John Legend‘s manager Ty Stiklorius has opened up about a “terrifying” experience she claims she had at a Diddy party.
In an op-ed for The New York Times which was published on Thursday (October 31), she wrote that the music industry “actively fostered sexual misconduct and exploited the lives and bodies of those hoping to make it in the business.”
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In the piece, Stiklorius details attending a yacht party hosted by Diddy in St. Barts and while she does not accuse the embattled mogul of misconduct, she describes a harrowing experience on the boat.
“I was directed into a bedroom by a man,” she recounts, “and I am not sure of who he was or if he had any connection to Mr. Combs. To this day, I can’t remember how I managed to talk my way out of that terrifying situation. Perhaps my nervous babbling — ‘My brother’s on this boat, and he’s probably looking for me!’ — convinced him to unlock the bedroom door and let me go.”
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Having spent most of her adult life working in the music industry, she adds: “After 20 years as a music industry executive, I now know what happened that night was no aberration.”
Diddy and his legal team have not yet commented on the events depicted in Stiklorius’ guest column.
The latest lawsuit filed against Diddy accuses him of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy, a claim he strenuously denies.
In his complaint, an anonymous man says a consultant hired by his parents took him to a hotel room where he was left alone with Combs and allegedly given a soda that he believes was laced with drugs.
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The suit reads: “After plaintiff consumed his soda and began feeling its effects, Combs told plaintiff to move closer to him, which plaintiff did. Combs then abruptly pushed plaintiff down and said words to the effect of, ‘You have to do some stuff you don’t want to do sometimes.’
“Once plaintiff had pushed plaintiff down, Combs pulled his penis out of his pants and told the ten-year-old plaintiff to ‘kiss it.’ When plaintiff resisted, Combs nevertheless forced his penis into plaintiff’s mouth and proceeded to repeatedly push it in and out.”
