Diddy was accused of beating up a outstanding file producer attributable to a dispute over a music video scene years earlier than he was outed by a number of ladies for alleged sexual assault, RadarOnline.com has realized.
Steve Stoute, a longtime govt with Interscope Information, stated that he was attacked by Diddy (actual title: Sean John Combs) and two different males greater than twenty years in the past after the hip-hop mogul had a change of coronary heart about showing nailed to a cross in a rap video for Nas‘ tune Hate Me Now.
The animosity kicked off on April 15, 1999, when the video with the controversial scene nonetheless left in was premiered on MTV’s TRL. Shortly earlier than the video debut, Combs had second ideas a couple of scene he helped conceive wherein he appeared crucified with a crown of thorns.
Sony spent a further $14k to accommodate Combs’ request to be included within the scene, sources stated, in response to the LA Instances.
However after chatting with his mom and pastor about his issues, Combs reached out to Stoute and requested him to take away it, sources near the hitmaker stated.
In keeping with a Nationwide Enquirer report, Diddy was upset after discovering his request was not honored. Police stated that is when he and two bodyguards marched to Stoute’s Manhattan workplace at Interscope Information.
A witness who discovered Stoute stated, “There was blood everywhere in the workplace.”
“One minute I am in the course of a gathering,” Stoute instructed The Instances, “and the subsequent minute I am down on the ground and Puffy and his guys are kicking and pounding me. Certainly one of them picks up a chair and throws it at me. Then Puffy throws my desk over and so they simply stroll out like nothing occurred.”
After being pummeled, he stated, “My jaw and my head had been all swollen.”
“It was a traumatic expertise, and in the course of it, I did not know precisely find out how to really feel. I used to be upset. Embarrassed. Scared. Indignant. So far as I am involved, this was an try on my life. The one purpose I am not lifeless is as a result of they missed.”
Diddy, for his function, was charged with second-degree assault and felony mischief. He later apologized, and Stoute requested for the Manhattan district lawyer to drop the costs.
The alleged assault additionally sparked a lawsuit that was in the end settled out of courtroom.
Diddy is now going through a slew of recent authorized battles and allegations.
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RadarOnline.com realized earlier this week {that a} Jane Doe, the fourth individual to accuse Combs of previous sexual assault over the past a number of months, has been ordered to disclose her identification if her case proceeds. Diddy beforehand denied wrongdoing in a blanket assertion.
“ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. For the final couple of weeks, I’ve sat silently and watched folks attempt to assassinate my character, destroy my status and my legacy,” he stated in December.
“Sickening allegations have been made towards me by people searching for a fast payday. Let me be completely clear: I didn’t do any of the terrible issues being alleged. I’ll struggle for my title, my household and for the reality.”