Halloween of horrors
P. DIDDY may be spending more time with his lawyers than he maybe did with his ladies. Along with our recent turkey, into US District Court, Southern District of New York have flown several more birdies.
One plaintiff — Jane Doe, repped by the Buzbee Law Firm — alleged “violent sexual assault” of an 18-year-old outside an NYC Halloween party. “Many individuals and entities . . . conspired with this abhorrent conduct,” the lawsuit claims and speaks of “something sinister — a dark underbelly of crime, sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, bribery and prostitution.” Further alleges he “degradingly sprayed champagne all over [her] as he performed sexual acts against [her] will.” And “she subsequently passed out” and woke “at a friend’s house without any recollection of how she arrived there.”
A request for damages “to be determined at trial” includes attorney fees, costs and “attachment of defendants’ real property and other assets located in the state of New York.”
This lawsuit lists names and places where other lawsuits allege Combs allegedly drugged, raped and assaulted women. Also references another lawsuit, in which a male music producer accuses Combs of “forcing him to engage in unwanted sex acts and sex trafficking” and “allegedly regularly drugged others, including minors.”
This complaint has lawyers from New York, Houston and San Diego.
Between lawsuits, jail bars and the “complaint and demand for jury trial” Puff Daddy’s looking at a busy future.
(Combs’ lawyers have refuted the many civil lawsuits, and he has pleaded not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges.)
Aide & abet
QUESTION: Why’s every assistant part-time legislator’s weekend bookkeeper always hulking behind his/her boss who’s hulking behind a mike with a book filled with the essential ad libs. These human trees say zero, do zero, add zero, offer zero. Sometimes one might scratch her/his behind — but usually nothing. That backside just remains itchy.
So, can anyone other than Hunter’s dependable daddy who sired him and loves spitty Bernie Sanders explain to me why they’re always standing there like any other vegetable garden scarecrow dummy?
New York City’s counter culture
STANLEY Tucci: “The Second Avenue Deli — now on Third Avenue — is where I had matzo ball soup and a pastrami on rye. Heaven. I was excited with the noodles. Not easy to find in London. Only two bites of the sandwich, I took the rest back to my hotel.”
Tucci, ex-New Yorker, longtime Londoner: Either a money saver or a food lover.
High-end loot
EVERYBODY’s into counting their goodies or euros. Rock fotog of Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Björk is unloosing his Leicas at you. Via Robb Report, stuff’s priced around $160,000 and grabbable in Asbury Park. There’s also Peter Sellers’ 22-foot mahogany speedboat for $350,000. Listen, if you can’t spring for it: Have the Pink Panther steal it.
Another’s counting their good luck. One year Keanu Reeves took time to sign autographs after a long day filming. Even hugged a teenager. When she told him this was the best day of her life he embraced her and said, “Nah, tomorrow’s always better.”
OK, so I wasn’t always appreciative of Biden. Now I compensate for my lack of goodness toward him. Now I want to really give him a thumbs up. Two thumbs up. Forget where’s the “up” the Republicans want the thumb to go. My lone question being, can you say all that in a kindly gracious friendly newspaper?
Only in New York, kids, only in New York.
