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{\an8}[dramatic music]
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{\an8}♪ ♪
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{\an8}- Whoa, nobody's shooting me.
Nobody's shooting me.
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Nobody's shooting me.
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There's three shooters to make
sure somebody is shooting me.
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You got me acting crazy
in front of all these people.
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Disney paying a lot
for this motherfucking art
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I'm going to give them--
fuck that.
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- During those times,
I had to wonder
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what was going on in his head.
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Like, why is he really angry?
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{\an8}[hip-hop music]
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{\an8}♪ ♪
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{\an8}- It was shocking to me.
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{\an8}What's really
going on out here?
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{\an8}♪ ♪
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[indistinct chatter
over police radio]
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- We need to be asking
the question...
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not what's wrong with you...
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but what happened to you?
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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- Sean and I--
we grew up together as kids.
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I know Sean.
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And he's made
so many mistakes.
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- Fuck that. I'm going to give
them their money's worth.
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- I used to work
with Sean Combs.
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And I don't want to be here
to talk about another man
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unless their business
crosses my business.
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[voice breaking]
If you only knew
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the shit
I fucking been through.
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There was a bounty
that was put on to silence me.
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- I'm back, baby.
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- It's a lot worse than
what the public knows.
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- [crying]
It's been 20 years.
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I haven't said anything
for so long.
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- Mr. Combs!
[cheering]
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- I've gone from Harlem
to Hollywood.
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[indistinct chatter]
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Diddy finally has the key
to the city!
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[cheering]
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I'm gonna show y'all
how we have fun
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and stay out of jail, too...
- Whoa.
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- And make money.
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{\an8}♪ ♪
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{\an8}[dog barks]
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{\an8}♪ ♪
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- Like, just show me
what's around here.
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We'll walk with you.
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- So, yeah, so...
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about 1,100 square feet.
- Uh-huh.
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- Small, but it's
kind of spacious.
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It works for me.
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But I've been here
since around 2019.
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We're somewhere
in the woods, way remote,
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I guess what they call
these days "off-grid."
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- So this is pretty similar
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to what it was like
growing up for you?
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- Right now?
- Yeah.
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- No, no, this is
a little different.
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But I grew up weird.
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I grew up in the ghetto,
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and then I moved over into
the suburbs, where Sean lived.
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♪ ♪
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My reason
for having you guys here
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is because I truly believe
that what's going on right now
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is bigger than you.
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It's bigger than me.
It's bigger than media.
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It's bigger than this world.
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I just know
that where I am now,
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amongst all the noise...
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- We begin with breaking news.
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- Mr. Combs has been accused
of sexual assault.
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- Amongst all the headlines...
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- Rap star Sean "Puffy" Combs
is out on bail this morning.
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- There is
a federal investigation
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into sex trafficking.
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- Amongst all the chaos...
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- Abuse, harassment,
forced drugging.
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- Physically assaulting...
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- Multiple homes raided
by federal law enforcement.
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- He is public enemy
number one right now.
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♪ ♪
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And a lot of things that are
being attached to Sean now...
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♪ ♪
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I can't condone
any of the things
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that I've heard or seen.
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He's "monsterized" now.
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But monsters are made.
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You know,
that's my little bro.
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You know, I know Sean,
not Diddy, not Daddy Love.
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I don't know those people.
I don't know them.
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I swear I don't know them.
I've never met those people.
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I have to tell people
about what they don't know
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about his childhood.
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The making of Sean Combs...
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Sean is the son
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of two Harlem "it" people.
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Janice is Sean's mom.
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Speaking of Janice,
this is Janice here.
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And Melvin is Sean's dad.
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And Sean--he grew up
in Mount Vernon.
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That's where they built
a house.
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Now, here's the context
of it all.
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Mount Vernon is
a 4-square-mile city,
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maybe 25, 30 minutes
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from Manhattan--
New York proper.
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And at the north side is
where you would love to live
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because it's
the residential side.
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It's grass. It's birds.
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It's everything
the south side isn't.
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The south side,
that's your ghetto.
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That's where
I was born and raised
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until about five years old.
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This is a town you come to
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to get away from the hip town,
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to kind of integrate yourself
into some type of normalcy.
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Melvin--I've never met him,
never knew him.
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He passed before I met Sean.
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Why he wasn't there was just
a mystery to both of us.
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So Sean had to learn
about his dad
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through other fellas
that came up during that time.
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{\an8}- Sean Combs' father
was allegedly...
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{\an8}a gangster, a hustler,
and a player
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{\an8}in the streets of New York.
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{\an8}- Melvin was a part
of a group of guys
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{\an8}that was led by Nicky Barnes...
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{\an8}big Harlem kingpin,
if you want to call it.
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- His father sold
to an undercover cop.
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[siren wailing]
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This was a New York City
police officer.
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And he gave
the cop information.
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His father was killed because
he was ratting them out.
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- I don't know how he died.
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I don't know.
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I just know Janet
woke up one day,
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and he was not there,
and Sean was.
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Janice was left a lot of money.
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There was a brand-new house,
and Janet had to pivot.
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And her desire was
to occupy that house
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with someone that had a son
close to the age of her son.
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{\an8}- My mom knew Janet,
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{\an8}and somehow, someway,
they hooked up,
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{\an8}and we were offered the bottom
floor on her brand-new house
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that her and Melvin had built.
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And we had a chance now
to move on the north side.
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So, when we pulled up
to this house,
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I saw a whole new world,
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and all I did was look
at these two people,
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because what I saw,
I saw Black people like myself,
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but they had
a different color Black.
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It was golden. It was shiny.
It was healthy.
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They had really nice clothes
and jewelry.
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So we get up to the house.
We get out the car.
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Janice says, well, wait
a minute, let me go get Sean.
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And she goes upstairs.
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She comes back down
with this little kid.
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And I look at him
like, oh, my God,
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this guy is different.
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He's the one in the hat.
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And you can see
he has jewelry on.
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He has rings on.
He has bracelets on.
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This is a 4-year-old
in a 30-year-old's wardrobe.
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{\an8}- My first interaction
with Sean Combs--
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{\an8}He wasn't Puffy yet--
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We were playing baseball
down at Brush Park
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in Mount Vernon, New York.
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He was on Little League,
had braces.
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And he's a shy guy.
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You know, he wasn't real loud
and boisterous.
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I don't know
if he was good good,
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to where I would say
he was good in baseball.
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He was on the team.
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Even with the football,
it was like,
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he played football
at Mount Saint Michael.
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I'm not going to
say he was good.
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I heard he was on the team.
[laughs]
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{\an8}- So I first met Puff
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{\an8}when he came to a cousin
of mine's house party.
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He was part
of a dancing fashion crew
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called 7-Up Crew.
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And those guys would go
throughout New York City,
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battle people
in dancing, fashion.
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He also was one
of the first kids that I knew
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that had, like, a Gucci watch.
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- He always had all the best
of everything.
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Like, Sean didn't go
to school with us.
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Sean went to the Catholic
school, private school.
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- Private school.
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They always say that--
oh, yeah, he's doing good.
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Got him in private school.
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- This kid is rich.
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He was looked at
as the rich kid.
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Sean was the different kid.
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Sean was the kid that people
could smell was not tough.
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Sean was always bullied.
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You know, getting hit
up your head,
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on the side of your head
one too many times
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or getting called a bitch
one too many times.
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There's one kid in particular.
Name was Jonathan.
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He was about 6 feet tall
at 12 years old--
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real big, husky dude.
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And for some reason,
Jonathan would pick on him.
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And he would pick on him
and hit him and make him cry
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and take his bike
and just do mean stuff...
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to the point where
I couldn't watch that happen.
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I had to intervene,
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because my interaction
with Sean was a protector.
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It was a bigger bro.
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When something's done to them,
you step up.
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But after I graduated
high school
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and I went into military,
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Sean didn't have me
around anymore.
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- There's been
quite a bit of research done
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on a body of work
that we really refer to a lot.
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It's called
Adverse Childhood Experiences,
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or ACEs.
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{\an8}It can be everything
from witnessing
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{\an8}domestic violence,
physical abuse.
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It could be having
a parent who's absent.
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Here's a man who lost
his father early in life
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under some very violent,
tragic circumstances.
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♪ ♪
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If you've lost a parent,
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there's a desire
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to belong to something
bigger than yourself,
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to not be isolated,
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to belong to a group,
to fit in.
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- This is one of the pictures
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before Puff joined
the Same Gang.
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I started the Same Gang
in '89.
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{\an8}We were men that came together,
and we went to parties.
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{\an8}You know, we clubbed.
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{\an8}You had some guys
that was hustling.
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Puff--man, he want
to be with us.
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He want to be with us.
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A lot of guys didn't want him
a part of the Same Gang
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because he didn't live
in Harlem.
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The dudes
didn't really like him.
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All right,
so one day we decided--
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they said,
Puff, come over here.
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We're going to have
the young'uns tighten him up.
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[indistinct shouting]
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00:12:20,373 --> 00:12:23,977
And we gonna smash him
in the head...
253
00:12:24,077 --> 00:12:25,779
Rough him up,
or stuff like that.
254
00:12:25,879 --> 00:12:27,881
[indistinct shouting]
255
00:12:27,981 --> 00:12:31,384
When Puff came,
we was all out there.
256
00:12:31,484 --> 00:12:32,786
And the young guys grabbed him.
257
00:12:32,886 --> 00:12:35,221
♪ ♪
258
00:12:35,321 --> 00:12:36,923
And they start trying
to rough him up.
259
00:12:37,023 --> 00:12:39,025
And he jetted, running.
260
00:12:40,894 --> 00:12:43,163
They brought him back
to rough him up,
261
00:12:43,263 --> 00:12:46,266
smash stuff, hit him
in the head with cakes
262
00:12:46,366 --> 00:12:49,035
and all this other stuff
like that.
263
00:12:49,135 --> 00:12:53,039
After that,
Puff was in the Same Gang.
264
00:12:53,139 --> 00:12:55,875
This is the picture...
265
00:12:55,975 --> 00:12:58,478
when he crossed over
into the Same Gang.
266
00:12:58,578 --> 00:13:01,047
He got
the Same Gang T-shirt on.
267
00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:07,087
[chain saw whirring]
268
00:13:09,189 --> 00:13:13,326
- When I got home
from the military--
269
00:13:13,426 --> 00:13:16,930
and Sean and I hadn't seen
each other in a while,
270
00:13:17,030 --> 00:13:20,000
{\an8}and, you know, I'm like,
what's up, Sean?
271
00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:23,003
{\an8}He's like, yeah,
they call me Puff now.
272
00:13:23,103 --> 00:13:24,838
They call me Puff.
273
00:13:26,439 --> 00:13:28,775
I was being
looked at as a punk.
274
00:13:28,875 --> 00:13:30,310
I was being looked at
as a pushover.
275
00:13:30,410 --> 00:13:32,078
I was being looked at
as a sissy,
276
00:13:32,178 --> 00:13:34,080
as a wimp, as a goofy.
277
00:13:34,180 --> 00:13:37,317
I ain't even trying to know
that person again.
278
00:13:38,885 --> 00:13:40,320
And I'm a Puff Daddy now.
279
00:13:40,420 --> 00:13:44,124
♪ ♪
280
00:13:44,224 --> 00:13:47,227
- So that insecurity,
the need to fit in...
281
00:13:47,327 --> 00:13:48,928
- I had a great time.
- Yeah?
282
00:13:49,029 --> 00:13:50,797
- I'm glad
they invited me back.
283
00:13:50,897 --> 00:13:52,032
- The need to feel powerful.
284
00:13:52,132 --> 00:13:53,500
[paparazzi shouting]
285
00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,035
Some perpetrators
286
00:13:55,135 --> 00:13:57,437
are profoundly damaged
individuals...
287
00:13:57,537 --> 00:14:00,040
[loud cheering]
288
00:14:00,140 --> 00:14:03,777
And feel very powerless.
289
00:14:03,877 --> 00:14:06,946
And a way of being powerful
290
00:14:07,047 --> 00:14:09,983
is controlling
and victimizing other people.
291
00:14:10,083 --> 00:14:12,318
- What's up with your
relationship with Jennifer?
292
00:14:12,419 --> 00:14:16,790
{\an8}- I am a civil litigator
who has filed several cases
293
00:14:16,890 --> 00:14:19,759
{\an8}against Sean Combs
for sexual assault
294
00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:21,361
{\an8}in civil court.
295
00:14:21,461 --> 00:14:26,099
I have been sounding the alarm
about Mr. Combs for years.
296
00:14:26,199 --> 00:14:29,035
He is a man who has done
awful things
297
00:14:29,135 --> 00:14:31,971
to hundreds,
maybe thousands of people.
298
00:14:32,072 --> 00:14:33,873
- I'm wilder, I'm crazier.
299
00:14:33,973 --> 00:14:35,909
- I want to speak
about this now
300
00:14:36,009 --> 00:14:38,078
because I witnessed everything.
301
00:14:38,178 --> 00:14:40,113
- [crying] I haven't said
anything for so long,
302
00:14:40,213 --> 00:14:42,882
and it's built up--
it's been 20 years.
303
00:14:42,982 --> 00:14:45,852
{\an8}- Um...
304
00:14:45,952 --> 00:14:48,221
{\an8}[crying]
I don't trust anyone...
305
00:14:48,321 --> 00:14:50,390
{\an8}♪ ♪
306
00:14:50,490 --> 00:14:54,761
Because I'm afraid that they
might come get me for speaking.
307
00:14:54,861 --> 00:14:58,064
♪ ♪
308
00:15:02,602 --> 00:15:04,804
[soft music]
309
00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:05,905
- Go.
310
00:15:06,006 --> 00:15:07,807
The very first girlfriend
311
00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:10,343
{\an8}Sean had that I met...
312
00:15:10,443 --> 00:15:12,412
{\an8}was named Tracy.
313
00:15:12,512 --> 00:15:14,147
{\an8}She was from Brooklyn.
314
00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:17,017
We were older now,
teenagers and stuff.
315
00:15:17,117 --> 00:15:19,319
So Tracy used to come
to the house.
316
00:15:19,419 --> 00:15:22,489
I'm sure he had college girls,
but I wasn't around.
317
00:15:24,958 --> 00:15:27,427
[dramatic music]
318
00:15:27,527 --> 00:15:30,130
{\an8}- I know some girls
that he's dated, you know,
319
00:15:30,230 --> 00:15:32,332
{\an8}that have called him
a perfect gentleman.
320
00:15:32,432 --> 00:15:35,468
But when Sean started getting
more and more popular
321
00:15:35,568 --> 00:15:38,371
and he had one
of the hot girls on campus,
322
00:15:38,471 --> 00:15:40,507
there was a lot of jealousy
that went on.
323
00:15:42,542 --> 00:15:44,911
Maybe his personality
might not have been
324
00:15:45,011 --> 00:15:47,480
the most sensitive.
325
00:15:47,580 --> 00:15:50,417
I'm not sure what Puff
might have been focused on,
326
00:15:50,517 --> 00:15:53,953
but I just know
that he had a love for music.
327
00:15:54,054 --> 00:15:56,389
- Back when I was
going to Howard in '87,
328
00:15:56,489 --> 00:15:59,192
I was trying to get
into the music industry.
329
00:15:59,292 --> 00:16:03,363
Everybody was looking at me
like I was crazy.
330
00:16:03,463 --> 00:16:06,232
- I met Puffy on Howard's
campus for the first time.
331
00:16:06,332 --> 00:16:08,268
{\an8}I was actually the first person
on Howard's campus
332
00:16:08,368 --> 00:16:10,370
{\an8}to have a drum machine
at that time.
333
00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:12,305
And I've been
in the music industry
334
00:16:12,405 --> 00:16:15,108
ever since I was probably
15 years old.
335
00:16:15,208 --> 00:16:17,243
So he wanted to get with me
336
00:16:17,344 --> 00:16:20,113
because he knew
that I had connections.
337
00:16:20,213 --> 00:16:21,881
He would tell you that,
338
00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:25,452
I'm going to be the biggest
record producer in the world.
339
00:16:25,552 --> 00:16:29,422
Like, he already knew what
he wanted at Howard University.
340
00:16:29,522 --> 00:16:32,392
- He hung out with a lot
of friends from Mount Vernon.
341
00:16:32,492 --> 00:16:35,595
One of our biggest celebs
from Mount Vernon,
342
00:16:35,695 --> 00:16:37,130
his name is Heavy D.
343
00:16:37,230 --> 00:16:39,399
Heavy D came up to campus.
344
00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:42,535
- Heavy D was part
of Heavy D & the Boyz.
345
00:16:42,635 --> 00:16:47,340
{\an8}They were actually the first
act signed to Uptown Records.
346
00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:51,011
Diddy spoke to his friend
Heavy D, and he said,
347
00:16:51,111 --> 00:16:53,113
can you get me an internship?
348
00:16:53,213 --> 00:16:56,416
Please get me an internship
at Uptown Records.
349
00:16:58,852 --> 00:17:00,320
- Hey, can you make
this happen?
350
00:17:03,023 --> 00:17:06,192
{\an8}[loud cheering]
351
00:17:08,028 --> 00:17:09,329
{\an8}- Uptown Records
352
00:17:09,429 --> 00:17:14,000
{\an8}was modeled as
a boutique version of Motown,
353
00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:16,269
{\an8}but we just had
the hip-hop flavor to it.
354
00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:18,338
{\an8}I had a little bit
of success myself,
355
00:17:18,438 --> 00:17:22,375
{\an8}being the first number-one
artist on Uptown
356
00:17:22,475 --> 00:17:25,445
{\an8}and the first platinum
artist on Uptown.
357
00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:28,148
{\an8}♪ ♪
358
00:17:28,248 --> 00:17:30,417
{\an8}I don't think
that people ever knew
359
00:17:30,517 --> 00:17:34,487
that Al B. Sure! funded Uptown.
360
00:17:36,222 --> 00:17:37,957
I was working with Jodeci,
361
00:17:38,058 --> 00:17:40,093
Mary J. Blige,
362
00:17:40,193 --> 00:17:42,195
Heavy D & the Boyz.
363
00:17:42,295 --> 00:17:45,131
We took a company
like Uptown from zero
364
00:17:45,231 --> 00:17:47,567
and made it into
a billion-dollar corporation
365
00:17:47,667 --> 00:17:49,002
or somewhere close.
366
00:17:49,102 --> 00:17:51,271
[cell phone rings]
- Hello?
367
00:17:51,371 --> 00:17:54,174
- Sean wanted to work
at Uptown.
368
00:17:54,274 --> 00:17:56,276
He actually did some more,
like, suffering
369
00:17:56,376 --> 00:18:00,080
just to, you know, get
that internship.
370
00:18:00,180 --> 00:18:02,082
- So Sean would show up
in the weirdest places--
371
00:18:02,182 --> 00:18:04,217
at Heavy D's doorstep.
372
00:18:04,317 --> 00:18:06,486
He'd show up at Uptown,
he'd show up at parties--
373
00:18:06,586 --> 00:18:09,022
anything to get the attention
of the bigwigs.
374
00:18:09,122 --> 00:18:11,424
- He was really trying to get
375
00:18:11,524 --> 00:18:15,161
Andre Harrell's, the president
of Uptown Records, attention.
376
00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:16,563
From what I heard--
377
00:18:16,663 --> 00:18:19,165
is that he even,
like, slept outside of his car
378
00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:22,369
because he really wanted
to be in this.
379
00:18:22,469 --> 00:18:25,238
- And then Sean
forced his way in
380
00:18:25,338 --> 00:18:28,008
with what he can do for Andre
381
00:18:28,108 --> 00:18:29,676
and became an intern.
382
00:18:31,711 --> 00:18:36,549
♪ ♪
383
00:18:40,353 --> 00:18:43,356
- Yeah, I don't remember much.
384
00:18:43,456 --> 00:18:45,458
It's not like we hung out
on a daily basis
385
00:18:45,558 --> 00:18:47,694
and things of that nature.
386
00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:51,097
But what you do know
about Sean,
387
00:18:51,197 --> 00:18:54,367
one of Sean's
best attributes was,
388
00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:57,303
Sean let everybody know
in the camp,
389
00:18:57,404 --> 00:18:59,539
nobody's going to be
bigger than me.
390
00:18:59,639 --> 00:19:01,508
♪ ♪
391
00:19:01,608 --> 00:19:04,377
- At first, he was just really
just getting coffee,
392
00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:06,646
getting paper,
making Xerox copies.
393
00:19:06,746 --> 00:19:09,416
There wasn't that much money
in it yet.
394
00:19:09,516 --> 00:19:12,519
So he started
promoting parties.
395
00:19:12,619 --> 00:19:16,389
{\an8}Now he's starting to make
some money with his parties.
396
00:19:16,489 --> 00:19:19,059
{\an8}But at the same time,
there was an event.
397
00:19:19,159 --> 00:19:22,395
{\an8}♪ ♪
398
00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:24,731
{\an8}This is where he was going on
through some hard times.
399
00:19:26,866 --> 00:19:28,268
{\an8}- That tragic event--
400
00:19:28,368 --> 00:19:30,203
{\an8}I think the guy
wanted to kill himself...
401
00:19:30,303 --> 00:19:33,306
{\an8}[chuckles]
Be honest with you.
402
00:19:33,406 --> 00:19:35,442
{\an8}- He was a party promoter.
403
00:19:36,776 --> 00:19:40,380
{\an8}But at the time, myself and
many other people
404
00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,117
{\an8}did not know who Sean Combs,
"Puff Daddy" was,
405
00:19:44,217 --> 00:19:46,753
{\an8}until the City College event.
406
00:19:46,853 --> 00:19:50,190
{\an8}- Puff and Heavy D
decided to throw
407
00:19:50,290 --> 00:19:53,426
{\an8}a celebrity charity
basketball game.
408
00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:57,197
{\an8}And the proceeds was supposed
to go to an AIDS foundation.
409
00:19:57,297 --> 00:20:01,301
When you got Mike Tyson,
LL Cool J,
410
00:20:01,401 --> 00:20:03,737
Heavy D himself,
a big celebrity,
411
00:20:03,837 --> 00:20:06,606
the urban community
wanted to see that.
412
00:20:06,706 --> 00:20:09,209
♪ ♪
413
00:20:09,309 --> 00:20:11,244
Highly, highly publicized.
414
00:20:11,344 --> 00:20:14,280
It was promoted on WBLS.
415
00:20:14,381 --> 00:20:18,284
- 98.7 Kiss--
they were blasting it.
416
00:20:18,385 --> 00:20:20,253
If you didn't know
about that event,
417
00:20:20,353 --> 00:20:21,488
something was wrong with you,
418
00:20:21,588 --> 00:20:24,391
{\an8}because it was
all over the place.
419
00:20:24,491 --> 00:20:27,527
{\an8}- My sister, Sonya Williams--
420
00:20:27,627 --> 00:20:30,897
{\an8}she met Sean through his
girlfriend at the time.
421
00:20:30,997 --> 00:20:33,299
And he gave her the ticket.
422
00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,535
- My brother was excited
about it.
423
00:20:35,635 --> 00:20:37,837
He called everyone up.
424
00:20:37,937 --> 00:20:39,873
Yo, meet me at City College.
425
00:20:39,973 --> 00:20:42,809
Had nothing...
426
00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:44,477
tragic happened,
427
00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:47,781
it would have been
the best event ever.
428
00:20:53,353 --> 00:20:55,422
[serious music]
429
00:20:55,522 --> 00:20:58,291
- December 28, 1991--
430
00:20:58,391 --> 00:21:01,161
{\an8}wow, that was a day.
[scoffs]
431
00:21:01,261 --> 00:21:03,563
{\an8}December 28, 1991.
432
00:21:03,663 --> 00:21:05,865
I remember, you know,
my phone was ringing,
433
00:21:05,965 --> 00:21:07,400
and people want tickets.
434
00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:10,437
Do you have tickets?
Can you get me tickets?
435
00:21:10,537 --> 00:21:11,738
- How y'all doing this morning?
436
00:21:11,838 --> 00:21:14,574
- At 22, Sean was a genius
at marketing.
437
00:21:14,674 --> 00:21:17,177
- They promoted it like it was
438
00:21:17,277 --> 00:21:20,780
in a 10,000-seat arena.
439
00:21:24,417 --> 00:21:27,187
- No, I said, WBLS promoted it
440
00:21:27,287 --> 00:21:30,223
as if it was a 10,000 seating.
441
00:21:30,323 --> 00:21:32,659
City College holds 2,700.
442
00:21:32,759 --> 00:21:34,461
[cheering]
443
00:21:34,561 --> 00:21:36,596
- Not only
was it filled inside,
444
00:21:36,696 --> 00:21:39,499
there was probably
just as many people outside
445
00:21:39,599 --> 00:21:40,934
that couldn't get inside.
446
00:21:41,034 --> 00:21:43,436
- There was this girl.
447
00:21:43,536 --> 00:21:48,441
{\an8}And she was packed
in the glass door.
448
00:21:48,541 --> 00:21:50,210
{\an8}And everybody was telling her,
yo, just go home.
449
00:21:50,310 --> 00:21:51,444
{\an8}You can go out the back.
450
00:21:51,544 --> 00:21:53,480
{\an8}- The crowd started
to get unruly.
451
00:21:53,580 --> 00:21:55,482
{\an8}- The ticket crew
closed the door.
452
00:21:55,582 --> 00:21:58,018
- I heard, they locked me in.
453
00:21:58,118 --> 00:21:59,586
She locked the door.
454
00:21:59,686 --> 00:22:02,322
- Now they're crushed
against the door,
455
00:22:02,422 --> 00:22:05,291
like, packed, back to back.
456
00:22:05,392 --> 00:22:06,793
- When the crowd
rushed through...
457
00:22:06,893 --> 00:22:09,262
- All the glass and everything
just shattered.
458
00:22:09,362 --> 00:22:10,497
[imitates glass shattering]
459
00:22:10,597 --> 00:22:12,132
And people just
started running in.
460
00:22:12,232 --> 00:22:14,868
- And you got people piling up
on one another and another
461
00:22:14,968 --> 00:22:16,536
and another.
462
00:22:16,636 --> 00:22:18,471
{\an8}And people are screaming,
just let me in, let me in.
463
00:22:18,571 --> 00:22:20,640
{\an8}- And there were people who--
464
00:22:20,740 --> 00:22:24,344
{\an8}My friends said they heard Dirk
smothered, like, mm...
465
00:22:24,444 --> 00:22:26,846
Like, they could hear him being
completely covered
466
00:22:26,946 --> 00:22:29,015
by the crowd.
467
00:22:29,115 --> 00:22:32,419
[screaming]
468
00:22:32,519 --> 00:22:35,522
- I ran around the gym,
opened one door.
469
00:22:35,622 --> 00:22:37,590
People start falling down
right there.
470
00:22:37,691 --> 00:22:40,994
Open up another door--people
start falling down there.
471
00:22:41,094 --> 00:22:43,863
[indistinct shouting]
472
00:22:45,565 --> 00:22:47,467
{\an8}- I didn't see Diddy at all.
473
00:22:47,567 --> 00:22:49,769
{\an8}- What I do see is him...
474
00:22:49,869 --> 00:22:52,972
{\an8}Puffy, running around,
trying to save people.
475
00:22:53,073 --> 00:22:55,608
I saw him trying to give
476
00:22:55,709 --> 00:22:58,011
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
to people.
477
00:22:58,111 --> 00:23:02,248
- I never saw Sean Combs
478
00:23:02,349 --> 00:23:06,419
give anyone CPR.
479
00:23:06,519 --> 00:23:08,588
If anybody tells you that,
480
00:23:08,688 --> 00:23:11,624
they telling a flat-out lie.
481
00:23:11,725 --> 00:23:14,327
- Ain't nobody wanted to give
them mouth-to-mouth,
482
00:23:14,427 --> 00:23:16,062
no people mouth-to-mouth
or none of that.
483
00:23:16,162 --> 00:23:17,664
{\an8}- I can't even perform CPR
484
00:23:17,764 --> 00:23:19,799
{\an8}because everybody's trying
to crowd around and look.
485
00:23:28,541 --> 00:23:29,442
- 9 young people
crushed to death,
486
00:23:29,542 --> 00:23:30,677
27 others injured trying to get
487
00:23:30,777 --> 00:23:32,579
into a celebrity
basketball game.
488
00:23:32,679 --> 00:23:35,415
- My brother was pronounced
dead at 7:50.
489
00:23:35,515 --> 00:23:37,417
And he got there,
I think, at 7:00.
490
00:23:37,517 --> 00:23:39,853
- My sister's name
is Sonya Williams.
491
00:23:39,953 --> 00:23:42,722
That's Sonya,
the larger picture.
492
00:23:42,822 --> 00:23:46,493
And this is the stairwell
that she died in.
493
00:23:46,593 --> 00:23:49,829
- Jabaal, Dawn,
Leonard, Sonya, Dirk,
494
00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:53,900
Charise, Darren,
Laytesha, and Yul
495
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,568
from New York City.
496
00:23:55,669 --> 00:23:58,471
[dramatic music]
497
00:23:58,571 --> 00:24:00,507
City College 9.
498
00:24:00,607 --> 00:24:02,709
- And I just pray
for the families.
499
00:24:02,809 --> 00:24:05,779
And I pray for the children
that lost their lives.
500
00:24:05,879 --> 00:24:09,783
- The news is, he oversold
an event, him and Heavy D.
501
00:24:09,883 --> 00:24:12,185
And you know why?
Because their names were on it.
502
00:24:12,285 --> 00:24:13,687
- I was a promoter
of the event.
503
00:24:13,787 --> 00:24:15,789
- This thing,
somehow or another,
504
00:24:15,889 --> 00:24:20,460
{\an8}made him
the most famous guy around.
505
00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,395
{\an8}- How you doing?
- Come on.
506
00:24:22,495 --> 00:24:24,464
{\an8}- Puffy became more known.
507
00:24:24,564 --> 00:24:27,467
{\an8}It almost made him,
in a real weird way.
508
00:24:27,567 --> 00:24:29,169
{\an8}Yeah.
509
00:24:29,269 --> 00:24:30,670
{\an8}- I just wish that everyone
510
00:24:30,770 --> 00:24:33,740
{\an8}would just admit
their mistakes,
511
00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:35,775
{\an8}live up
to their responsibilities.
512
00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:37,677
{\an8}- He wasn't criminally charged,
513
00:24:37,777 --> 00:24:39,913
{\an8}but there were lawsuits
that he had to deal with.
514
00:24:40,013 --> 00:24:43,049
{\an8}- Those families are asking
a judge to decide fault
515
00:24:43,149 --> 00:24:44,784
and award a penalty.
516
00:24:44,884 --> 00:24:47,120
- When my mother
was in litigation
517
00:24:47,220 --> 00:24:48,555
with the other families,
518
00:24:48,655 --> 00:24:50,423
then the details
start coming out.
519
00:24:50,523 --> 00:24:52,492
You promoted this event.
520
00:24:52,592 --> 00:24:54,661
You didn't hire
enough security.
521
00:24:54,761 --> 00:24:56,796
You oversold the tickets.
522
00:24:56,896 --> 00:24:59,666
Someone took the money,
ran down the stairs,
523
00:24:59,766 --> 00:25:01,167
and shut the door.
524
00:25:01,267 --> 00:25:03,803
♪ ♪
525
00:25:03,903 --> 00:25:06,639
We was in litigation
with this for six years.
526
00:25:06,740 --> 00:25:09,576
So now his music
is doing well.
527
00:25:09,676 --> 00:25:11,044
[paparazzi shouting]
528
00:25:11,144 --> 00:25:13,046
Sean John is getting
ready to come out.
529
00:25:13,146 --> 00:25:17,150
- This is Sean John, Sean John.
I'm wearing Sean John.
530
00:25:17,250 --> 00:25:19,686
- So he's doing very well.
531
00:25:19,786 --> 00:25:23,656
He calls me
to the BMG building.
532
00:25:23,757 --> 00:25:25,625
You know, it's just me
and him in the office,
533
00:25:25,725 --> 00:25:27,060
and he seemed very nervous.
534
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,730
He seemed so nervous
that his lips turned white.
535
00:25:30,830 --> 00:25:34,167
And he says, Sonny, I'm going
to offer you $50,000.
536
00:25:36,169 --> 00:25:38,338
So I remember looking
around the office,
537
00:25:38,438 --> 00:25:40,840
and I'm seeing all these
plaques now on the wall--
538
00:25:40,940 --> 00:25:42,909
platinum plaques, gold plaques.
539
00:25:43,009 --> 00:25:45,211
I said, brother,
you got all this going on,
540
00:25:45,311 --> 00:25:48,748
and you offering me $50,000?
541
00:25:48,848 --> 00:25:51,051
- He says, Sonny, man,
listen, man, you know,
542
00:25:51,151 --> 00:25:52,552
that's real generous.
543
00:25:52,652 --> 00:25:54,187
That's a generous donation.
544
00:25:54,287 --> 00:25:56,990
And I lost it.
545
00:25:57,090 --> 00:26:00,527
I said, is Sonya
your fucking friend?
546
00:26:00,627 --> 00:26:03,496
You offer me $50,000...
547
00:26:03,596 --> 00:26:06,132
and you gave Sonya the ticket
548
00:26:06,232 --> 00:26:08,568
to go to that event?
549
00:26:08,668 --> 00:26:10,837
That was a slap in my face.
550
00:26:10,937 --> 00:26:12,972
I don't want to talk money.
551
00:26:13,073 --> 00:26:16,843
I want you to help me do
something in their memory.
552
00:26:16,943 --> 00:26:20,480
I said, but is Sonya
your friend?
553
00:26:20,580 --> 00:26:22,816
He wouldn't answer me.
554
00:26:23,917 --> 00:26:27,120
So I go out.
I go out the room.
555
00:26:27,220 --> 00:26:28,988
So now I'm conflicted.
556
00:26:29,089 --> 00:26:31,691
Maybe you should take it,
and maybe he'll work with you
557
00:26:31,791 --> 00:26:34,694
and help you
with the foundation.
558
00:26:34,794 --> 00:26:36,863
So I go back in the office.
559
00:26:36,963 --> 00:26:39,099
I said, listen, man,
I don't want you bringing up
560
00:26:39,199 --> 00:26:43,203
money and Sonya
in the same sentence.
561
00:26:43,303 --> 00:26:45,005
I said, $50,000?
562
00:26:45,105 --> 00:26:47,741
He said, Sonny, please,
man, trust me, man.
563
00:26:47,841 --> 00:26:50,910
It's a good donation.
564
00:26:55,749 --> 00:26:58,184
I reluctantly did it.
565
00:27:04,791 --> 00:27:06,793
- All families settled
566
00:27:06,893 --> 00:27:10,263
and were giving
a settlement amount.
567
00:27:11,731 --> 00:27:14,668
{\an8}We got $40,000
568
00:27:14,768 --> 00:27:17,237
{\an8}from Sean Combs directly.
569
00:27:17,337 --> 00:27:18,872
[paparazzi shouting]
570
00:27:18,972 --> 00:27:21,941
But he never owned up
to it, never--
571
00:27:22,042 --> 00:27:24,277
never just said, I apologize.
572
00:27:24,377 --> 00:27:27,881
There's a clip of him saying
that it wasn't overbooked.
573
00:27:27,981 --> 00:27:30,784
- You know, we sold tickets,
but we didn't outsell.
574
00:27:30,884 --> 00:27:32,686
The place--it wasn't sold out.
575
00:27:32,786 --> 00:27:34,988
- That's a blatant lie.
576
00:27:35,088 --> 00:27:38,024
[paparazzi shouting,
people screaming]
577
00:27:38,124 --> 00:27:40,660
His image is important
for him.
578
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,863
The lies go back
to City College.
579
00:27:43,963 --> 00:27:45,699
- Everything I do every day,
580
00:27:45,799 --> 00:27:48,935
I try to be a shining example
of hard work
581
00:27:49,035 --> 00:27:50,804
and what you get
if you work hard.
582
00:27:50,904 --> 00:27:53,206
- Had someone
found him accountable,
583
00:27:53,306 --> 00:27:55,508
it may have just slowed down
the process
584
00:27:55,608 --> 00:27:59,713
of all the other things that
happened to other people.
585
00:27:59,813 --> 00:28:01,514
{\an8}- Here with Al B. Sure!
586
00:28:01,614 --> 00:28:04,050
{\an8}Mr. Al B., I'm getting a lot
of letters about you, man,
587
00:28:04,150 --> 00:28:06,086
{\an8}a lot of ladies
out there watching.
588
00:28:06,186 --> 00:28:08,254
And they want to see,
what's behind those glasses?
589
00:28:08,355 --> 00:28:09,856
[laughter]
590
00:28:09,956 --> 00:28:12,592
- Before Sean was an intern,
591
00:28:12,692 --> 00:28:15,695
I met a woman, Kimberly.
592
00:28:15,795 --> 00:28:18,765
One day, I was backstage,
593
00:28:18,865 --> 00:28:19,899
Madison Square Garden.
594
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,802
And the first time I laid eyes
595
00:28:22,902 --> 00:28:25,338
{\an8}on Kimberly Antwinette...
596
00:28:25,438 --> 00:28:28,375
{\an8}Porter...
597
00:28:28,475 --> 00:28:30,343
{\an8}we met.
598
00:28:30,443 --> 00:28:31,878
[softly]
That was it.
599
00:28:31,978 --> 00:28:33,947
[normal voice]
Yo, I swear.
600
00:28:34,047 --> 00:28:36,750
[laughs] I still feel like
a little kid when I remember.
601
00:28:36,850 --> 00:28:38,218
That's crazy.
602
00:28:39,953 --> 00:28:42,222
We had a son, Quincy.
603
00:28:42,322 --> 00:28:46,159
{\an8}- Al had influence in getting
Kim a job at Uptown,
604
00:28:46,259 --> 00:28:50,063
{\an8}and Kim became
the receptionist.
605
00:28:50,163 --> 00:28:52,999
- At one point, I was
working on K-Ci & JoJo
606
00:28:53,099 --> 00:28:54,367
on one of the soundtracks.
607
00:28:54,467 --> 00:28:55,969
Sean came by the studio.
608
00:28:56,069 --> 00:28:58,004
I believe
he may have been with...
609
00:28:58,104 --> 00:29:01,141
his significant other
at the time, who was Misa.
610
00:29:01,241 --> 00:29:03,476
♪ ♪
611
00:29:03,576 --> 00:29:06,279
And I was in the studio with...
612
00:29:06,379 --> 00:29:07,981
Kimberly.
613
00:29:08,081 --> 00:29:10,183
And we had the baby with us
at that point, I think,
614
00:29:10,283 --> 00:29:12,919
and we were--
I was at the mixing board.
615
00:29:13,019 --> 00:29:16,122
He walked into the studio,
and he looked over,
616
00:29:16,222 --> 00:29:20,193
and he saw
this really beautiful girl.
617
00:29:20,293 --> 00:29:24,364
And she was holding
this really beautiful baby.
618
00:29:24,464 --> 00:29:28,902
And he said, hey, man...
619
00:29:29,002 --> 00:29:32,072
I wish I had a beautiful girl
like that.
620
00:29:34,007 --> 00:29:37,744
I was like, uh, you do.
621
00:29:37,844 --> 00:29:39,779
It's Misa.
622
00:29:39,879 --> 00:29:43,383
- It was love at first sight
623
00:29:43,483 --> 00:29:45,985
with Sean seeing Kim.
624
00:29:46,086 --> 00:29:48,722
It was a "stop you
in your tracks" moment,
625
00:29:48,822 --> 00:29:50,890
a "oh, my God" moment,
626
00:29:50,990 --> 00:29:53,393
"I got to have her" moment.
627
00:29:53,493 --> 00:29:55,495
And...
628
00:29:55,595 --> 00:29:58,865
he gets what he wants.
629
00:29:58,965 --> 00:30:00,867
The whole staff
watched it happen.
630
00:30:00,967 --> 00:30:02,335
Sean had no shame
in his aggression
631
00:30:02,435 --> 00:30:05,605
towards Kim and his approach
to her--no shame.
632
00:30:05,705 --> 00:30:08,775
Just like, this is the girl.
You're going to be my girl.
633
00:30:08,875 --> 00:30:11,511
You might not know it yet,
but...
634
00:30:11,611 --> 00:30:13,880
- Listen, there's an OG rule.
635
00:30:13,980 --> 00:30:16,783
If you my brother
and you and your wife--
636
00:30:16,883 --> 00:30:18,785
if something happens...
637
00:30:18,885 --> 00:30:20,887
she's off-limits.
638
00:30:20,987 --> 00:30:24,791
- Sean! Sean, this way!
[person shouts]
639
00:30:24,891 --> 00:30:28,328
{\an8}- They dated off and on
for years...
640
00:30:28,428 --> 00:30:33,466
always on in his mind
and never off.
641
00:30:33,566 --> 00:30:37,003
Puff was sick with her.
642
00:30:37,103 --> 00:30:39,005
No matter who he dealt with
643
00:30:39,105 --> 00:30:42,942
or who he had over...
644
00:30:43,043 --> 00:30:46,112
he always ran back to Kim.
645
00:30:46,212 --> 00:30:50,750
{\an8}- I have a photo of Sean
and Kim Porter
646
00:30:50,850 --> 00:30:52,919
{\an8}in Paris Fashion Week,
647
00:30:53,019 --> 00:30:55,121
Kim and I on the yacht
in Saint-Tropez.
648
00:30:55,221 --> 00:30:58,291
He would fly glam out
to even, like, vacations,
649
00:30:58,391 --> 00:31:01,895
because we had to make sure
Kim Porter looked perfect.
650
00:31:01,995 --> 00:31:04,364
And he had to look perfect.
651
00:31:04,464 --> 00:31:06,132
Kim was from Georgia.
652
00:31:06,232 --> 00:31:10,070
She wasn't this glam girl
that the world perceived.
653
00:31:10,170 --> 00:31:12,372
We made her glam.
654
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:15,775
She was his arm candy.
655
00:31:15,875 --> 00:31:18,011
♪ ♪
656
00:31:18,111 --> 00:31:21,915
- It seems that Diddy
ended up adopting Quincy
657
00:31:22,015 --> 00:31:24,050
and raising Quincy as his own.
658
00:31:24,150 --> 00:31:26,286
- I'm here as his father to...
659
00:31:26,386 --> 00:31:30,090
you know, to raise him
and give him advice.
660
00:31:30,190 --> 00:31:33,893
{\an8}- I have to keep in mind
that...
661
00:31:33,993 --> 00:31:36,296
{\an8}what people were fed
662
00:31:36,396 --> 00:31:41,034
in this propaganda against me
over the years,
663
00:31:41,134 --> 00:31:43,470
about, oh, Puffy did this
and adopted your kid
664
00:31:43,570 --> 00:31:45,005
and adopted this--
665
00:31:45,105 --> 00:31:48,041
there's no adoption, none.
666
00:31:48,141 --> 00:31:51,077
There's no letter to my father
and all that.
667
00:31:51,177 --> 00:31:53,747
All crafted by a publicist.
668
00:31:53,847 --> 00:31:58,518
And if you haven't noticed,
his name is still Brown.
669
00:31:58,618 --> 00:32:01,287
People thought I was absent
and things of that nature.
670
00:32:01,388 --> 00:32:04,424
It was basically instructed
by Kimberly.
671
00:32:04,524 --> 00:32:07,227
♪ ♪
672
00:32:07,327 --> 00:32:11,197
I was told that Puffy
wasn't too happy about anyone
673
00:32:11,297 --> 00:32:13,433
who had a relationship
with Kimberly.
674
00:32:13,533 --> 00:32:15,468
♪ ♪
675
00:32:15,568 --> 00:32:19,339
I was very much under--listen,
you promise on our son's life,
676
00:32:19,439 --> 00:32:21,307
you know, just stay
out of the way.
677
00:32:21,408 --> 00:32:24,077
Don't do this.
Don't get involved.
678
00:32:24,177 --> 00:32:26,179
Being told, please,
679
00:32:26,279 --> 00:32:28,081
don't do that tough-guy
Mount Vernon shit.
680
00:32:28,181 --> 00:32:29,849
You will get killed.
681
00:32:29,949 --> 00:32:32,252
♪ ♪
682
00:32:36,322 --> 00:32:38,291
- Kimberly said,
don't do this.
683
00:32:38,391 --> 00:32:40,927
Don't get involved.
You will get killed.
684
00:32:41,027 --> 00:32:45,432
{\an8}Even to the point
where I remember...
685
00:32:45,532 --> 00:32:47,867
{\an8}Oof, I can't.
686
00:32:47,967 --> 00:32:50,837
[dramatic music]
687
00:32:50,937 --> 00:32:54,074
♪ ♪
688
00:32:54,174 --> 00:32:56,242
[grunts softly]
689
00:32:56,343 --> 00:32:59,312
Yeah, man,
I can't go into that.
690
00:32:59,412 --> 00:33:01,548
There's legal proceedings
going on right now,
691
00:33:01,648 --> 00:33:03,283
so this will be...
692
00:33:03,383 --> 00:33:06,186
But, yeah, I will share that
at some point,
693
00:33:06,286 --> 00:33:10,857
but, yeah, this--
it's part of evidence.
694
00:33:10,957 --> 00:33:12,792
And...
695
00:33:12,892 --> 00:33:16,496
I'm going to have to refrain
from this part of this--
696
00:33:16,596 --> 00:33:17,997
this segment.
697
00:33:18,098 --> 00:33:20,400
♪ ♪
698
00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:24,537
Let's just say,
you got to listen to Kimberly
699
00:33:26,339 --> 00:33:30,377
Because not only
was she trying to save me...
700
00:33:30,477 --> 00:33:32,312
she was putting
her own life in danger.
701
00:33:32,412 --> 00:33:34,447
[indistinct chatter]
- Sean!
702
00:33:34,547 --> 00:33:37,317
- Sean, right here, please.
Sean, right here.
703
00:33:41,054 --> 00:33:43,189
{\an8}- One time
I was called on the phone
704
00:33:43,289 --> 00:33:45,892
{\an8}to rush over
to St. Luke's Hospital.
705
00:33:45,992 --> 00:33:48,395
She looked like she was
bruised and stuff like that.
706
00:33:48,495 --> 00:33:50,964
But she wasn't saying
much of nothing.
707
00:33:51,064 --> 00:33:53,400
♪ ♪
708
00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:57,270
- I have a victim
who I now represent.
709
00:33:57,370 --> 00:33:59,539
{\an8}She alleges that she also saw
710
00:33:59,639 --> 00:34:01,107
{\an8}acts of violence
711
00:34:01,207 --> 00:34:02,542
{\an8}with regard to Kim Porter.
712
00:34:04,210 --> 00:34:06,579
She was horrified.
713
00:34:08,715 --> 00:34:10,150
It was appalling.
714
00:34:10,250 --> 00:34:14,054
She was threatened
into not reporting it.
715
00:34:14,154 --> 00:34:16,456
[paparazzi shouting]
716
00:34:16,556 --> 00:34:18,291
- Every time I went somewhere
with them,
717
00:34:18,391 --> 00:34:20,760
it'd be, like,
a presidential suite.
718
00:34:20,860 --> 00:34:22,462
But see, if I'm outside
719
00:34:22,562 --> 00:34:25,398
because I got to watch the door
at a certain time,
720
00:34:25,498 --> 00:34:27,600
Kim might come out the room.
721
00:34:27,701 --> 00:34:30,970
And, like, she'll be in her
robe or something like that.
722
00:34:31,071 --> 00:34:32,639
And you could tell that she--
723
00:34:32,739 --> 00:34:35,642
he may have been roughing--
I'd be like, yo, you all right?
724
00:34:35,742 --> 00:34:38,378
He play too much.
725
00:34:44,217 --> 00:34:47,220
- There were whispers maybe
726
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:51,091
{\an8}of things that were happening
behind the scenes.
727
00:34:51,191 --> 00:34:53,193
[paparazzi shouting]
728
00:34:53,293 --> 00:34:54,627
- Thanks a lot.
729
00:34:54,728 --> 00:34:58,098
- There was
a little blip of coverage
730
00:34:58,198 --> 00:35:00,000
but nothing beyond that.
731
00:35:00,100 --> 00:35:01,768
- Make some noise.
732
00:35:01,868 --> 00:35:04,104
- By that time, Sean--
733
00:35:04,204 --> 00:35:06,139
probably one
of the hardest-working
734
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:07,374
up-and-coming executives.
735
00:35:07,474 --> 00:35:09,376
- And I work, like,
20 hours a day.
736
00:35:09,476 --> 00:35:12,412
And I feel
as a young Black man,
737
00:35:12,512 --> 00:35:15,281
anything I put my mind to,
I can do.
738
00:35:15,382 --> 00:35:18,551
{\an8}- He worked his way from intern
to the director of A&R
739
00:35:18,651 --> 00:35:22,422
{\an8}in the space of about a year
or a year and a half.
740
00:35:22,522 --> 00:35:25,692
- That was the person
at the label
741
00:35:25,792 --> 00:35:29,129
who was responsible
for signing new artists
742
00:35:29,229 --> 00:35:30,497
to the record label.
743
00:35:30,597 --> 00:35:34,300
- I never knew I would be here,
but, you know, I'm grateful,
744
00:35:34,401 --> 00:35:36,336
and, you know,
I'm definitely honored.
745
00:35:36,436 --> 00:35:38,338
- You had the keys
to the kingdom.
746
00:35:38,438 --> 00:35:42,042
Like, you were able to say
what was hot.
747
00:35:42,142 --> 00:35:43,309
You were able to say,
748
00:35:43,410 --> 00:35:44,644
that's going to be
the next big artist.
749
00:35:44,744 --> 00:35:48,148
And you had that power
really to put somebody on.
750
00:35:48,248 --> 00:35:49,716
And after that,
751
00:35:49,816 --> 00:35:53,553
he launches his own
record label, Bad Boy.
752
00:35:53,653 --> 00:35:55,488
{\an8}- This is it,
Bad Boy Entertainment.
753
00:35:55,588 --> 00:35:57,590
{\an8}- Bad Boy Entertainment,
no doubt.
754
00:35:57,691 --> 00:35:59,693
{\an8}- Totally, totally familiar, totally.
755
00:35:59,793 --> 00:36:02,662
{\an8}This is a brand-new start
at a brand-new label,
756
00:36:02,762 --> 00:36:04,297
{\an8}brand-new money.
757
00:36:04,397 --> 00:36:07,667
{\an8}So, at Uptown, Sean left,
758
00:36:07,767 --> 00:36:11,471
{\an8}and the founder of Uptown
gave me Sean's workload,
759
00:36:11,571 --> 00:36:13,640
{\an8}along with the workload
I already had.
760
00:36:13,740 --> 00:36:17,277
At night, I'm inheriting
his workload.
761
00:36:17,377 --> 00:36:19,846
And he's inheriting
a new label.
762
00:36:19,946 --> 00:36:20,947
It's crazy.
763
00:36:21,047 --> 00:36:24,184
- Diddy looked at hip-hop
in a very different way.
764
00:36:24,284 --> 00:36:26,519
People felt
that it had to be gritty
765
00:36:26,619 --> 00:36:29,189
and very tied to the streets.
766
00:36:29,289 --> 00:36:31,091
But in Diddy's mind...
767
00:36:31,191 --> 00:36:33,827
[cheering, paparazzi shouting]
768
00:36:33,927 --> 00:36:37,364
Why can't hip-hop be you
driving around in a Bentley?
769
00:36:37,464 --> 00:36:40,433
Why can't hip-hop be
having Rolexes,
770
00:36:40,533 --> 00:36:43,303
having mansions, and living
that kind of high life?
771
00:36:43,403 --> 00:36:45,605
[paparazzi shouting]
772
00:36:45,705 --> 00:36:48,675
- It's this shiny-suit era,
this glossy era.
773
00:36:48,775 --> 00:36:51,845
It's all about spending
and making money.
774
00:36:51,945 --> 00:36:53,513
He had just come out
775
00:36:53,613 --> 00:36:56,783
with the Notorious B.I.G.,
Craig Mack.
776
00:36:56,883 --> 00:37:01,654
He had a heavy-hitter roster
in hip-hop.
777
00:37:01,755 --> 00:37:04,691
- That's the beginning
of Sean's ending,
778
00:37:04,791 --> 00:37:08,661
because he was given way more
than your average rapper,
779
00:37:08,762 --> 00:37:12,499
an average inner-city
Black industry person.
780
00:37:12,599 --> 00:37:15,201
- I'm from Harlem, young man
from Harlem, New York.
781
00:37:15,301 --> 00:37:17,337
This is crazy right here.
782
00:37:17,437 --> 00:37:19,773
I'm reaching big.
I'm going for the big-time.
783
00:37:19,873 --> 00:37:22,242
I'm trying to have my name
in lights one day, baby.
784
00:37:22,342 --> 00:37:23,510
- Here's Sean and I.
785
00:37:23,610 --> 00:37:27,313
That's when he was
a brand-new millionaire.
786
00:37:27,414 --> 00:37:30,450
Around that time, he showed me
a check for $60 million,
787
00:37:30,550 --> 00:37:32,152
and I couldn't believe it.
788
00:37:32,252 --> 00:37:34,421
{\an8}- Puffy was able to negotiate
789
00:37:34,521 --> 00:37:37,390
{\an8}a $55 million advance,
790
00:37:37,490 --> 00:37:40,493
{\an8}reportedly, from Clive Davis.
791
00:37:41,561 --> 00:37:44,464
- It was a check,
and it was crumbled up.
792
00:37:44,564 --> 00:37:46,599
And he has that Kool-Aid look
on his mouth.
793
00:37:46,700 --> 00:37:48,601
He licked his lips and said,
794
00:37:48,702 --> 00:37:50,737
yeah, I'm about to turn
this shit on--watch.
795
00:37:50,837 --> 00:37:52,839
He was rubbing elbows
with Tommy Hilfiger.
796
00:37:52,939 --> 00:37:55,442
He was on the top 10
of the record charts.
797
00:37:55,542 --> 00:37:57,277
He's known worldwide.
798
00:37:57,377 --> 00:37:59,512
He's probably one
799
00:37:59,612 --> 00:38:02,482
of the most photographed
Black men in history.
800
00:38:02,582 --> 00:38:04,884
And he's not even
25 years old yet.
801
00:38:04,984 --> 00:38:06,419
And this wasn't, like,
802
00:38:06,519 --> 00:38:08,355
his first and last
million-dollar check.
803
00:38:08,455 --> 00:38:09,789
This was the first of many.
804
00:38:09,889 --> 00:38:14,361
But now Sean is the 1%
of the 1% of the 1%
805
00:38:14,461 --> 00:38:16,396
of the 1% in the Black world.
806
00:38:16,496 --> 00:38:18,865
I ain't never met
nobody this rich,
807
00:38:18,965 --> 00:38:20,734
and this is Sean.
808
00:38:20,834 --> 00:38:24,604
What does that do to a person?
I can only imagine.
809
00:38:26,306 --> 00:38:29,809
[line trilling]
810
00:38:29,909 --> 00:38:31,344
[line beeps]
811
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:49,763
♪ ♪
812
00:39:09,482 --> 00:39:12,652
{\an8}- It's been taking me
fucking ever
813
00:39:12,752 --> 00:39:17,724
{\an8}to get back to my exact tone
of not giving a fuck.
814
00:39:24,397 --> 00:39:26,599
{\an8}- You got me acting crazy.
815
00:39:28,868 --> 00:39:30,737
- I can show y'all
how we have fun
816
00:39:30,837 --> 00:39:33,640
and stay out of jail, too,
and make money.
817
00:39:40,580 --> 00:39:42,582
- ♪ It just don't stop ♪
818
00:39:42,682 --> 00:39:44,884
♪ Sunup to sundown,
my people get it ♪
819
00:39:44,984 --> 00:39:46,753
♪ Distressed jeans,
Timb boots ♪
820
00:39:46,853 --> 00:39:49,022
♪ And a Yankee fitted,
the way the chain hang... ♪
821
00:40:15,782 --> 00:40:18,485
- The one, the only,
Mr. Can't Stop, Won't Stop,
822
00:40:18,585 --> 00:40:20,787
{\an8}Mr. Combs!
823
00:40:36,002 --> 00:40:38,872
- I was going to do
whatever it took
824
00:40:38,972 --> 00:40:41,908
to be successful
in the industry.
825
00:40:42,008 --> 00:40:44,411
- To Puff,
image was his livelihood.
826
00:40:44,511 --> 00:40:46,546
[indistinct chatter]
827
00:40:46,646 --> 00:40:48,014
- Excuse me,
excuse me, excuse me.
828
00:40:48,114 --> 00:40:51,785
{\an8}- He felt like that, in order
for him to have this image,
829
00:40:51,885 --> 00:40:54,354
{\an8}you have to be
larger than life.
830
00:40:54,454 --> 00:40:58,925
{\an8}And he thought that if people
fear him, they respect him.
831
00:40:59,025 --> 00:41:00,627
{\an8}- Nobody's shooting me.
Nobody's shooting me.
832
00:41:00,727 --> 00:41:02,395
{\an8}Nobody's shooting me.
833
00:41:02,495 --> 00:41:04,631
{\an8}There's three shooters to make
sure somebody is shooting me.
834
00:41:04,731 --> 00:41:06,599
{\an8}You got me acting crazy
in front of all these people.
835
00:41:06,700 --> 00:41:08,101
{\an8}JJ, you got me acting crazy.
836
00:41:12,972 --> 00:41:14,941
- Disney paying a lot
for this motherfucking art
837
00:41:15,041 --> 00:41:17,110
{\an8}I'm going to give them--
fuck that.
838
00:41:22,282 --> 00:41:25,385
{\an8}- Right now.
Nah...
839
00:41:25,485 --> 00:41:30,457
{\an8}- I worked with Diddy
on MTV's 'Making the Band 2."
840
00:41:30,557 --> 00:41:33,326
When he got angry
with one of my band members,
841
00:41:33,426 --> 00:41:36,062
he said, you make me so mad,
I want to eat your flesh.
842
00:41:36,162 --> 00:41:38,064
And then he said to another one
of my band members--
843
00:41:38,164 --> 00:41:40,300
he said, you rolling
your eyes and everyt--
844
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,769
you know, I could go get
a crackhead and pay them $20
845
00:41:42,869 --> 00:41:44,637
to smack the shit out of you.
846
00:41:44,738 --> 00:41:47,173
Who says that?
That's crazy.
847
00:41:47,273 --> 00:41:49,576
[dramatic music]
848
00:41:49,676 --> 00:41:51,578
- We're in the studio.
849
00:41:51,678 --> 00:41:53,646
You know, he had said
some stuff about the band.
850
00:41:53,747 --> 00:41:58,018
And Puff said, they going
to keep fucking around with me,
851
00:41:58,118 --> 00:42:00,153
and I'm going to drug
they ass out
852
00:42:00,253 --> 00:42:02,055
and pimp them out to my niggas.
853
00:42:03,923 --> 00:42:06,659
And I said, nigga, them
is somebody's daughters.
854
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:08,528
What the fuck is
you talking about?
855
00:42:08,628 --> 00:42:11,531
♪ ♪
856
00:42:11,631 --> 00:42:13,967
I seen him cuss at his mother
at one time.
857
00:42:15,669 --> 00:42:17,003
She gets in the car,
858
00:42:17,103 --> 00:42:19,472
and she was trying
to tell him something.
859
00:42:19,572 --> 00:42:20,640
He said, didn't I tell you
860
00:42:20,740 --> 00:42:22,776
to stay out
my motherfucking business?
861
00:42:22,876 --> 00:42:24,878
And I said, motherfucker,
you don't talk
862
00:42:24,978 --> 00:42:26,579
to your mother like that.
863
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:28,014
You apologize to her.
864
00:42:28,114 --> 00:42:29,916
You ain't going to bring
nothing but bad luck--
865
00:42:30,016 --> 00:42:32,085
But, Gene, Gene,
I told her to stay--
866
00:42:32,185 --> 00:42:34,254
You wouldn't have
no motherfucking business
867
00:42:34,354 --> 00:42:35,822
if it wasn't for her.
868
00:42:35,922 --> 00:42:38,258
And that's what
our conversation was.
869
00:42:38,358 --> 00:42:40,960
Now, apologize to her.
870
00:42:41,061 --> 00:42:45,165
- Fast forward to actually
making the band,
871
00:42:45,265 --> 00:42:46,666
and he said--
872
00:42:46,766 --> 00:42:49,669
- I want me a piece
of cheesecake.
873
00:42:49,769 --> 00:42:51,104
{\an8}- When you're watching it,
874
00:42:51,204 --> 00:42:53,106
{\an8}you're like, yeah,
go get a slice of cheesecake.
875
00:42:53,206 --> 00:42:55,108
{\an8}Like, you want this.
You got to want it that bad.
876
00:42:55,208 --> 00:42:58,078
{\an8}- Puffy just told us to go
to the store in Brooklyn
877
00:42:58,178 --> 00:43:00,547
{\an8}and bring him back
a cheesecake and walk.
878
00:43:00,647 --> 00:43:02,015
{\an8}- Say what?
879
00:43:02,115 --> 00:43:06,419
{\an8}- People looked at that like,
yo, this dude is crazy.
880
00:43:06,519 --> 00:43:09,589
{\an8}- We walked for eight hours
over the Brooklyn Bridge.
881
00:43:09,689 --> 00:43:11,958
We went from Manhattan
to Brooklyn, walking.
882
00:43:12,058 --> 00:43:14,694
And so I'm doing that stuff
because I'm like,
883
00:43:14,794 --> 00:43:16,763
I ain't going to go home.
884
00:43:16,863 --> 00:43:19,132
This is what
I've been working for.
885
00:44:29,469 --> 00:44:30,637
{\an8}- I was a part of a group
886
00:44:30,737 --> 00:44:31,905
{\an8}before, you know,
887
00:44:32,005 --> 00:44:33,139
{\an8}but this is a whole different
888
00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:35,041
level of awesomeness
right here.
889
00:44:35,141 --> 00:44:36,343
But you know what?
It feels good.
890
00:44:36,443 --> 00:44:39,679
I always--like Puff says, it
feels good to work with a team.
891
00:44:39,779 --> 00:44:40,914
I'm better with a team.
892
00:44:41,014 --> 00:44:43,116
And these people make me
better, and I just feel like--
893
00:44:43,216 --> 00:44:45,719
{\an8}- Dawn Richard was selected
to be in the band Danity Kane.
894
00:44:45,819 --> 00:44:47,487
[indistinct shouting]
895
00:44:47,587 --> 00:44:51,758
Later, she was in a second band
that Sean Combs produced,
896
00:44:51,858 --> 00:44:53,193
called Diddy - Dirty Money.
897
00:44:53,293 --> 00:44:55,995
- It feels good and to be here
and have y'all see
898
00:44:56,096 --> 00:44:58,231
how great we really are
and what we could be.
899
00:44:58,331 --> 00:45:00,400
- What people don't know
is behind the scenes,
900
00:45:00,500 --> 00:45:02,869
she was denied food.
901
00:45:02,969 --> 00:45:04,871
She was denied water.
902
00:45:04,971 --> 00:45:07,207
She was denied sleep.
903
00:45:07,307 --> 00:45:11,978
Dawn Richard is alleging that
Sean Combs threatened her...
904
00:45:12,078 --> 00:45:14,881
♪ ♪
905
00:45:14,981 --> 00:45:16,850
That he committed acts
of violence.
906
00:45:16,950 --> 00:45:18,985
- Get the fuck up, B, for real.
907
00:45:19,085 --> 00:45:21,087
- He would throw things
across the room--
908
00:45:21,187 --> 00:45:23,890
furniture,
studio equipment, laptops.
909
00:45:23,990 --> 00:45:25,725
He had a lot
of angry outbursts.
910
00:45:25,825 --> 00:45:28,128
- Damn.
- Cool.
911
00:45:28,228 --> 00:45:30,030
- He sexually assaulted her
912
00:45:30,130 --> 00:45:32,132
by groping and grabbing
parts of her body.
913
00:45:32,232 --> 00:45:34,834
And she witnessed
other women being groped
914
00:45:34,934 --> 00:45:36,936
and grabbed in front of her.
915
00:45:37,037 --> 00:45:39,139
If this is what the man
does in public,
916
00:45:39,239 --> 00:45:42,042
we can only imagine
what he does in private.
917
00:45:51,151 --> 00:45:52,852
{\an8}- Honestly, I didn't want to
be around him
918
00:45:52,952 --> 00:45:54,054
{\an8}unless there was cameras,
919
00:45:54,154 --> 00:45:56,056
{\an8}because
after that one incident,
920
00:45:56,156 --> 00:45:58,191
{\an8}which was very inappropriate...
921
00:46:04,264 --> 00:46:08,868
- Well, the incident--
basically, I was by myself.
922
00:46:08,968 --> 00:46:12,372
And I was...
923
00:46:12,472 --> 00:46:13,973
[scoffs]
924
00:46:14,074 --> 00:46:18,044
This is hard to talk about,
like, about this.
925
00:46:18,144 --> 00:46:24,217
♪ ♪
926
00:46:29,823 --> 00:46:32,325
[dramatic music]
927
00:46:32,425 --> 00:46:36,730
{\an8}- Well, the incident--
basically, I was by myself.
928
00:46:36,830 --> 00:46:39,399
{\an8}And I was...
929
00:46:39,499 --> 00:46:42,936
Well, he touched me in a place
that he shouldn't have.
930
00:46:43,036 --> 00:46:45,438
That was inappropriate.
931
00:46:45,538 --> 00:46:48,274
And I felt...
932
00:46:48,375 --> 00:46:49,442
I felt intimidated.
933
00:46:49,542 --> 00:46:52,912
I felt like, oh, my God, what
the heck happened just now?
934
00:46:54,214 --> 00:46:55,215
[sniffles]
935
00:46:55,315 --> 00:46:58,151
[crying]
I'm trying not to cry.
936
00:46:58,251 --> 00:47:00,186
I'm definitely nervous...
937
00:47:03,523 --> 00:47:07,327
Because like I said, I haven't
said anything for so long.
938
00:47:07,427 --> 00:47:08,962
And it's built up.
939
00:47:09,062 --> 00:47:12,932
It's been 20 years of going
through my mind, like...
940
00:47:13,033 --> 00:47:15,935
this has happened, that's
happened, this was stopped--
941
00:47:16,036 --> 00:47:18,505
mentally, like...
942
00:47:18,605 --> 00:47:20,106
draining.
943
00:47:20,206 --> 00:47:27,213
♪ ♪
944
00:47:29,149 --> 00:47:30,917
{\an8}- For a victim
of sexual assault
945
00:47:31,017 --> 00:47:32,852
{\an8}by a high-profile predator,
946
00:47:32,952 --> 00:47:35,221
{\an8}everything changes
when they come forward.
947
00:47:35,321 --> 00:47:37,290
{\an8}They're no longer known
for their own work,
948
00:47:37,390 --> 00:47:40,493
{\an8}their own accomplishments,
their own hopes and dreams.
949
00:47:40,593 --> 00:47:42,162
{\an8}They're just known in the media
950
00:47:42,262 --> 00:47:44,264
as the woman
who accuses this guy.
951
00:47:44,364 --> 00:47:47,033
And particularly, I think,
in the music industry,
952
00:47:47,133 --> 00:47:49,302
there's a lot of retribution.
953
00:47:49,402 --> 00:47:52,172
Who thinks
that they can fight somebody
954
00:47:52,272 --> 00:47:53,940
with that kind
of wealth, power?
955
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:56,242
I think each person
has to make the calculation
956
00:47:56,343 --> 00:47:59,245
in her own mind--
is it worth coming forward?
957
00:47:59,346 --> 00:48:03,116
And everybody said, heck, no,
it's not worth it.
958
00:48:03,216 --> 00:48:05,518
I'm not doing this.
959
00:48:05,618 --> 00:48:09,222
[hip-hop music]
960
00:48:09,322 --> 00:48:11,891
- I met Puffy
on Howard's campus.
961
00:48:11,991 --> 00:48:15,028
{\an8}I only got back in touch
with him years after,
962
00:48:15,128 --> 00:48:16,863
when he was starting this
production team
963
00:48:16,963 --> 00:48:18,231
called The Hitmen.
964
00:48:18,331 --> 00:48:21,034
It was told to the staff that
Puff was throwing a party
965
00:48:21,134 --> 00:48:22,268
at the Hamptons.
966
00:48:22,369 --> 00:48:28,141
♪ ♪
967
00:48:28,241 --> 00:48:30,010
- So I moved
to a new neighborhood,
968
00:48:30,110 --> 00:48:31,277
and they were like, well,
what's this guy doing,
969
00:48:31,378 --> 00:48:32,445
moving here in East Hampton?
970
00:48:32,545 --> 00:48:34,481
And I said, everybody,
come on over.
971
00:48:34,581 --> 00:48:36,316
Come on over to the house
so y'all can get to know me.
972
00:48:36,416 --> 00:48:38,018
Let me invite some
of my friends from Harlem,
973
00:48:38,118 --> 00:48:40,353
from 145th Street.
974
00:48:40,453 --> 00:48:43,857
- I had absolutely no idea
what the Hamptons was about.
975
00:48:43,957 --> 00:48:46,826
[dramatic music]
976
00:48:46,926 --> 00:48:48,595
♪ ♪
977
00:48:48,695 --> 00:48:50,063
We finally get out there.
978
00:48:50,163 --> 00:48:52,365
And I get to see Puffy's house
for the first time.
979
00:48:52,465 --> 00:48:56,069
He has a white mansion,
all-white glass from the back.
980
00:48:56,169 --> 00:48:59,272
And I'm like, wow, this is
for rich folks, you know,
981
00:48:59,372 --> 00:49:00,974
rich white folks
who got money.
982
00:49:01,074 --> 00:49:03,910
So that was different.
983
00:49:04,010 --> 00:49:06,146
- Yeah, I'm just trying
to enjoy life.
984
00:49:06,246 --> 00:49:08,448
This is a celebration of life.
985
00:49:08,548 --> 00:49:10,917
This is the legendary
white party.
986
00:49:11,017 --> 00:49:12,352
This is the real white party.
987
00:49:12,452 --> 00:49:14,354
Let's just start to get
our groove on in little bit.
988
00:49:14,454 --> 00:49:16,923
In an hour, we put
the kids away--it's all good.
989
00:49:17,023 --> 00:49:18,992
All right, DJ, let's hit it.
Let's do it.
990
00:49:19,092 --> 00:49:21,294
[hip-hop music]
991
00:49:21,394 --> 00:49:23,229
- Anybody
from the music industry,
992
00:49:23,329 --> 00:49:24,998
film industry,
movie execs or music execs,
993
00:49:25,098 --> 00:49:27,434
who lived out there,
they were invited as well.
994
00:49:27,534 --> 00:49:30,170
I remember meeting
Donald Trump in the party.
995
00:49:30,270 --> 00:49:31,638
[chuckles]
It was crazy.
996
00:49:31,738 --> 00:49:33,907
♪ ♪
997
00:49:34,007 --> 00:49:35,975
{\an8}- I didn't see anything
inappropriate
998
00:49:36,076 --> 00:49:38,578
{\an8}when I was
at these after-after parties.
999
00:49:38,678 --> 00:49:41,081
♪ ♪
1000
00:49:43,383 --> 00:49:45,318
{\an8}- Uh, I--
1001
00:49:45,418 --> 00:49:48,221
Oof. I'm not going to say
I saw a lot of it.
1002
00:49:48,321 --> 00:49:50,290
It could have been
in another part
1003
00:49:50,390 --> 00:49:52,592
of the sections or the rooms.
1004
00:49:52,692 --> 00:49:56,496
What I saw was some weed,
you know what I mean?
1005
00:49:56,596 --> 00:49:58,264
{\an8}- Why wouldn't it be?
1006
00:49:58,365 --> 00:50:00,433
{\an8}People smoking weed,
people popping pills.
1007
00:50:00,533 --> 00:50:02,135
That's a party.
1008
00:50:02,235 --> 00:50:04,537
- I went to a lot
of Puffy parties in the '90s.
1009
00:50:04,637 --> 00:50:07,140
These were the parties
everybody wanted to go to.
1010
00:50:10,010 --> 00:50:11,277
{\an8}- These were the parties
1011
00:50:11,378 --> 00:50:14,647
{\an8}that you needed
exclusive access to get into.
1012
00:50:14,748 --> 00:50:19,719
{\an8}But these weren't the parties
that people talk about now.
1013
00:50:19,819 --> 00:50:22,455
The after-after party
1014
00:50:22,555 --> 00:50:25,525
was something
that I had heard before,
1015
00:50:25,625 --> 00:50:30,196
that maybe there were orgies
happening.
1016
00:50:30,296 --> 00:50:33,466
[people cheering]
1017
00:50:35,335 --> 00:50:36,469
- After party is something--
1018
00:50:36,569 --> 00:50:38,438
That's common
in the music industry.
1019
00:50:38,538 --> 00:50:41,941
People have after parties...
1020
00:50:42,042 --> 00:50:43,076
but here's the thing.
1021
00:50:43,176 --> 00:50:46,079
Everybody tend to say,
1022
00:50:46,179 --> 00:50:48,014
all of a sudden,
1023
00:50:48,114 --> 00:50:51,184
because it's a white party,
it's a freak-off.
1024
00:50:51,284 --> 00:50:53,219
Like, come on, now.
1025
00:51:04,197 --> 00:51:05,298
I'll be honest with you.
1026
00:51:05,398 --> 00:51:07,167
I had no idea
what a freak-off was
1027
00:51:07,267 --> 00:51:08,468
until I read the allegations.
1028
00:51:15,342 --> 00:51:16,910
{\an8}- People, when they think
of sex trafficking,
1029
00:51:17,010 --> 00:51:19,579
they think of a woman being
dragged across state lines
1030
00:51:19,679 --> 00:51:23,016
for sexual purposes
against her will.
1031
00:51:23,116 --> 00:51:24,517
But in fact, the TVPA,
1032
00:51:24,617 --> 00:51:26,486
the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act,
1033
00:51:26,586 --> 00:51:30,123
talks about people being
enticed...
1034
00:51:30,223 --> 00:51:32,592
recruited...
1035
00:51:32,692 --> 00:51:34,461
or tricked...
1036
00:51:34,561 --> 00:51:38,131
into sexual behavior
or attempted sexual behavior
1037
00:51:38,231 --> 00:51:40,266
for commercial purposes.
1038
00:51:42,369 --> 00:51:44,504
It includes people
in a workplace
1039
00:51:44,604 --> 00:51:47,340
being coerced
into sexual behavior
1040
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:50,243
in order to keep getting
their paycheck.
1041
00:52:20,373 --> 00:52:23,777
{\an8}[dramatic music]
1042
00:52:50,303 --> 00:52:53,673
{\an8}[lively chatter]
1043
00:52:55,275 --> 00:52:58,278
[crowd singing indistinctly]
1044
00:53:12,759 --> 00:53:15,729
{\an8}[indistinct chatter]
1045
00:53:15,829 --> 00:53:20,533
♪ ♪
1046
00:53:20,633 --> 00:53:23,703
[crowd singing indistinctly]
1047
00:53:58,672 --> 00:54:02,609
{\an8}- I mean, if it's true,
then, you know...
1048
00:54:07,714 --> 00:54:10,283
{\an8}I'd be highly disappointed.
1049
00:54:11,918 --> 00:54:14,888
{\an8}- So I've always been asked
the question, why?
1050
00:54:14,988 --> 00:54:17,424
{\an8}And...
1051
00:54:17,524 --> 00:54:21,261
I don't know the answer to why.
1052
00:54:21,361 --> 00:54:25,632
But I truly believe it all
goes back to childhood.
1053
00:54:25,732 --> 00:54:31,171
♪ ♪
1054
00:54:31,271 --> 00:54:32,572
So here's the deal.
1055
00:54:32,672 --> 00:54:35,175
Because Sean had no dad,
1056
00:54:35,275 --> 00:54:38,211
all he had was his mom.
1057
00:54:38,311 --> 00:54:40,680
Sean's house, our house,
1058
00:54:40,780 --> 00:54:43,750
there was always things
going on.
1059
00:54:43,850 --> 00:54:46,453
On the weekend,
you partied in the house,
1060
00:54:46,553 --> 00:54:48,521
and we did that a lot.
1061
00:54:48,621 --> 00:54:51,358
He was around all type
of alcohol.
1062
00:54:51,458 --> 00:54:53,293
He was around reefer smoke.
1063
00:54:53,393 --> 00:54:56,529
He was around drug addicts,
around lesbians,
1064
00:54:56,629 --> 00:54:58,431
around homosexuals.
1065
00:54:58,531 --> 00:54:59,833
He was around pimps
and pushers.
1066
00:54:59,933 --> 00:55:01,768
That was just
who was in our house.
1067
00:55:01,868 --> 00:55:03,670
People that
attended the parties
1068
00:55:03,770 --> 00:55:05,672
were from Harlem
and from the streets.
1069
00:55:05,772 --> 00:55:07,574
{\an8}- I wasn't
at the Janice Combs parties,
1070
00:55:07,674 --> 00:55:09,743
{\an8}but some things I heard.
1071
00:55:09,843 --> 00:55:11,678
She had, like,
a little crew of chicks
1072
00:55:11,778 --> 00:55:13,446
that would come around,
and, you know,
1073
00:55:13,546 --> 00:55:16,449
she made sure...
1074
00:55:16,549 --> 00:55:19,652
everybody was comfortable.
[laughs]
1075
00:55:19,753 --> 00:55:21,888
- At night, it wouldn't be
a thing
1076
00:55:21,988 --> 00:55:25,358
to mistakenly walk
into one of the bedrooms,
1077
00:55:25,458 --> 00:55:27,761
and you got a couple in there
butt-naked.
1078
00:55:29,362 --> 00:55:33,767
That's what we were privy to.
This is what we were fed.
1079
00:55:33,867 --> 00:55:36,670
Was it desensitizing us?
I'm sure it was.
1080
00:55:36,770 --> 00:55:38,571
Were we aware of it?
No.
1081
00:55:38,672 --> 00:55:41,708
That was just Saturday night.
1082
00:55:41,808 --> 00:55:45,879
- If you grow up in a very
sexualized environment,
1083
00:55:45,979 --> 00:55:48,615
{\an8}that's going to shape
their sexual template,
1084
00:55:48,715 --> 00:55:51,584
{\an8}in terms of what
are appropriate boundaries,
1085
00:55:51,685 --> 00:55:54,387
what's acceptable.
1086
00:55:54,487 --> 00:55:56,823
[camera shutter clicking,
indistinct chatter]
1087
00:55:56,923 --> 00:56:00,427
And when you have
a lot of unresolved trauma,
1088
00:56:00,527 --> 00:56:03,329
the trauma doesn't go away
1089
00:56:03,430 --> 00:56:05,865
just because you have
all that access
1090
00:56:05,965 --> 00:56:08,568
to wealth and power
1091
00:56:08,668 --> 00:56:10,770
and no guardrails.
1092
00:56:10,870 --> 00:56:14,274
The trauma is there,
and it's still unresolved.
1093
00:56:14,374 --> 00:56:16,843
♪ ♪
1094
00:56:16,943 --> 00:56:19,412
And you just have
more resources
1095
00:56:19,512 --> 00:56:22,015
to do more damage with.
1096
00:56:22,115 --> 00:56:26,953
♪ ♪
1097
00:56:29,889 --> 00:56:32,926
- I would just like
to have some privacy
1098
00:56:33,026 --> 00:56:36,896
because I've become
incredibly reclusive.
1099
00:56:40,300 --> 00:56:43,236
{\an8}[voice breaking] I've just been
in isolation for six years
1100
00:56:43,336 --> 00:56:47,807
{\an8}because I'm afraid that they
might come get me for speaking.
1101
00:57:05,058 --> 00:57:07,627
- I am a civil litigator
1102
00:57:07,727 --> 00:57:10,330
{\an8}who has filed several cases
1103
00:57:10,430 --> 00:57:11,931
{\an8}against Sean Combs
1104
00:57:12,032 --> 00:57:13,566
{\an8}for sexual assault
1105
00:57:13,667 --> 00:57:15,001
{\an8}in civil court.
1106
00:57:15,101 --> 00:57:18,838
I have been sounding the alarm
about Mr. Combs
1107
00:57:18,938 --> 00:57:20,573
for years.
1108
00:57:20,674 --> 00:57:22,008
- When they think
about my album,
1109
00:57:22,108 --> 00:57:25,879
I want them to think
about dancing or making love.
1110
00:57:25,979 --> 00:57:28,381
- My most recent client
has alleged
1111
00:57:28,481 --> 00:57:31,117
that she was brutally
gang-raped
1112
00:57:31,217 --> 00:57:34,954
by Diddy and his friends.
1113
00:57:36,856 --> 00:57:38,825
What's in front of me right now
is the complaint
1114
00:57:38,925 --> 00:57:41,661
that I filed in California
federal court
1115
00:57:41,761 --> 00:57:43,596
in the Northern District.
1116
00:57:43,697 --> 00:57:45,065
We had
several defendants listed.
1117
00:57:45,165 --> 00:57:48,001
Of course, we have Diddy,
because he's the mastermind.
1118
00:57:48,101 --> 00:57:49,402
He's the orchestrator.
1119
00:57:49,502 --> 00:57:51,438
None of this happens
without him.
1120
00:57:51,538 --> 00:57:53,773
Then we had
his right-hand woman.
1121
00:57:53,873 --> 00:57:56,042
That's Kristina Khorram.
1122
00:58:03,817 --> 00:58:06,086
- And then there was
another individual.
1123
00:58:06,186 --> 00:58:09,089
His name was Shane Pearce.
1124
00:58:09,189 --> 00:58:12,792
We've come to find him to be
like a scouter, if you will.
1125
00:58:12,892 --> 00:58:15,495
He scouts potential victims
1126
00:58:15,595 --> 00:58:17,964
to bring to Diddy.
1127
00:58:18,064 --> 00:58:20,934
This starts out
in February 2018.
1128
00:58:21,034 --> 00:58:25,005
Ashley is at a bar,
and they begin to hang out.
1129
00:58:25,105 --> 00:58:29,609
{\an8}And Shane gets Diddy
on the phone.
1130
00:58:29,709 --> 00:58:30,977
This is a FaceTime call.
1131
00:58:31,077 --> 00:58:34,714
So he's showing everybody
Diddy on a FaceTime.
1132
00:58:34,814 --> 00:58:38,518
And as you can imagine,
everybody's pretty excited.
1133
00:58:38,618 --> 00:58:41,521
♪ ♪
1134
00:58:41,621 --> 00:58:43,790
{\an8}- Yeah.
1135
00:58:43,890 --> 00:58:47,794
{\an8}He contacted me,
and we hung out a few times.
1136
00:58:47,894 --> 00:58:51,664
- On March 23rd, my client
was invited by Shane Pearce
1137
00:58:51,765 --> 00:58:53,433
to his home.
1138
00:58:53,533 --> 00:58:55,502
So she went to the home.
1139
00:58:55,602 --> 00:58:56,903
- He went into the kitchen
1140
00:58:57,003 --> 00:58:59,706
and got me a glass of water
1141
00:58:59,806 --> 00:59:02,542
because I was thirsty.
1142
00:59:02,642 --> 00:59:07,247
I had drank a couple sips
of the water,
1143
00:59:07,347 --> 00:59:11,918
and I was feeling
kind of weird.
1144
00:59:13,620 --> 00:59:15,855
I was feeling...
1145
00:59:15,955 --> 00:59:19,092
wobbly, a little confused.
1146
00:59:19,192 --> 00:59:21,594
♪ ♪
1147
00:59:21,695 --> 00:59:22,929
I was kind of just questioning
1148
00:59:23,029 --> 00:59:27,100
why my brain
wasn't as sharp as normal.
1149
00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:29,669
♪ ♪
1150
00:59:29,769 --> 00:59:30,870
- Approximately
ten minutes after,
1151
00:59:30,970 --> 00:59:32,639
Diddy entered the home
1152
00:59:32,739 --> 00:59:35,642
in a grand
'ready to party' manner.
1153
00:59:35,742 --> 00:59:38,078
Along with Diddy
was his bodyguard,
1154
00:59:38,178 --> 00:59:42,082
a woman identified
as Kristina Khorram,
1155
00:59:42,182 --> 00:59:45,585
and another person
who we believe was friends
1156
00:59:45,685 --> 00:59:47,921
with Shane.
1157
00:59:48,021 --> 00:59:50,190
Shane partially undressed
Ashley,
1158
00:59:50,290 --> 00:59:54,694
and then Diddy removed
the remainder of her clothing.
1159
00:59:54,794 --> 00:59:56,696
Diddy retrieved
a bottle of liquid
1160
00:59:56,796 --> 00:59:58,832
from a large fanny pack.
1161
00:59:58,932 --> 01:00:01,067
Ashley soon realized
that the substance
1162
01:00:01,167 --> 01:00:03,169
was oil/lubricant.
1163
01:00:05,205 --> 01:00:07,874
- Sean Combs had a knife
1164
01:00:07,974 --> 01:00:10,910
and had it inside my mouth.
1165
01:00:11,011 --> 01:00:14,280
He said he was going
to cut my cheeks
1166
01:00:14,381 --> 01:00:16,983
and give me a Glasgow smile.
1167
01:00:18,985 --> 01:00:23,990
Kristina Khorram
told him that...
1168
01:00:26,092 --> 01:00:30,663
His clientele--they would
prefer it if I looked...
1169
01:00:32,365 --> 01:00:34,067
Normal.
1170
01:00:35,802 --> 01:00:38,571
At one point, Sean Combs--
1171
01:00:38,672 --> 01:00:41,274
he picked up a TV remote
1172
01:00:41,374 --> 01:00:43,543
and...
1173
01:00:43,643 --> 01:00:46,312
raped me vaginally
1174
01:00:46,413 --> 01:00:51,151
with that object, violently.
1175
01:00:58,658 --> 01:00:59,926
- Then it says,
1176
01:01:00,026 --> 01:01:02,095
Diddy is sitting not too far
from the bed,
1177
01:01:02,195 --> 01:01:04,998
and she said he has his phone
and his dick in his hand
1178
01:01:05,098 --> 01:01:08,568
and is recording
and jacking off
1179
01:01:08,668 --> 01:01:10,770
at the same time.
1180
01:01:10,870 --> 01:01:12,172
This is his kink.
1181
01:01:12,272 --> 01:01:14,708
This is the thing
that gets him off.
1182
01:01:14,808 --> 01:01:15,909
It's like trophies.
1183
01:01:16,009 --> 01:01:19,145
[paparazzi shouting]
1184
01:01:19,245 --> 01:01:22,615
- They said they could ship
me off and sell me
1185
01:01:22,716 --> 01:01:25,018
to anyone in the world
1186
01:01:25,118 --> 01:01:27,153
and that I would never
be seen again
1187
01:01:27,253 --> 01:01:30,023
by my parents
or my loved ones.
1188
01:01:30,123 --> 01:01:32,726
And they were taking me
that night.
1189
01:01:34,194 --> 01:01:39,032
I just uncontrollably
was sobbing.
1190
01:01:39,132 --> 01:01:41,668
♪ ♪
1191
01:01:41,768 --> 01:01:44,904
I was in a catatonic state
1192
01:01:45,005 --> 01:01:47,807
once they started raping me,
1193
01:01:47,907 --> 01:01:52,178
and I was just trying...
1194
01:01:52,278 --> 01:01:56,950
to get through it so
I could get out of there.
1195
01:01:57,050 --> 01:01:59,753
That's when they went
outside to smoke.
1196
01:02:01,221 --> 01:02:05,358
When I finally was able to get
the strength
1197
01:02:05,458 --> 01:02:07,861
to even sit up,
1198
01:02:07,961 --> 01:02:09,262
my clothes were missing.
1199
01:02:09,362 --> 01:02:13,366
My purse, my keys, my phone--
all gone.
1200
01:02:13,466 --> 01:02:16,870
♪ ♪
1201
01:02:16,970 --> 01:02:19,639
At that point,
I ran to the neighbor's house.
1202
01:02:19,739 --> 01:02:21,775
♪ ♪
1203
01:02:21,875 --> 01:02:25,712
Later, the neighbor told me
he did call the cops.
1204
01:02:25,812 --> 01:02:29,749
And that's when a sheriff
showed up at the door.
1205
01:02:29,849 --> 01:02:34,054
This sheriff didn't offer me
an ambulance.
1206
01:02:34,154 --> 01:02:38,792
He didn't offer me a ride
to the police station.
1207
01:02:38,892 --> 01:02:43,329
He just basically told me
to find my own way home.
1208
01:02:43,430 --> 01:02:47,133
There's just something very off
about his demeanor.
1209
01:02:47,233 --> 01:02:50,003
- And the Contra Costa
Sheriff's Department
1210
01:02:50,103 --> 01:02:52,238
released a statement and said,
1211
01:02:52,339 --> 01:02:54,874
yeah, she did file
a police report that night.
1212
01:02:54,974 --> 01:02:57,243
We can confirm
1213
01:02:57,344 --> 01:03:00,780
that a report
was made March 23, 2018,
1214
01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:03,283
but that "we take
these matters seriously"
1215
01:03:03,383 --> 01:03:05,952
and investigated
and that it was unfounded.
1216
01:03:12,892 --> 01:03:16,996
- When I got home, I just...
1217
01:03:17,097 --> 01:03:19,866
crawled into bed.
1218
01:03:19,966 --> 01:03:23,036
I just was catatonic
for, like, about three days
1219
01:03:23,136 --> 01:03:27,240
before I could get up
and feed myself.
1220
01:03:27,340 --> 01:03:31,978
[voice breaking] I've become
incredibly reclusive.
1221
01:03:32,078 --> 01:03:36,116
I don't trust anyone...
1222
01:03:36,216 --> 01:03:40,186
other than, like, my parents.
1223
01:03:40,286 --> 01:03:43,323
So I've just been in isolation.
1224
01:03:43,423 --> 01:03:46,192
I've barely gone
out of the house.
1225
01:03:46,292 --> 01:03:49,062
I've just been living in fear
1226
01:03:49,162 --> 01:03:53,867
because it's just
a bunch of powerful people.
1227
01:03:53,967 --> 01:03:55,835
- They did this with intent.
1228
01:03:55,935 --> 01:03:59,205
I truly believe they intended
on taking her
1229
01:03:59,305 --> 01:04:02,075
and her never being seen again.
1230
01:04:02,175 --> 01:04:04,744
This is what you do
when your ultimate goal
1231
01:04:04,844 --> 01:04:06,112
is to sex-traffic them.
1232
01:04:06,212 --> 01:04:08,081
They were trying
to break her in,
1233
01:04:08,181 --> 01:04:10,050
which is a term
I'm familiar with
1234
01:04:10,150 --> 01:04:12,218
from knowing pimp culture.
1235
01:04:14,087 --> 01:04:17,357
When you want to bring in
a new hooker or a prostitute,
1236
01:04:17,457 --> 01:04:19,893
you got to break her in.
1237
01:04:19,993 --> 01:04:22,062
Typically, you break her in
1238
01:04:22,162 --> 01:04:24,798
by having her have sex
in a gang bang,
1239
01:04:24,898 --> 01:04:27,067
with multiple men at once.
1240
01:04:27,167 --> 01:04:30,770
You've taken everything
from her.
1241
01:04:30,870 --> 01:04:32,205
They broke her.
1242
01:04:32,305 --> 01:04:34,507
♪ ♪
1243
01:04:48,355 --> 01:04:51,024
- Unchecked wealth and power
is very dangerous
1244
01:04:51,124 --> 01:04:52,425
{\an8}in our culture.
1245
01:04:52,525 --> 01:04:55,995
{\an8}It allows people to get away
with horrific behavior.
1246
01:04:56,096 --> 01:04:58,098
- [shouting indistinctly]
1247
01:04:58,198 --> 01:05:00,033
- All throughout his career,
1248
01:05:00,133 --> 01:05:03,236
he was known to commit
acts of violence himself...
1249
01:05:03,336 --> 01:05:05,338
- What's your plea today?
1250
01:05:05,438 --> 01:05:07,240
- To threaten people
with violence.
1251
01:05:07,340 --> 01:05:09,075
- Can you stop now?
- Huh?
1252
01:05:09,175 --> 01:05:12,078
- He was known
to be very vindictive.
1253
01:05:16,349 --> 01:05:18,218
- Fan favorite up in here,
of course.
1254
01:05:18,318 --> 01:05:20,353
It's the one and only
Biggie Smalls.
1255
01:05:20,453 --> 01:05:22,922
I understand that your album is
going to be dropping in July,
1256
01:05:23,023 --> 01:05:24,924
because I was checking
out the Bad Boy team,
1257
01:05:25,025 --> 01:05:26,659
and Puff Daddy was letting
everybody know--
1258
01:05:26,760 --> 01:05:29,362
{\an8}- There have been rumors
that Diddy
1259
01:05:29,462 --> 01:05:33,133
{\an8}might have had something to do
with Biggie's death.
1260
01:05:33,233 --> 01:05:35,335
{\an8}- This is a picture of me
1261
01:05:35,435 --> 01:05:38,438
{\an8}the night BIG was murdered.
1262
01:05:38,538 --> 01:05:40,373
The week in which BIG
was murdered,
1263
01:05:40,473 --> 01:05:42,442
he was just acting
real anxious
1264
01:05:42,542 --> 01:05:44,811
and trying to get BIG
at this party.
1265
01:05:44,911 --> 01:05:46,079
And it was crazy,
1266
01:05:46,179 --> 01:05:49,449
{\an8}whereas BIG was telling people
he had to be in London.
1267
01:05:49,549 --> 01:05:52,852
{\an8}But Puff was telling people,
he ain't going to London,
1268
01:05:52,952 --> 01:05:55,088
that whole week.
1269
01:05:57,057 --> 01:05:59,993
I'm sitting up
at the Beverly Hills Hotel,
1270
01:06:00,093 --> 01:06:01,861
and I get a phone call.
1271
01:06:01,961 --> 01:06:03,563
It's about 9:00.
1272
01:06:03,663 --> 01:06:07,334
And they say, Gene, get ready,
we going to the "Vibe" party.
1273
01:06:07,434 --> 01:06:10,603
I was like,
we're going to this party?
1274
01:06:10,704 --> 01:06:13,239
We don't even have no security.
1275
01:06:13,340 --> 01:06:15,875
I say, yo, Puff,
I got some intel, bruh.
1276
01:06:15,975 --> 01:06:17,010
He said, what?
1277
01:06:17,110 --> 01:06:19,212
I say, yo, man, if we go
to this party tonight,
1278
01:06:19,312 --> 01:06:21,014
one of us
is going to get killed.
1279
01:06:21,114 --> 01:06:22,449
Somebody going to die,
1280
01:06:22,549 --> 01:06:26,119
because now we have
East Coast-West Coast beefs.
1281
01:06:26,219 --> 01:06:29,322
He said, yo, Gene, I don't
want to hear that shit.
1282
01:06:29,422 --> 01:06:31,324
I said, you don't want
to hear that shit?
1283
01:06:31,424 --> 01:06:32,892
So we all jump in the car.
1284
01:06:32,992 --> 01:06:36,296
♪ ♪
1285
01:06:36,396 --> 01:06:38,665
- When Tupac was killed,
1286
01:06:38,765 --> 01:06:41,167
there was a lot of rumors
1287
01:06:41,267 --> 01:06:44,137
that Biggie and Puffy
were behind it.
1288
01:06:48,141 --> 01:06:50,910
- I was in a car with Puff.
BIG was in his own car.
1289
01:06:51,011 --> 01:06:54,447
♪ ♪
1290
01:06:54,547 --> 01:06:58,018
And next thing you know,
you heard, pow, pow, pow, pow.
1291
01:06:58,118 --> 01:06:59,386
They shooting at BIG, bruh!
1292
01:06:59,486 --> 01:07:01,421
[siren wailing]
1293
01:07:01,521 --> 01:07:04,290
[indistinct chatter
over police radio]
1294
01:07:04,391 --> 01:07:06,059
We run up there because
they say they taking BIG
1295
01:07:06,159 --> 01:07:07,193
to the hospital.
1296
01:07:07,293 --> 01:07:09,295
I told them, whatever y'all do,
1297
01:07:09,396 --> 01:07:12,232
do not let him go to sleep.
1298
01:07:12,332 --> 01:07:15,969
Talk to him. Keep him up.
Don't let him go to sleep.
1299
01:07:16,069 --> 01:07:17,871
Keep him talking.
1300
01:07:17,971 --> 01:07:21,207
And Kenny said, BIG, I'm going
to get you to the hospital.
1301
01:07:21,307 --> 01:07:24,411
And BIG said, just do it.
1302
01:07:24,511 --> 01:07:28,281
That's the last thing
I heard BIG say.
1303
01:07:28,381 --> 01:07:31,451
And they said the hospital
was two blocks away,
1304
01:07:31,551 --> 01:07:34,087
and that's
the longest two blocks
1305
01:07:34,187 --> 01:07:35,955
I ever seen in my life.
1306
01:07:36,056 --> 01:07:38,391
[somber music]
1307
01:07:38,491 --> 01:07:40,393
♪ ♪
1308
01:07:40,493 --> 01:07:42,362
So Puff ran out
the hospital door,
1309
01:07:42,462 --> 01:07:44,097
and he grabbed my arm.
1310
01:07:44,197 --> 01:07:46,433
He said, Gene, we got to pray!
1311
01:07:46,533 --> 01:07:49,202
We got to pray! We got to pray!
1312
01:07:49,302 --> 01:07:51,571
And I knocked his hands
off of me.
1313
01:07:51,671 --> 01:07:53,173
I said, pray for what?
1314
01:07:53,273 --> 01:07:55,308
That nigga's dead, bruh.
1315
01:07:55,408 --> 01:07:58,311
He just was stunned.
1316
01:07:58,411 --> 01:08:00,347
Like, he had this look
in his eye,
1317
01:08:00,447 --> 01:08:02,949
like he couldn't believe it,
1318
01:08:03,049 --> 01:08:05,251
that he was dead.
1319
01:08:06,686 --> 01:08:08,455
He couldn't believe it.
1320
01:08:16,730 --> 01:08:20,133
[dramatic music]
1321
01:08:31,511 --> 01:08:34,214
{\an8}- Feelings can't change facts,
1322
01:08:34,314 --> 01:08:36,549
{\an8}but facts can change feelings.
1323
01:08:38,284 --> 01:08:41,688
I think that he placed BIG
in the atmosphere.
1324
01:08:41,788 --> 01:08:46,059
So did he directly have
something to do with it?
1325
01:08:46,159 --> 01:08:48,128
[dramatic music]
1326
01:08:48,228 --> 01:08:49,662
He could have.
1327
01:08:56,403 --> 01:08:58,271
[cheers and applause]
1328
01:08:58,371 --> 01:09:00,507
For many a-years,
1329
01:09:00,607 --> 01:09:04,678
I couldn't fight back
the tears...
1330
01:09:04,778 --> 01:09:07,781
knowing that young man
was murdered.
1331
01:09:11,718 --> 01:09:14,521
- I stopped working with him
early part of 2005,
1332
01:09:14,621 --> 01:09:17,123
because me and his mama got
into it.
1333
01:09:17,223 --> 01:09:18,425
- Janice,
right over here, please.
1334
01:09:18,525 --> 01:09:21,127
- Hey, Janice.
- Janice, right here.
1335
01:09:21,227 --> 01:09:23,997
- Puff mother
tried to degrade me.
1336
01:09:24,097 --> 01:09:28,168
She would ask me to do things
for her, like go to her car,
1337
01:09:28,268 --> 01:09:30,070
get this, get that.
1338
01:09:30,170 --> 01:09:32,639
And I wouldn't do that.
1339
01:09:32,739 --> 01:09:34,741
What the hell you
asking me to stop
1340
01:09:34,841 --> 01:09:38,345
from watching your son's safety
to go do something for you?
1341
01:09:39,813 --> 01:09:42,315
So one day, I was sitting
by Puff's office.
1342
01:09:42,415 --> 01:09:45,085
And she said, Gene, I need
for you to go to my car
1343
01:09:45,185 --> 01:09:46,219
and get this food out.
1344
01:09:46,319 --> 01:09:47,721
I said, I'm not here for that.
1345
01:09:47,821 --> 01:09:50,657
And then she start rambling,
start, like,
1346
01:09:50,757 --> 01:09:55,061
yo, everybody does
what I ask them to do...
1347
01:09:55,161 --> 01:09:56,763
except you.
1348
01:09:56,863 --> 01:09:58,531
What makes you so special?
1349
01:09:58,631 --> 01:10:00,333
And then Puff just came
out his office.
1350
01:10:00,433 --> 01:10:02,268
Why are you always messing
with Gene?
1351
01:10:02,369 --> 01:10:05,171
Leave Gene alone.
1352
01:10:05,271 --> 01:10:07,741
She just was looking.
1353
01:10:07,841 --> 01:10:11,578
And then she said, yo, yo,
I'm tired of this, man.
1354
01:10:11,678 --> 01:10:14,381
And I said,
yo, I'm tired of it, too.
1355
01:10:14,481 --> 01:10:16,583
And I walked out
and never came back.
1356
01:10:16,683 --> 01:10:21,955
♪ ♪
1357
01:10:22,055 --> 01:10:24,257
- I wanted to show
you something.
1358
01:10:25,458 --> 01:10:27,627
This is a restroom-plus.
1359
01:10:29,696 --> 01:10:33,466
Can you tell me
what the plus is?
1360
01:10:33,566 --> 01:10:35,602
- No.
- The plus.
1361
01:10:35,702 --> 01:10:41,441
♪ ♪
1362
01:10:41,541 --> 01:10:42,609
Ah.
1363
01:10:42,709 --> 01:10:46,246
♪ ♪
1364
01:10:46,346 --> 01:10:47,847
That's the plus.
1365
01:10:47,947 --> 01:10:49,382
In the back of my house,
1366
01:10:49,482 --> 01:10:51,418
that's where I keep
my trophies.
1367
01:10:51,518 --> 01:10:53,820
That's where I keep
my platinum and gold plaques.
1368
01:10:53,920 --> 01:10:56,656
I'd probably say
minimum 10, maximum 15.
1369
01:10:56,756 --> 01:10:59,259
{\an8}This was my first-ever
platinum plaque--
1370
01:10:59,359 --> 01:11:02,395
{\an8}Notorious B.I.G.
1371
01:11:02,495 --> 01:11:04,731
I co-executive produced
on that album.
1372
01:11:04,831 --> 01:11:08,134
I got that when I was
23 years old, I think.
1373
01:11:08,234 --> 01:11:09,302
Yeah.
1374
01:11:14,374 --> 01:11:16,609
♪ ♪
1375
01:11:16,710 --> 01:11:19,679
- After seeing
a few friends die,
1376
01:11:19,779 --> 01:11:22,682
you wake up one day,
and one got shot in the head.
1377
01:11:23,950 --> 01:11:28,755
Then you go, and then you
have another raw talent,
1378
01:11:28,855 --> 01:11:31,858
this fat kid
from Brooklyn, you know,
1379
01:11:31,958 --> 01:11:35,328
and he gets shot dead...
1380
01:11:35,428 --> 01:11:37,764
not even 25 years old.
1381
01:11:37,864 --> 01:11:40,700
And in my case,
1382
01:11:40,800 --> 01:11:43,503
after having
extortion attempts on me,
1383
01:11:43,603 --> 01:11:45,672
having guns pulled out,
1384
01:11:45,772 --> 01:11:48,775
having to deal
with so much death...
1385
01:11:48,875 --> 01:11:49,943
[dog whimpers]
1386
01:11:50,043 --> 01:11:52,412
Yeah, it wasn't cool no more.
1387
01:11:52,512 --> 01:11:54,681
You talk about fight or flight.
1388
01:11:54,781 --> 01:11:56,316
I took flight.
1389
01:11:56,416 --> 01:12:03,490
♪ ♪
1390
01:12:08,995 --> 01:12:12,832
- So there was this thing
we used to do as kids,
1391
01:12:12,932 --> 01:12:15,835
and they were called
midnight snacks, right?
1392
01:12:15,935 --> 01:12:18,872
And the midnight snacks
was usually Pop-Tarts,
1393
01:12:18,972 --> 01:12:22,709
flavored strawberry,
no frosting, extra butter,
1394
01:12:22,809 --> 01:12:25,345
coming right out the toaster,
flaming-hot,
1395
01:12:25,445 --> 01:12:28,348
with a tall glass of milk
with ice.
1396
01:12:28,448 --> 01:12:32,585
So I would send him Pop-Tarts
periodically over the years,
1397
01:12:32,686 --> 01:12:34,587
as a birthday gift,
1398
01:12:34,688 --> 01:12:36,623
to his office,
wherever it was.
1399
01:12:36,723 --> 01:12:38,625
But he would never respond.
1400
01:12:38,725 --> 01:12:40,627
♪ ♪
1401
01:12:40,727 --> 01:12:42,962
When I decided to leave
the industry--
1402
01:12:43,063 --> 01:12:46,332
and this was about '99--
1403
01:12:46,433 --> 01:12:49,302
that's when
we communicated less,
1404
01:12:49,402 --> 01:12:52,906
we saw each other less, because
I took the fork in the road.
1405
01:12:53,006 --> 01:12:56,376
And now this is
who he turned out to be.
1406
01:12:56,476 --> 01:13:00,814
♪ ♪
1407
01:13:03,950 --> 01:13:07,020
- My last encounter
with Kimberly--
1408
01:13:07,120 --> 01:13:10,857
{\an8}we were at Quincy's premiere
for his Christmas special,
1409
01:13:10,957 --> 01:13:12,992
{\an8}"Holiday Calendar."
1410
01:13:13,093 --> 01:13:15,061
Sean came.
1411
01:13:15,161 --> 01:13:17,897
♪ ♪
1412
01:13:17,997 --> 01:13:20,633
She said to me,
this is probably the best day
1413
01:13:20,734 --> 01:13:22,802
in a very long time,
1414
01:13:22,902 --> 01:13:26,573
seeing all of us
in the same place.
1415
01:13:26,673 --> 01:13:27,941
She was looking amazing.
1416
01:13:28,041 --> 01:13:29,943
She was healthy.
She was fantastic.
1417
01:13:30,043 --> 01:13:32,912
It was two or three weeks
prior to, um...
1418
01:13:34,814 --> 01:13:36,416
Her...
1419
01:13:36,516 --> 01:13:38,551
murder.
1420
01:13:38,651 --> 01:13:40,954
Am I supposed to say
"allegedly"?
1421
01:13:42,822 --> 01:13:46,926
November 15th,
a day I'll never forget...
1422
01:13:48,128 --> 01:13:50,730
I was on my way to film
1423
01:13:50,830 --> 01:13:53,933
the opening packages
for the BET Awards.
1424
01:13:54,034 --> 01:13:57,737
Phone rings,
and it's a dear friend of mine.
1425
01:13:57,837 --> 01:13:59,472
And...
1426
01:13:59,572 --> 01:14:02,842
she says,
did you hear about Kimberly?
1427
01:14:04,010 --> 01:14:05,845
And I said,
what about Kimberly?
1428
01:14:05,945 --> 01:14:07,514
I just saw her.
1429
01:14:07,614 --> 01:14:10,617
She says, I don't know,
1430
01:14:10,717 --> 01:14:14,354
but I've heard
that Kimberly has died.
1431
01:14:14,454 --> 01:14:17,323
{\an8}[somber music]
1432
01:14:17,424 --> 01:14:20,960
{\an8}♪ ♪
1433
01:14:24,798 --> 01:14:28,668
{\an8}- [voice breaking]
So you're having my baby...
1434
01:14:28,768 --> 01:14:31,671
and it means so much to me.
1435
01:14:31,771 --> 01:14:34,541
There's nothing more precious
1436
01:14:34,641 --> 01:14:37,444
than to raise a family.
1437
01:14:37,544 --> 01:14:40,380
If there's any doubt
in your mind,
1438
01:14:40,480 --> 01:14:42,482
you can count on me.
1439
01:14:42,582 --> 01:14:45,018
♪ ♪
1440
01:14:45,118 --> 01:14:47,020
And that's just a day
1441
01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:50,990
that will never,
never leave my mind...
1442
01:14:53,059 --> 01:14:56,363
And just that empty feeling
of, like...
1443
01:14:56,463 --> 01:14:58,231
nah...
1444
01:14:58,331 --> 01:15:02,535
something is not
right with this.
1445
01:15:04,671 --> 01:15:07,640
- Kim Porter
had been found dead at home,
1446
01:15:07,741 --> 01:15:11,678
and an autopsy showed
that it was from complications
1447
01:15:11,778 --> 01:15:13,780
from pneumonia.
1448
01:15:13,880 --> 01:15:16,516
{\an8}She was young.
She was 47 years old.
1449
01:15:16,616 --> 01:15:18,985
{\an8}- Who is dying from pneumonia?
1450
01:15:19,085 --> 01:15:22,622
{\an8}Seriously, pneumonia,
and to die so quickly?
1451
01:15:22,722 --> 01:15:25,725
{\an8}Like, people get pneumonia
every day and don't die.
1452
01:15:25,825 --> 01:15:28,161
That doesn't seem
like a natural cause.
1453
01:15:30,530 --> 01:15:32,565
[object squeaks]
1454
01:15:33,800 --> 01:15:35,735
[device whirring]
1455
01:15:35,835 --> 01:15:37,137
- Kim dying is one
1456
01:15:37,237 --> 01:15:39,172
of those "stop you
in your tracks" moments,
1457
01:15:39,272 --> 01:15:41,574
especially if you know her.
1458
01:15:44,077 --> 01:15:47,847
And the part about it which
is so spaghetti to me is,
1459
01:15:47,947 --> 01:15:49,883
{\an8}I don't think I want to know
at this point
1460
01:15:49,983 --> 01:15:52,952
{\an8}because there's
so many different images
1461
01:15:53,053 --> 01:15:55,188
{\an8}that have been put in my mind.
1462
01:16:00,093 --> 01:16:02,796
{\an8}- This story
has become interesting
1463
01:16:02,896 --> 01:16:06,433
{\an8}in several continents.
1464
01:16:06,533 --> 01:16:09,803
For the record, I've received
more than 40 inquiries
1465
01:16:09,903 --> 01:16:12,005
from production companies,
networks,
1466
01:16:12,105 --> 01:16:15,975
since brother Sean's
incarceration, to participate
1467
01:16:16,076 --> 01:16:19,813
in everyone's documentary
or something.
1468
01:16:19,913 --> 01:16:21,181
I'm gonna keep it
a buck with you.
1469
01:16:21,281 --> 01:16:23,149
I'm even surprised that
I'm sitting here right now
1470
01:16:23,249 --> 01:16:24,651
having this conversation.
1471
01:16:24,751 --> 01:16:28,121
But I do think at least
I owe it to Kimberly
1472
01:16:28,221 --> 01:16:31,224
to share just a small portion
of her truth.
1473
01:16:35,128 --> 01:16:37,897
{\an8}After Sean begins
to see Kimberly,
1474
01:16:37,997 --> 01:16:39,933
Kimberly and I remain friends.
1475
01:16:40,033 --> 01:16:43,803
She started to confide in me.
1476
01:16:43,903 --> 01:16:46,973
What she did say is,
look, something's not right.
1477
01:16:47,073 --> 01:16:49,275
His soul has gone
completely dark,
1478
01:16:49,376 --> 01:16:52,612
like he's just not there.
1479
01:16:52,712 --> 01:16:54,614
Yeah.
1480
01:16:54,714 --> 01:16:55,849
Yeah, yeah.
1481
01:16:55,949 --> 01:16:57,851
She made me promise
1482
01:16:57,951 --> 01:17:01,621
on our son
Quincy Taylor Brown's life
1483
01:17:01,721 --> 01:17:03,123
not to ever reveal
1484
01:17:03,223 --> 01:17:07,127
because she was
in complete fear of my life.
1485
01:17:08,728 --> 01:17:12,298
What I do know and what
I can share at this stage
1486
01:17:12,399 --> 01:17:14,834
is that before her death,
1487
01:17:14,934 --> 01:17:17,771
she was keeping a diary
and things of that nature.
1488
01:17:17,871 --> 01:17:21,641
Someone got the pass code
to her phone and her computer.
1489
01:17:21,741 --> 01:17:24,044
And they found out
that she was writing
1490
01:17:24,144 --> 01:17:26,813
what was going on
behind closed doors.
1491
01:17:26,913 --> 01:17:28,014
The public had no idea.
1492
01:17:28,114 --> 01:17:30,150
It was happening right
in front of everybody's eyes.
1493
01:17:30,250 --> 01:17:33,019
But there's a lot of people
who turned a blind eye.
1494
01:17:38,725 --> 01:17:41,861
- There was a lot of talk,
a lot of rumors
1495
01:17:41,961 --> 01:17:43,029
that Diddy might have had
1496
01:17:43,129 --> 01:17:45,065
something to do
with Kim's death.
1497
01:17:45,165 --> 01:17:47,000
There are people
who have said,
1498
01:17:47,100 --> 01:17:49,135
well, she knew
too much about him,
1499
01:17:49,235 --> 01:17:51,171
and, she was about
to reveal all.
1500
01:17:51,271 --> 01:17:53,873
Absolutely no proof,
no evidence,
1501
01:17:53,973 --> 01:17:56,109
nothing of the sort.
1502
01:17:56,209 --> 01:17:58,578
You know, there are a lot of
conspiracy theories out there
1503
01:17:58,678 --> 01:17:59,979
but no proof.
1504
01:18:00,080 --> 01:18:04,718
And the autopsy report showed
that it was from pneumonia.
1505
01:18:14,094 --> 01:18:18,798
- Let's just say there's a lot
that goes on in the industry,
1506
01:18:18,898 --> 01:18:20,967
which is not my job to uncover,
1507
01:18:21,067 --> 01:18:24,804
but it's something that's been
going on in the industry,
1508
01:18:24,904 --> 01:18:28,842
and those who speak about it
usually meet their demise.
1509
01:18:28,942 --> 01:18:33,079
- Uptown Records started
with five people--
1510
01:18:33,179 --> 01:18:37,017
Andre Harrell,
Al B. Sure!, Heavy D,
1511
01:18:37,117 --> 01:18:38,718
{\an8}and Puffy.
1512
01:18:38,818 --> 01:18:42,756
{\an8}And Kim was
the longest-working employee.
1513
01:18:45,025 --> 01:18:47,394
Heavy D was found dead,
heart attack.
1514
01:18:47,494 --> 01:18:49,963
Andre Harrell, heart attack.
1515
01:18:52,332 --> 01:18:54,267
- This person
was telling the story.
1516
01:18:54,367 --> 01:18:56,202
This person
was writing a book.
1517
01:18:56,302 --> 01:18:58,872
This person's
about to tell the truth.
1518
01:18:58,972 --> 01:19:03,143
Why is everybody dead?
1519
01:19:04,744 --> 01:19:06,846
Oh, it's a coincidence.
1520
01:19:06,946 --> 01:19:08,782
Get the fuck out of here.
1521
01:19:08,882 --> 01:19:12,452
- The only two left
are Puffy and Al,
1522
01:19:12,552 --> 01:19:15,288
and Al almost died.
1523
01:19:15,388 --> 01:19:18,625
- And you'll really understand
how I ended up in a coma.
1524
01:19:18,725 --> 01:19:22,195
♪ ♪
1525
01:19:35,408 --> 01:19:38,945
- July 12th was
a very interesting day.
1526
01:19:39,045 --> 01:19:41,014
That was the day
that I went down.
1527
01:19:44,417 --> 01:19:47,320
{\an8}It's not the first,
second, or third time...
1528
01:19:49,122 --> 01:19:51,124
That I've been
in that position,
1529
01:19:51,224 --> 01:19:52,792
where I actually went down.
1530
01:19:52,892 --> 01:19:54,861
I can't say too much
at this moment.
1531
01:19:54,961 --> 01:19:57,263
[dramatic music]
1532
01:19:57,364 --> 01:19:59,099
I can say this.
1533
01:19:59,199 --> 01:20:02,369
July 12th I was entered into
one of the hospitals here.
1534
01:20:07,440 --> 01:20:08,808
I was basically done.
1535
01:20:08,908 --> 01:20:10,777
They were sending me
to hospice.
1536
01:20:10,877 --> 01:20:13,179
There was nothing else
they can do.
1537
01:20:13,279 --> 01:20:15,015
So they're going
to send him to die.
1538
01:20:15,115 --> 01:20:18,151
And what transpired
in between--whoa.
1539
01:20:18,251 --> 01:20:20,120
♪ ♪
1540
01:20:20,220 --> 01:20:23,823
From what I found out later,
I was in a coma,
1541
01:20:23,923 --> 01:20:26,359
having multisystem
organ failure.
1542
01:20:34,067 --> 01:20:37,103
Every organ is working off
a machine except for the liver.
1543
01:20:37,203 --> 01:20:39,339
Even in the middle of me
going through
1544
01:20:39,439 --> 01:20:41,808
this tsunami
of a medical crisis,
1545
01:20:41,908 --> 01:20:44,077
every single person...
1546
01:20:46,312 --> 01:20:48,348
I was mindful
enough to remember.
1547
01:20:48,448 --> 01:20:52,886
I kept a record
of every single one of you
1548
01:20:52,986 --> 01:20:56,856
who were sent to set me up...
1549
01:20:56,956 --> 01:21:00,894
to assist in the attempted
murder of Al B. Sure!
1550
01:21:00,994 --> 01:21:07,934
♪ ♪
1551
01:21:08,034 --> 01:21:09,436
You're in the file.
1552
01:21:09,536 --> 01:21:13,273
- There are people
who speculate,
1553
01:21:13,373 --> 01:21:15,375
and there have been
so many conspiracy theories
1554
01:21:15,475 --> 01:21:18,445
about Diddy
potentially being involved.
1555
01:21:22,148 --> 01:21:24,384
- Three.
Oh, yeah.
1556
01:21:24,484 --> 01:21:26,519
- I can't say too much
at this moment
1557
01:21:26,619 --> 01:21:28,722
related to legal situations,
1558
01:21:28,822 --> 01:21:33,259
but I'll tell you this--
surviving death is not a game.
1559
01:21:33,360 --> 01:21:35,161
Being in a coma,
1560
01:21:35,261 --> 01:21:37,263
being on a ventilator
for 38 days,
1561
01:21:37,364 --> 01:21:39,199
being septic,
1562
01:21:39,299 --> 01:21:41,301
60 to 70 blood transfusions,
1563
01:21:41,401 --> 01:21:43,003
it's a lot.
1564
01:21:43,103 --> 01:21:44,838
It's a lot.
1565
01:21:44,938 --> 01:21:46,306
But you know what?
1566
01:21:46,406 --> 01:21:48,808
In hindsight, I'm glad
that things transpired
1567
01:21:48,908 --> 01:21:50,076
the way they did
1568
01:21:50,176 --> 01:21:52,946
because this journey has
prepared me for another level.
1569
01:21:56,349 --> 01:21:58,284
I've made a decision
to go hard,
1570
01:21:58,385 --> 01:22:00,887
as it relates
to opening the case
1571
01:22:00,987 --> 01:22:05,325
on the miraculous death
of Kim Porter...
1572
01:22:06,559 --> 01:22:10,030
Because Kimberly is gone
1573
01:22:10,130 --> 01:22:13,933
because she was going to be
Cassie Ventura...
1574
01:22:14,034 --> 01:22:15,769
[paparazzi shouting]
1575
01:22:15,869 --> 01:22:19,606
Which is blowing the lid
off of this entire situation.
1576
01:22:19,706 --> 01:22:22,208
- This is Cassie and Rihanna
1577
01:22:22,308 --> 01:22:26,212
in one of the music awards
in Europe.
1578
01:22:26,312 --> 01:22:30,016
I met Casandra Ventura
in 2004,
1579
01:22:30,116 --> 01:22:32,252
as a model, actually.
1580
01:22:32,352 --> 01:22:34,354
{\an8}Cass was always a friend to me.
1581
01:22:34,454 --> 01:22:37,724
{\an8}You know, she wasn't really
a client client.
1582
01:22:37,824 --> 01:22:42,095
{\an8}- Sean Combs met Cassie
in 2005.
1583
01:22:42,195 --> 01:22:46,299
{\an8}She was actually signed to
a very, very talented producer
1584
01:22:46,399 --> 01:22:49,469
{\an8}who had a joint venture
with Bad Boy.
1585
01:22:49,569 --> 01:22:52,339
- ♪ So busy, but I've been
thinking about... ♪
1586
01:22:52,439 --> 01:22:55,308
- So this is
Cassie's "Me & U" video.
1587
01:22:55,408 --> 01:22:57,477
The song came out in 2006.
1588
01:22:57,577 --> 01:22:59,346
She ended up getting
to number three
1589
01:22:59,446 --> 01:23:01,214
on the "Billboard" charts
with this song.
1590
01:23:01,314 --> 01:23:03,116
- Oh, here, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
1591
01:23:03,216 --> 01:23:06,553
- 2007 is when Kim Porter
1592
01:23:06,653 --> 01:23:10,990
broke things off
with Diddy completely.
1593
01:23:11,091 --> 01:23:12,459
People suspected
1594
01:23:12,559 --> 01:23:14,961
that maybe there's more than
a business relationship
1595
01:23:15,061 --> 01:23:16,963
going on
between Cassie and Diddy,
1596
01:23:17,063 --> 01:23:21,401
because they were spotted out
a lot at different events.
1597
01:23:21,501 --> 01:23:23,269
- She didn't tell me
for, like, six months.
1598
01:23:23,370 --> 01:23:25,038
I saw pictures
of them two together,
1599
01:23:25,138 --> 01:23:27,741
and I was like, what the fuck
is going on right now?
1600
01:23:27,841 --> 01:23:30,977
Like, why are you dating
this man?
1601
01:23:31,077 --> 01:23:33,146
- What was it like
the first time you met him?
1602
01:23:33,246 --> 01:23:35,782
Were you starstruck?
- I was so nervous, so nervous.
1603
01:23:35,882 --> 01:23:37,951
But we sat down
for about two hours,
1604
01:23:38,051 --> 01:23:40,120
talked about my career
and the future.
1605
01:23:40,220 --> 01:23:41,988
And it was great.
1606
01:23:42,088 --> 01:23:43,523
You know,
it turned out amazing,
1607
01:23:43,623 --> 01:23:46,860
and he's a great guy,
great guy.
1608
01:23:46,960 --> 01:23:49,262
- People were happy for them.
They were a cute couple.
1609
01:23:49,362 --> 01:23:51,731
But when I was at "Revolt,"
he was dating Cassie,
1610
01:23:51,831 --> 01:23:53,400
and I did get the impression
1611
01:23:53,500 --> 01:23:56,369
that he's very controlling
as a boyfriend.
1612
01:23:56,469 --> 01:24:00,373
♪ ♪
1613
01:24:00,473 --> 01:24:03,543
- In 2010, it was
the night of the Grammys.
1614
01:24:03,643 --> 01:24:08,214
And he put her up
at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
1615
01:24:08,314 --> 01:24:10,383
I fall asleep in the suite.
1616
01:24:10,483 --> 01:24:13,853
I had no idea she left
to go to a party.
1617
01:24:13,953 --> 01:24:17,157
It was midnight or something,
1:00 a.m. in the morning.
1618
01:24:17,257 --> 01:24:20,226
And all I wake up to
is this motherfucker,
1619
01:24:20,326 --> 01:24:21,695
like, bursting in the room.
1620
01:24:21,795 --> 01:24:24,731
And I'm like, what is going on?
1621
01:24:24,831 --> 01:24:27,400
And he was mad at the fact
1622
01:24:27,500 --> 01:24:30,437
that she went to a party.
1623
01:24:30,537 --> 01:24:33,640
They go into the next room,
close the door.
1624
01:24:33,740 --> 01:24:35,575
So I pack her bags
1625
01:24:35,675 --> 01:24:39,546
and get her to safety.
1626
01:24:39,646 --> 01:24:42,315
That was panic mode.
1627
01:24:42,415 --> 01:24:45,452
That's when she came out...
1628
01:24:45,552 --> 01:24:49,322
knots on her head, busted lip.
1629
01:24:49,422 --> 01:24:52,225
Like, she was just beat up.
1630
01:24:52,325 --> 01:24:55,128
So what was I to do?
1631
01:24:55,228 --> 01:24:57,130
We can't stay
in this hotel room anymore.
1632
01:24:57,230 --> 01:24:59,432
We have to go.
1633
01:24:59,532 --> 01:25:01,267
I had to take her
into my house.
1634
01:25:01,368 --> 01:25:03,136
And she stayed with me.
1635
01:25:03,236 --> 01:25:05,739
We were trying to figure out
what we're going to do.
1636
01:25:07,474 --> 01:25:10,377
I just wanted to help
my friend out that night,
1637
01:25:10,477 --> 01:25:12,679
but she wanted me
to keep it quiet.
1638
01:25:17,450 --> 01:25:20,320
We can't play with Sean Combs.
1639
01:25:20,420 --> 01:25:22,422
These are things
that we have to keep,
1640
01:25:22,522 --> 01:25:24,491
like our dirty little secrets.
1641
01:25:24,591 --> 01:25:26,659
Even when we know
it isn't right,
1642
01:25:26,760 --> 01:25:31,264
it's still something that we
can't talk about to the media.
1643
01:25:31,364 --> 01:25:32,399
{\an8}- When you look
1644
01:25:32,499 --> 01:25:34,000
{\an8}at the music industry,
1645
01:25:34,100 --> 01:25:35,201
{\an8}it's really--
1646
01:25:35,301 --> 01:25:36,636
{\an8}what we're talking about is
1647
01:25:36,736 --> 01:25:38,505
{\an8}institutional grooming.
1648
01:25:38,605 --> 01:25:42,308
It normalizes it,
promotes it, accepts it,
1649
01:25:42,409 --> 01:25:44,844
turns a blind eye
1650
01:25:44,944 --> 01:25:49,416
when perpetrators do this.
1651
01:25:49,516 --> 01:25:54,254
- Cassie Ventura came out
with this bombshell lawsuit
1652
01:25:54,354 --> 01:25:57,357
in November of 2023.
1653
01:25:57,457 --> 01:26:01,194
She accused him of having
complete control over her life,
1654
01:26:01,294 --> 01:26:03,630
physically abusing her,
1655
01:26:03,730 --> 01:26:08,435
forcing her to have sex
with male sex workers,
1656
01:26:08,535 --> 01:26:10,804
plying her with drugs.
1657
01:26:10,904 --> 01:26:14,407
{\an8}- I remember reading every page
1658
01:26:14,507 --> 01:26:16,409
{\an8}because I think I still was
1659
01:26:16,509 --> 01:26:19,346
{\an8}in disbelief--like, really?
1660
01:26:19,446 --> 01:26:21,147
This had been going on?
1661
01:26:21,247 --> 01:26:22,716
He had been doing that?
1662
01:26:22,816 --> 01:26:27,320
- What was pretty astounding
was that around 24 hours
1663
01:26:27,420 --> 01:26:29,222
after Cassie filed
this lawsuit,
1664
01:26:29,322 --> 01:26:31,157
Sean Combs settled the lawsuit
1665
01:26:31,257 --> 01:26:33,660
for an undisclosed amount
of money.
1666
01:26:33,760 --> 01:26:35,829
{\an8}- The fact that
it settled so fast
1667
01:26:35,929 --> 01:26:37,297
{\an8}is something we can draw
1668
01:26:37,397 --> 01:26:38,465
{\an8}conclusions from,
1669
01:26:38,565 --> 01:26:40,066
{\an8}that he was terrified.
1670
01:26:40,166 --> 01:26:42,402
♪ ♪
1671
01:26:42,502 --> 01:26:44,471
- A few months later,
I remember Diddy
1672
01:26:44,571 --> 01:26:46,439
did an interview
on "The Breakfast Club."
1673
01:26:46,539 --> 01:26:48,475
{\an8}- Recently, you said that
you were giving the artists
1674
01:26:48,575 --> 01:26:49,976
{\an8}back their publishing.
1675
01:26:50,076 --> 01:26:53,646
{\an8}- It was more
of me just evolving
1676
01:26:53,747 --> 01:26:55,315
{\an8}as a businessman.
1677
01:26:55,415 --> 01:26:57,183
- It gave me pause.
1678
01:26:57,283 --> 01:27:01,421
Everyone just knew there was
this reputation that he had
1679
01:27:01,521 --> 01:27:03,623
for being
this shrewd businessman.
1680
01:27:03,723 --> 01:27:06,192
There's numerous artists
who have fallen out with him
1681
01:27:06,292 --> 01:27:09,295
and/or have left the label
over money disputes.
1682
01:27:09,396 --> 01:27:12,599
{\an8}- From my last conversation
with BIG,
1683
01:27:12,699 --> 01:27:15,669
{\an8}he just wanted to be
out of Bad Boy
1684
01:27:15,769 --> 01:27:17,470
and out with Puff
1685
01:27:17,570 --> 01:27:20,407
because Puff owned
his publishing.
1686
01:27:23,510 --> 01:27:26,413
That's a whole lot of money.
1687
01:27:26,513 --> 01:27:29,416
- 112, The Lox,
1688
01:27:29,516 --> 01:27:32,419
Total, Faith Evans,
even Mase--
1689
01:27:32,519 --> 01:27:36,389
everybody who went
to Bad Boy left...
1690
01:27:36,489 --> 01:27:38,391
left without their royalties.
1691
01:27:38,491 --> 01:27:39,726
And then he tried to come back
1692
01:27:39,826 --> 01:27:43,430
and give people back
their publishing.
1693
01:27:43,530 --> 01:27:45,632
- And a few months later,
1694
01:27:45,732 --> 01:27:48,435
we figured out
why it was strange.
1695
01:27:48,535 --> 01:27:51,104
- So, in order for you
to get your publishing,
1696
01:27:51,204 --> 01:27:54,407
you couldn't speak on anything
that has happened to you.
1697
01:27:54,507 --> 01:27:56,076
{\an8}And I heard--
1698
01:27:56,176 --> 01:27:58,511
{\an8}honestly, somebody told me--
one of the artists was like,
1699
01:27:58,611 --> 01:28:01,314
{\an8}they only offering you,
like, $300,
1700
01:28:01,414 --> 01:28:04,250
and you got to sign the NDA.
1701
01:28:04,351 --> 01:28:05,819
- I don't think
he was oblivious
1702
01:28:05,919 --> 01:28:08,455
during his interview
on "The Breakfast Club"
1703
01:28:08,555 --> 01:28:11,391
that his whole world
was getting ready to collapse.
1704
01:28:12,792 --> 01:28:17,464
- Then CNN released
surveillance footage...
1705
01:28:17,564 --> 01:28:20,633
[dramatic music]
1706
01:28:20,734 --> 01:28:24,371
Of Diddy beating up Cassie
1707
01:28:24,471 --> 01:28:26,506
in the hotel.
1708
01:28:26,606 --> 01:28:28,341
{\an8}- Couldn't unsee it.
1709
01:28:28,441 --> 01:28:30,043
{\an8}You couldn't unsee it.
1710
01:28:30,143 --> 01:28:32,445
{\an8}I can't give you
any explanation
1711
01:28:32,545 --> 01:28:34,814
{\an8}on why that was okay.
1712
01:28:34,914 --> 01:28:37,684
{\an8}- I've never seen
Puffy fight anybody.
1713
01:28:37,784 --> 01:28:39,786
{\an8}I've never seen him
hit a woman.
1714
01:28:39,886 --> 01:28:42,856
{\an8}So just--the video was
very disturbing when I saw it.
1715
01:28:42,956 --> 01:28:46,926
{\an8}- I never seen him put his
hands on, you know, no females
1716
01:28:47,027 --> 01:28:48,795
{\an8}that I was around him with.
1717
01:28:48,895 --> 01:28:52,532
{\an8}- And I had to, you know,
just kind of look to see,
1718
01:28:52,632 --> 01:28:54,467
{\an8}you know,
is that really Puff or not?
1719
01:28:54,567 --> 01:28:56,469
{\an8}- You know, it broke
my heart, you know?
1720
01:28:56,569 --> 01:28:58,705
{\an8}And then I have to wonder also,
1721
01:28:58,805 --> 01:29:01,074
{\an8}like, what was going on
in his head?
1722
01:29:01,174 --> 01:29:03,476
Like, why is he really angry?
1723
01:29:03,576 --> 01:29:06,613
- And maybe he pissed her off
or she pissed him off.
1724
01:29:06,713 --> 01:29:09,582
The question is,
what caused that?
1725
01:29:12,986 --> 01:29:14,688
- No, it doesn't.
1726
01:29:14,788 --> 01:29:16,990
♪ ♪
1727
01:29:17,090 --> 01:29:18,858
- Everyone was shocked.
1728
01:29:18,958 --> 01:29:22,729
{\an8}But his statement after
1729
01:29:22,829 --> 01:29:24,898
{\an8}made it worse...
1730
01:29:24,998 --> 01:29:28,968
{\an8}- My behavior on that video
is inexcusable.
1731
01:29:29,069 --> 01:29:31,371
{\an8}I take full responsibility.
1732
01:29:31,471 --> 01:29:33,506
{\an8}- Because...
1733
01:29:33,606 --> 01:29:37,711
{\an8}I don't think we heard him
apologize to her.
1734
01:29:37,811 --> 01:29:40,246
{\an8}- I'm not asking
for forgiveness.
1735
01:29:40,347 --> 01:29:44,918
{\an8}♪ ♪
1736
01:29:45,018 --> 01:29:47,921
{\an8}- By the end of 2024,
1737
01:29:48,021 --> 01:29:52,492
{\an8}there's been an absolute flood
of lawsuits.
1738
01:29:52,592 --> 01:29:55,895
{\an8}There have been women
who have stepped forward
1739
01:29:55,995 --> 01:29:58,565
{\an8}and accused him
of sexual assault...
1740
01:29:58,665 --> 01:30:00,400
{\an8}- We need to talk
about this woman
1741
01:30:00,500 --> 01:30:02,736
{\an8}and what she said about
her experience with Diddy.
1742
01:30:02,836 --> 01:30:04,904
{\an8}- Men who have stepped forward
and accused him
1743
01:30:05,005 --> 01:30:06,039
{\an8}of sexual assault.
1744
01:30:06,139 --> 01:30:07,907
{\an8}- The third person has come out
1745
01:30:08,008 --> 01:30:10,543
{\an8}with a lawsuit against Diddy
in the last month.
1746
01:30:10,643 --> 01:30:12,946
- She had allegedly discovered
some of the tapes
1747
01:30:13,046 --> 01:30:15,048
that he had made
with male pop stars.
1748
01:30:15,281 --> 01:30:16,950
{\an8}- Y'all ready to see hip-hop?
1749
01:30:17,050 --> 01:30:20,920
{\an8}- We're over, I believe,
30 now individuals
1750
01:30:21,021 --> 01:30:22,389
{\an8}who have filed lawsuits.
1751
01:30:22,489 --> 01:30:23,857
[people clamoring]
1752
01:30:23,957 --> 01:30:25,859
- I wish y'all
the best of luck.
1753
01:30:25,959 --> 01:30:27,861
[laughter]
1754
01:30:27,961 --> 01:30:32,532
- I have a client.
His name is Courtney Burgess.
1755
01:30:32,632 --> 01:30:33,900
Courtney came to me
1756
01:30:34,000 --> 01:30:36,603
because he had received
a subpoena
1757
01:30:36,703 --> 01:30:37,971
from the federal government
1758
01:30:38,071 --> 01:30:41,141
to testify in relation
to the grand jury
1759
01:30:41,241 --> 01:30:43,843
that has convened about Diddy.
1760
01:30:43,943 --> 01:30:47,147
Courtney has done interviews
where he purported
1761
01:30:47,247 --> 01:30:49,616
to own several flash drives
1762
01:30:49,716 --> 01:30:51,718
that included sex tapes
1763
01:30:51,818 --> 01:30:53,586
with eight
distinct individuals,
1764
01:30:53,687 --> 01:30:56,423
including A-list celebrities
and Diddy,
1765
01:30:56,523 --> 01:30:58,692
all engaged in sex.
1766
01:31:00,060 --> 01:31:03,730
He believes that these people
were intoxicated
1767
01:31:03,830 --> 01:31:05,598
and that they
may not have known
1768
01:31:05,699 --> 01:31:07,000
that they were being recorded.
1769
01:31:07,100 --> 01:31:11,571
And Courtney ultimately
handed over the video.
1770
01:31:14,541 --> 01:31:16,976
It's not necessarily
a quid pro quo,
1771
01:31:17,077 --> 01:31:20,046
where, oh, I'm going
to blackmail you.
1772
01:31:20,146 --> 01:31:23,450
I feel like it was more
to advance his influence
1773
01:31:23,550 --> 01:31:24,818
and his power,
1774
01:31:24,918 --> 01:31:27,053
because now I have them
on video,
1775
01:31:27,153 --> 01:31:29,322
where I can say, I'm going
to take this to your wife.
1776
01:31:29,422 --> 01:31:31,991
I'll take this to your husband.
I'll take this to the public.
1777
01:31:32,092 --> 01:31:35,128
And I'll ruin you
if you don't do this for me.
1778
01:31:43,403 --> 01:31:47,340
- I represented 11 victims
of Jeffrey Epstein.
1779
01:31:47,440 --> 01:31:50,010
Jeffrey Epstein was one
of the most prolific predators
1780
01:31:50,110 --> 01:31:51,511
that we've ever seen.
1781
01:31:51,611 --> 01:31:55,081
He had, I believe,
thousands of victims.
1782
01:31:55,181 --> 01:31:59,052
He had an operation where up
to three girls a day for years
1783
01:31:59,152 --> 01:32:01,788
were being brought to him
by recruiters
1784
01:32:01,888 --> 01:32:03,690
who found
attractive young women,
1785
01:32:03,790 --> 01:32:05,692
many of them underage,
1786
01:32:05,792 --> 01:32:08,561
brought them to him
for a couple hundred dollars.
1787
01:32:08,661 --> 01:32:11,164
They were sexually assaulted.
1788
01:32:11,264 --> 01:32:12,932
There are a lot of similarities
1789
01:32:13,033 --> 01:32:15,902
between the Jeffrey Epstein
case and Sean Combs.
1790
01:32:16,002 --> 01:32:19,606
They're both
very, very wealthy men.
1791
01:32:19,706 --> 01:32:22,342
And each one of them is
at the top of the pyramid.
1792
01:32:22,442 --> 01:32:26,513
And if there comes a time
where he is actually convicted,
1793
01:32:26,613 --> 01:32:28,014
we'll see whether it happens
to Combs.
1794
01:32:28,114 --> 01:32:30,850
- Back for me one time,
up top, up top.
1795
01:32:30,950 --> 01:32:33,586
- If you come
from a background,
1796
01:32:33,687 --> 01:32:35,989
say, Dad engaged
in criminal activity,
1797
01:32:36,089 --> 01:32:39,292
and was born
with a lot of life challenges,
1798
01:32:39,392 --> 01:32:41,528
and then you're
in an environment
1799
01:32:41,628 --> 01:32:45,899
around gang members,
sure, that can shape you.
1800
01:32:45,999 --> 01:32:47,167
But then on the other hand,
1801
01:32:47,267 --> 01:32:49,869
you have people who come
from very difficult backgrounds
1802
01:32:49,969 --> 01:32:53,006
who get themselves
into positive environments,
1803
01:32:53,106 --> 01:32:54,908
and they're fine.
1804
01:32:55,008 --> 01:32:58,111
Regardless of what trauma you have,
1805
01:32:58,211 --> 01:33:00,980
we still have to hold
people accountable.
1806
01:33:01,081 --> 01:33:03,350
♪ ♪
1807
01:33:03,450 --> 01:33:05,719
- The story
of Lucifer in the Bible
1808
01:33:05,819 --> 01:33:08,822
is that Lucifer was
God's most beautiful angel.
1809
01:33:08,922 --> 01:33:10,924
And he was the music angel.
1810
01:33:11,024 --> 01:33:12,792
- I'm letting
all y'all niggas know,
1811
01:33:12,892 --> 01:33:14,594
if I ain't hot,
y'all niggas ain't hot.
1812
01:33:14,694 --> 01:33:16,529
- But Lucifer got
too full of himself.
1813
01:33:16,629 --> 01:33:18,598
♪ ♪
1814
01:33:18,698 --> 01:33:21,968
And God casted him
from heaven.
1815
01:33:22,068 --> 01:33:25,839
And then he became
the evil Satan
1816
01:33:25,939 --> 01:33:29,609
that we know here
on this Earth.
1817
01:33:29,709 --> 01:33:32,812
Like, when we talk
about the serpent...
1818
01:33:32,912 --> 01:33:34,414
and when the devil comes
and says,
1819
01:33:34,514 --> 01:33:36,583
I'll give you all this
if you just denounce God,
1820
01:33:36,683 --> 01:33:39,452
they're all just embodiments
of Lucifer.
1821
01:33:39,552 --> 01:33:42,722
And I think where we are now
is we're seeing an embodiment
1822
01:33:42,822 --> 01:33:45,492
of Lucifer in Sean Combs.
1823
01:33:45,592 --> 01:33:48,261
♪ ♪
1824
01:33:53,099 --> 01:33:55,268
- Ha!
1825
01:33:55,368 --> 01:33:58,071
[chuckles]
1826
01:33:59,839 --> 01:34:02,142
{\an8}- Listen...
1827
01:34:02,242 --> 01:34:05,512
{\an8}I been talking
about this since '97.
1828
01:34:05,612 --> 01:34:08,181
♪ ♪
1829
01:34:08,281 --> 01:34:11,851
So it's not something
I'm just now doing it.
1830
01:34:11,951 --> 01:34:13,920
I've been having a target
on my back.
1831
01:34:14,020 --> 01:34:17,590
It don't mean anything to me.
This life ain't mine's.
1832
01:34:17,691 --> 01:34:19,626
This life is God's.
1833
01:34:19,726 --> 01:34:22,996
And I'm going to do
as He say please.
1834
01:34:23,096 --> 01:34:28,902
♪ ♪
1835
01:34:29,002 --> 01:34:32,639
- These are my kids, right?
1836
01:34:32,739 --> 01:34:34,774
That's Timmy, Jr.
1837
01:34:34,874 --> 01:34:37,077
{\an8}Timmy was my hero.
1838
01:34:37,177 --> 01:34:41,915
{\an8}♪ ♪
1839
01:34:42,015 --> 01:34:43,950
Oh, man.
1840
01:34:44,050 --> 01:34:47,220
You know, this is us
burying my dad.
1841
01:34:47,320 --> 01:34:51,191
And then, you know, like,
maybe three, four years later,
1842
01:34:51,291 --> 01:34:53,193
we had to bury Timmy.
1843
01:34:54,894 --> 01:34:57,797
Yeah, Timmy, Jr.
1844
01:35:02,402 --> 01:35:04,938
{\an8}He overdosed on fentanyl.
1845
01:35:07,040 --> 01:35:11,044
When you have a child
named after you...
1846
01:35:11,144 --> 01:35:13,780
[voice breaking] Looks
like you, acts like you...
1847
01:35:13,880 --> 01:35:16,182
I lost so much.
1848
01:35:16,282 --> 01:35:18,685
[somber music]
1849
01:35:18,785 --> 01:35:20,920
[normal voice]
I lost my dad.
1850
01:35:21,021 --> 01:35:24,591
And then we buried Timmy.
1851
01:35:24,691 --> 01:35:28,828
♪ ♪
1852
01:35:28,928 --> 01:35:31,231
So now we're here...
1853
01:35:31,331 --> 01:35:33,333
talking about Sean.
1854
01:35:33,433 --> 01:35:35,702
♪ ♪
1855
01:35:35,802 --> 01:35:38,705
I lost three...
1856
01:35:38,805 --> 01:35:41,775
I lost three of my...
1857
01:35:41,875 --> 01:35:44,344
♪ ♪
1858
01:35:44,444 --> 01:35:47,714
Yeah, gone.
1859
01:35:47,814 --> 01:35:49,816
Hoping for one to return.
1860
01:35:49,916 --> 01:35:52,819
[dramatic music]
1861
01:35:52,919 --> 01:35:54,988
That's my little bro.
1862
01:35:55,088 --> 01:35:57,891
Sean's done some bad things.
1863
01:35:57,991 --> 01:36:00,026
Sean knows it.
1864
01:36:00,126 --> 01:36:02,162
I'm scared for him.
1865
01:36:02,262 --> 01:36:04,798
♪ ♪
1866
01:36:13,340 --> 01:36:15,709
{\an8}- I wouldn't know what to say,
to be honest with you.
1867
01:36:15,809 --> 01:36:17,310
{\an8}I really wouldn't.
1868
01:36:19,746 --> 01:36:22,549
{\an8}♪ ♪
1869
01:36:22,649 --> 01:36:25,418
{\an8}I really wouldn't know
what to say.
1870
01:36:25,518 --> 01:36:27,620
{\an8}[sighs]
1871
01:36:27,721 --> 01:36:29,923
{\an8}- Diddy...
1872
01:36:30,023 --> 01:36:33,159
{\an8}did anybody bring you
any cheesecake in there?
1873
01:36:33,259 --> 01:36:36,830
{\an8}- If you're going to be
who you are,
1874
01:36:36,930 --> 01:36:38,932
{\an8}be that person.
1875
01:36:39,032 --> 01:36:41,167
{\an8}Don't turn around
and try to play
1876
01:36:41,267 --> 01:36:44,070
{\an8}Mr. Good Guy and Mr. Nice Guy
1877
01:36:44,170 --> 01:36:46,172
{\an8}when you a piece of shit
all along.
1878
01:36:46,272 --> 01:36:50,076
{\an8}- Whether you innocent
or guilty...
1879
01:36:50,176 --> 01:36:52,912
{\an8}karma has resurfaced.
1880
01:36:53,013 --> 01:36:56,182
[indistinct shouting]
1881
01:36:56,282 --> 01:37:00,186
- This is a man who's been
on top of the world.
1882
01:37:00,286 --> 01:37:03,390
This is someone
who has lived the life
1883
01:37:03,490 --> 01:37:07,160
ever since
he's been 20 years old.
1884
01:37:07,260 --> 01:37:09,095
♪ ♪
1885
01:37:09,195 --> 01:37:11,297
And all of a sudden,
1886
01:37:11,398 --> 01:37:14,300
{\an8}all of it
is taken away from him.
1887
01:37:14,401 --> 01:37:17,437
{\an8}He's just stuck
in this one square box.
1888
01:37:17,537 --> 01:37:20,440
{\an8}♪ ♪
1889
01:37:20,540 --> 01:37:22,442
{\an8}What do you say to him?
1890
01:37:22,542 --> 01:37:25,378
{\an8}♪ ♪
1891
01:37:25,478 --> 01:37:28,548
{\an8}- This is probably
the most powerful person
1892
01:37:28,648 --> 01:37:30,984
{\an8}in the music industry and one
1893
01:37:31,084 --> 01:37:32,986
{\an8}of the most powerful people
1894
01:37:33,086 --> 01:37:35,055
{\an8}in American culture, period.
1895
01:37:35,155 --> 01:37:38,358
{\an8}And so this case is enormous.
1896
01:37:38,458 --> 01:37:40,827
{\an8}- And this could mean
a lot of jail time
1897
01:37:40,927 --> 01:37:42,729
{\an8}if he is found guilty.
1898
01:37:42,829 --> 01:37:44,998
♪ ♪
1899
01:37:45,098 --> 01:37:47,834
- Deep down,
I knew this day would come.
1900
01:37:47,934 --> 01:37:50,136
Ain't that crazy?
1901
01:37:50,236 --> 01:37:53,573
That I'd be sitting
here with you.
1902
01:37:53,673 --> 01:37:55,642
You just say to yourself, wow.
1903
01:37:55,742 --> 01:37:57,177
You're going to have
to tell people
1904
01:37:57,277 --> 01:38:00,280
this was a good kid
at one time.
1905
01:38:01,915 --> 01:38:03,917
He's monsterized now.
1906
01:38:04,017 --> 01:38:06,186
♪ ♪
1907
01:38:06,286 --> 01:38:10,123
But the monster
wasn't born a monster.
1908
01:38:11,424 --> 01:38:14,160
Come, come.
[clicks tongue] Come.
1909
01:38:14,260 --> 01:38:16,996
Monsters are created
over time.