Despite Diddy’s growing legal troubles, the embattled mogul’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star will reportedly remain.
TMZ reported on Saturday (May 25) that a Hollywood Chamber of Commerce spokesperson said the committee is unable to make the changes to remove the Bad Boy founder’s star.
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The story explained that the Chamber is able to “nominate star recipients, manufacture and install stars upon city approval and conduct the Walk of Fame installation ceremony, it lacks the authority to remove them.”
Despite the entrepreneur’s mounting issues with the law, he seems to be remaining defiant.
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Earlier this week, the “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper reportedly told at least one close friend that there was a larger “agenda” surrounding the release of the viral assault video of the mogul’s then-girlfriend, Cassie, from 2016.
A source close to Diddy told The New York Post that the embattled mogul was furious about the video’s release, and insisted that it only tells half the story.
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“He’s incensed,” the source said to the outlet. “Especially about the video. He insists it doesn’t tell the full story about what happened. Not that he’s excusing it, but he says that it’s a selected video.
“It’s his position that there was an agenda in releasing the video when it was released. But ultimately, he knows that his big concern is the raids on his house; the Cassie video is just a distraction.”
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The source’s claim was buttressed by the fact that Diddy’s pinned tweet is a statement from December 2023 that says his accusers, presumably including Cassie, are “individuals looking for a quick payday” while insisting that he “did not do any of the awful things being alleged.”
Also earlier this week, Diddy was accused of forcing a woman to have sex with his late ex-girlfriend Kim Porter in a new rape lawsuit.
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The alleged victim, April Lampros, claimed in a suit filed in New York on Thursday (May 23) that the Bad Boy boss sexually assaulted her on four occasions, including once with Porter after she was forced to take ecstasy.
Lampros, who first met Diddy in 1994 when she was a fashion student, also claims that the mogul recorded the two of them having sex without her knowledge or permission and later showed the video to others.
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She is formally suing Diddy for battery, sexual assault, infliction of emotional distress and gender-motivated violence.
Lampros alleged that the record executive first sexually assaulted her in 1995 and that he pressured her to drink alcohol which made her feel “uneasy.”
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The suit claimed that Lampros later passed out in a hotel room and was raped by Diddy.
Several months after the incident, Lampros says she was sent numerous gifts by Puffy and agreed to meet with him to discuss business opportunities.
She alleged another assault happened later that year in a parking garage. Lampros claimed that Diddy forced her to her knees and made her perform oral sex on him.
When she tried to distance herself after that incident, Lampros claims Diddy threatened to physically harm and blacklist her from the fashion industry.
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The lawsuit claimed a third incident happened in 1996 where Lampros was forced to have sex with Kim Porter, who had three children with Diddy before her death in 2018 due to pneumonia.
