Stephen A's Take: Diddy Fights Back. Files $100 million Defamation Lawsuit from jail. - podcast episode cover

Stephen A's Take: Diddy Fights Back. Files $100 million Defamation Lawsuit from jail.

Feb 13, 20257 min
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Stephen A. Smith is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Executive Producer, host of ESPN's First Take, and co-host of NBA Countdown.

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Speaker 1

I want to address the latest news on Sean Diddy Combs. Combs lawyers for the music mogul father one hundred million dollar lawsuit today accused of NBC, Universal and Peacock for defamation. The suit is related to claims made by accuses in the documentary Diddy The Making of a Bad Boy, released

earlier this year. The documentary makes several claims against Combs, including the sexual assault of miners, and accuses him of murdering a series of rivals and close friends, including longtime partner Kimberley, Porter Raptis, Christopher Biggie Wallace, of course notorious Big and Heavy d whose given name is Dwight Arrington Myers.

Diddy's attorneys released the statement related to the suit that reads, in part quote, in making and broadcasting these falsehoods, among others, the companies seek only to capitalize on a public's appetite for scandal, without any regard for the truth, and at the expense of mister Coles's right to a fair trial. Mister comes brings this lawsuit to hold them accountable for the extraordinary damage their reckless statement have caused. End quote.

Colmbs is currently being held in jail on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges. As you all know, his trial is expected to begin later in this spring. Let me say this because it's important. I don't know about the innocence or guilt of P Diddy. One could easily presume he's guilty because of the video we saw of him beating up his ex girlfriend, Cassie Ventura. One would surmise, based on these docu series that have been put out

about them, that there's a strong level of guilt. I have one person's looking at me and say, if any of it is true, he's a monster. Here's what I have to say. His lawyer is right. His lawyer is right. Ladies and gentlemen, this is America. You are innocent until proving guilty in the court of law. For those of you quit to say that's not applicable to the court

of public opinion, let me remind you of something. While that is true, undoubtedly so, it does not negate the fact that the court of public opinion can influence the court of law, and by virtue of that reality, certain things shouldn't be exposed to the court of public opinion until a trial takes place. See that's the problem I said this a couple of weeks ago. It is wrong for these networks to be allowed to do these kinds of shows on him before his trial. Do whatever you

gotta do, I do. I'll watch all the old J stuff if you want me to. I remember when when when when Courtney Vance imitated Johnny Cochrane, he was sensational. Okay, watching you know the old J stuff, and I get that, But to do something before the trial makes it that much harder for the defense team to find a jury of his peers who are unbiased and neutral and will only judge based on the evidence presented in the court

of law. It's not right, even if he's guilty, it's not right, since his guilt hasn't been proven yet, for somebody to be allowed to be broadcasting these pieces talking about him. He can't defend himself, he can't say anything. He's at the mercy of former handlers, former employees, former colleagues, of former girlfriends and all of this. He can't say anything because he got to deal with sex trafficking and racketeering charges, and now is when everybody comes out with this.

There's just something wrong with that. There's something wrong with that. Innocent until proven guilty. News is one thing. The video by Seenn exposing and beating up Cassie Ventura, that's news. That's news. You know, another charge coming down the pike, another alleged victim, that's news. But a docu sriies with a bunch of alligation being thrown out about who he was, what he did, how he lived, who he did it to, whether or not drugs and alcohol were involved, or baby

oil and all of this other stuff. Wait a minute, Homeland Security coming out with us, that's news. That's news. That ain't a docu series. That ain't scandal. You know, that's news that ain't Scanner. It ain't how do you get away with murder? Dexter Ray Donovan and shit like it. No, ain't supposed to be that. They're supposed to be the

news until the trial. So I applored his lawyer for taking this position, and I think it's important that he puts forth the best defense for himself possible, because indeed, it is absolutely true that his life is on the line, his brother's in trouble, in a world's freaking trouble, and I just hate to see stuff publicized before he goes

to trial. It should have been during or after and during if they're secluded and they don't have access to see the Doctor series that's being put out of battle, it's like there's too many people out there trying to influence the public to convict them in the court of public opinion, thereby insinuating that it would influence the court of law. That ain't what our country is supposed to be about. It just isn't

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