

1:07:09 Let that sink in for a minute. I mean, the admission to this party was that you had to drink the chosen drink that was handed to you. And now we know that in most cases, I would say ninety percent of the cases, these individuals were drugged with some sort of drug that was kind of the Another instance of this individual, who was nine years old at the time, was taken to a audition in New York City with Bad Boy Records. Other boys were there to audition as well. All of them were trying to land a record deal. All of them were miners. This individual was sexually abused allegedly by Sean Combs and several other people at the studio in the promise to both his parents and to him himself of getting a record deal. Another instance, another miner told allegedly by Sean Combs that he would make him a star, but he needed a visit with him in private about it away from his parents. Once they were in a private area, allegedly mister Combs made the victim perform oral sex upon him. Another incident, an individual fifteen years old at the time flown to New York City to attend a party, was drugged and then taken

1:08:39 into a private room allegedly in the presence of mister Combs, where this female individual miner was raped and then other individuals took turns raping her. Another individual twenty six at the time of the occurrence, was picked up allegedly by mister Combs and several other people in a black suv from the airport, was given one drink in the suv, and then literally woke up the next day, not knowing what had happened, but with pain and damage to both her vagina and her anus where she was then she then went to the hospital. She was missing her underwear and her shoes. Another instance, individual, this time not a minor, was attended a group dinner allegedly with Shawn Combs in Miami.

1:09:38 She wasn't drinking because she was pregnant, but she whatever she drank at the table, apparently least according to her, was laced with something. She blacked out and she woke up in the same bed again, allegedly with mister Combs. In his mansion in Miami. Her vagina and her anus were torn and sore, and I could go on. I mean literally, you're sensing a theme here. It's the same theme, and it all involves some sort of drug. One instance, an individual who was twenty years old at the time was asked to attend just saw her on the street, asked to attend a party in a hotel. She was flattered, went to the party, was given one drink, and doesn't remember anything else. Ultimately, was so messed up, went to the hospital where they found cocaine and this horse tranquilizer in her blood system.

1:10:51 I'm going to give you a. Quote from a very young man who told us over the phone about his experience and all the things that happened to him. He says, allegedly at the hands of Sean did he Combs and his friends in the effort to try to sign a record deal. This was kind of what he was told he would have to do. His quote is, had he not been in power, I feel like I could have been something great. I quit the industry because of what Seawn Combs did to me, and that's really what it comes down to. We are pursuing this asking you to support this effort, to encourage witnesses and victims to come forward and bring your evidence so we can continue to break down this wall of silence and we can continue to have these stories heard.

1:11:53 This is the beginning of what I hope to be a national dialogue. This type of sexual assault, actual abuse, and sexual exploitation should never happen in the United States, in the United States or anywhere else. This should have never been allowed to go on for so long. This conduct has created a massive individuals who are injured, scared, and scarred. If you are one of those individuals, we ask you to reach out, if not to us, to someone you trust. If you're someone who witnessed any of these events, we asked you to reach out. Your name can remain confidential.

1:12:33 With that. I'll take a few questions, not many, maybe two, but if you have a question, I'll be pleased to try to answer its. Are maybe accusations of total and are because aware of the allegations of minor King. I don't know what the FEDS are aware of, okay, but I do know it's twenty five out of this one. I will say this to that point, we welcome the FBI or any authority who wants to come to us, and we're going to make that available to these victims because I think that's important. My suspicion is based on talking with these folks, is that that you know, the FBI is just not aware of these people. The FBI has talked to some of these folks, and I'm going to try to encourage the victims to in fact talk to the FBI because I think they have some very important things to say. Tony.

1:13:32 Were all of the children auditioning because they were musicians, or were any of them kids of employees or anything like. That, all seeking either TV or some sort of music career with promises of you know, we're gonna make you a star. Instead basically did things to them such that they don't want to have anything to do with the entertainment industry ever. Again, all right, guys, thank you very much. For your attention. We're going to go now. Thank you. Honey. Do you anticipate any Houston's cases any firefully? Yeah, there's a few plans here, but I don't participate. File probably a university. These names, you heard him just say it. It's names we all know, and they're coming out saying. Within thirty days we'll be talking about people that you won't believe on this series. Thank you for joining me, Thank you for supporting me. Check out the Patreon if you're not a member yet. I got a bundance episode by the way coming if I haven't already dropped it for the Patreon members. Gifts coming out headed your way already for the Patreon top tier subscribers are global celebrities. Love all

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