Diddy’s White Events, lengthy thought-about the head of celeb luxurious, at the moment are the main target of a disturbing new declare lodged by a former Go-Go dancer who labored the occasions.
In a brand new lawsuit, Adria English accuses Sean “Diddy” Combs of utilizing these occasions to masks a sinister undercurrent of abuse, claiming a sure gown code signaled ladies’s standing as his intercourse slaves.
The criticism alleges that girls had been compelled to put on particular white outfits at these lavish gatherings hosted at Diddy’s estates within the Hamptons and Miami.
In line with English, these uniforms weren’t simply aesthetic selections however a coded message to visitors that the ladies had been obtainable for exploitation.
“She later discovered that the uniforms she and different trafficking victims had been compelled to put on had been color-coded to point to visitors whether or not a sufferer was obtainable for sexual exploitation. [Diddy] would select the uniform and shade that women would put on to point to the remainder of the partygoers that she was on the market as a intercourse slave,” English’s lawyer Joel M. Taylor mentioned.
English, recruited to carry out as a dancer on the 2004 Labor Day White Celebration, alleges she was duped into believing the job would jumpstart her music profession.
As an alternative, she claims she was coerced into Diddy’s inside circle underneath false pretenses.
After her preliminary participation, she alleges the occasions escalated into “Freak Off” after-parties, the place she and others had been drugged and compelled into non-consensual acts.
The criticism goes additional, accusing Diddy of utilizing violence, threats, and drugging as instruments of management.
English claims she was later required to put on black outfits, a grim image marking her as a sufferer who had been beforehand assaulted.
“[English] was required to put on a black gown to the ‘White Celebration’ not merely to indicate her capability as an worker, however extra sinisterly as a sex-trafficked intercourse employee who had been drugged and raped whereas unconscious by a number of visitors at a earlier celebration,” in line with the brand new submitting.
The most recent allegations are a part of a rising listing of lawsuits and accusations in opposition to Diddy, who’s detained on the MDC lockup in Brooklyn on RICO and intercourse trafficking expenses.
He’s slated to go to trial in Might.
English’s case has confronted notable challenges, together with the sudden departure of her authorized workforce.
Her first set of attorneys withdrew from illustration, citing “irreconcilable variations” stemming from disputes over settlement calls for and authorized methods, in addition to what they described as English’s “undermining conduct” and “tone and lack of respect.”
Diddy has denied all claims and maintains his innocence.
