Sara Rivers has filed a lawsuit in opposition to Diddy, alleging sexual harassment, abuse and profession sabotage throughout her time on “Making the Band 2.”
Sean “Diddy” Combs is being sued by Sara Rivers, a former contestant on Making the Band 2 and member of Da Band.
Rivers filed a $60 million lawsuit in opposition to Diddy on February 28, accusing him of sexual harassment, assault, battery, profession sabotage and creating an inhumane working atmosphere throughout her time on the MTV actuality present (2002-2004).
Rivers claimed Diddy sexually harassed her by backing her right into a nook, touching her inappropriately, and making suggestive feedback. She additionally alleged that Diddy managed her consuming and sleeping schedule, mocked her look (together with her struggles with bulimia) and scrutinized her in a sexual and humiliating method.
In her lawsuit, Rivers cited the notorious “cheesecake incident,” the place she and her bandmates have been pressured to stroll from Manhattan to Brooklyn to fetch cheesecake, for example of public humiliation.
Rivers mentioned she and different members of the group have been topic to threats of violence. She claims the incarcerated mogul even threatened to kill one particular person.
Moreover, the grievance accuses Diddy of sabotaging Rivers’ music profession by disbanding Da Band and blackballing her from the business.
Rivers acknowledged she was paid solely $5,000 per episode in the course of the present and obtained a one-time fee of $25,000 after signing a publishing contract underneath strain.
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“I used to be on my own…and he touched me in a spot that you simply shouldn’t have,” she acknowledged. “That was inappropriate.”
The lawsuit additionally named MTV, Viacom, Common Music Group, Unhealthy Boy Leisure officers (together with Diddy’s mom, Janice Combs) and his former assistant, Fonzworth Bentley.
Rivers filed the lawsuit simply earlier than the expiration of New York’s Gender-Motivated Violence Act lookback window, which allowed survivors to convey claims no matter when the incidents occurred.
Diddy’s authorized group denied all allegations, calling them false and opportunistic. They argued that the claims have been baseless and a part of a rush to file lawsuits earlier than the authorized deadline.
Rivers’ lawsuit is one among a number of latest authorized challenges in opposition to Diddy. Over a dozen people have accused him of sexual misconduct, together with 14 new lawsuits filed on February 28.
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