Music: Sean "P Diddy" Combs

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

It's just that the floodgates opened with Cassie. It probably took her a while to prepare her lawsuit but the instant she sued and he settled you probably had a whole lot of other people who went 'Hey, he did some shit to me too, let me go out and X' (get paid, share my story, etc.). One comes forward successfully it only makes sense that a bunch of others do when they see see that it's relatively 'safe' no matter his fame and money. It was clear that there was a pattern with this guy.

Did Deshaun Watson piss off the powers that be too lol?

Exactly.

Bill Cosby. Harvey Weinstein. Michael Jackson ... three other examples easy examples off the top of my head of folks whose crimes/issues were WIDELY known for years, decades in some cases.

There's a difference between things being known and things hitting a point where legal action can be taken.

 

[RandV]

Exactly.

Bill Cosby. Harvey Weinstein. Michael Jackson ... three other examples easy examples off the top of my head of folks whose crimes/issues were WIDELY known for years, decades in some cases.

There's a difference between things being known and things hitting a point where legal action can be taken.

Yes the point of being able to take legal action is where things get difficult. You can look at organized crime as another example, everyone knows who the mob boss is but you can't just throw an Al Capone in jail you have to find a provable crime to pin him on.

Our legal/justice system is more geared around catching people in the act, or having a direct victim to testify - and I'd say here that a dead body qualifies more or less the same. It's very challenging against people able to hire/retain expensive lawyers and have NDA's.

In my opinion the NDA's are the implement that should really be focused on here, not all this vague conspiracy nonsense.

 

[John Price]

 

[tarheelhockey]

He also got away with it because like Weinstein the reality is much of industry and celebritiy world he was part of didn't care or indulged in behaviors as well

They will come out and act like they are upset, shocked or outraged as if they weren't at his parties for years and didn't laugh and make jokes of what was open secret thru years (Remember Hollywood for years made jokes about Weinstein rep and stories before pretending they didn't)

Diddy stuff isn't coming out of nowhere. It's been widely talked about for years but people didn't care. Musicians and celebs were still going to his parties, hanging out with him, etc

Its only now it's come to forefront publicly thanks to Cassie (Video of beating helped further bring attention to him) and likely others going to police and prosecutors opening actual investigations

Weinstein in particular was a really egregious case of everyone joking about it and nothing being done to stop it. So many people knew about him and made references to him that it was practically a meme.

It definitely puts a spotlight on the fact that Hollywood (and for that matter Washington) is full of people who just shrug their shoulders and say “whaddaya gonna do” while witnessing serial criminals take advantage of helpless bystanders. In both cities the culture is all about being too powerful to be told “no”.