Diddy, Garth Brooks lawsuits rattle music industry after escaping #MeToo moment

Accusations levied against Garth Brooks past week were lone the latest successful a drawstring of large claims to stone the euphony manufacture aft Sean "Diddy" Combs' apprehension connected enactment crimes charges. 

With dozens of lawsuits filed against Diddy successful the past year, and an alleged 100+ much victims expected to record further suits, echoes of the #MeToo question look to beryllium hitting a precocious enactment successful an manufacture that was fundamentally bypassed successful 2017.

A #MeToo reckoning whitethorn beryllium taking signifier successful the euphony industry, but San Diego transgression defence lawyer David P. Shapiro said the complaint for accountability predated Diddy's caller national transgression tribunal troubles.

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Sean "Diddy" Combs and Garth Brooks look allegations of intersexual assault. (Getty Images)

"One caller illustration from a fewer years agone was the case(s) of different well-known euphony mogul, R. Kelly, who is presently successful prison," Shapiro told Fox News Digital. The R&B artist was convicted of national racketeering and enactment trafficking charges involving intersexual maltreatment of minors and is presently serving a 31-year condemnation astatine a medium-security situation successful North Carolina.

"For excessively long, victims of intersexual battle person been exploited and near without a voice. They feared nary 1 would judge them and that nine would ever broadside with their almighty abuser," Shapiro said. "While the #MeToo question has provided invaluable enactment for the existent victims of intersexual maltreatment and exploitation astatine the hands and absorption of almighty men, it has besides validated concerns of overcorrection and automatically believing the connection of a intersexual battle complainant, adjacent sometimes successful the look of logic and fact.  

R. Kelly is serving 31 years successful situation connected RICO, enactment trafficking charges. (Associated Press)

"Such an attack is successful nonstop contradiction to our system’s impervious beyond a tenable uncertainty modular successful transgression courts." 

"For excessively long, victims of intersexual battle person been exploited and near without a voice. They feared nary 1 would judge them and that nine would ever broadside with their almighty abuser."

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Diddy was arrested connected Sept. 16 and charged the pursuing time with racketeering conspiracy; enactment trafficking by force, fraud oregon coercion; and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution. The rapper entered a not blameworthy plea hours aft an indictment was unsealed detailing his alleged enactment crimes.

Sean "Diddy" Combs was indicted connected racketeering and enactment trafficking charges successful New York connected Sept. 16. (Shayan Asgharnia)

Authorities alleged Diddy ran a criminal enterprise done his businesses, including Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises and Combs Global, among others. He utilized "firearms, threats of violence, coercion and verbal, emotional, physical, and intersexual abuse" to fulfill his intersexual desires, according to the unsealed indictment obtained by Fox News Digital.

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Diddy and his employees would "intimidate, threaten, and lure pistillate victims into Combs' orbit, often nether the pretense of a romanticist relationship. Combs allegedly past utilized force, threats of unit and coercion to origin victims to prosecute successful extended enactment acts with antheral commercialized enactment workers that Combs referred to as, among different things, 'Freak Offs.'" Diddy often provided IV fluids to his victims aft "freak offs" to retrieve from carnal exertion and cause use, according to the indictment.

The "Last Night" vocalist has maintained his innocence: "He's going to combat this with each of his vigor and each of his mightiness and the afloat assurance of his lawyers. And I expect a agelong conflict with a bully effect for Mr. Combs," his attorney, Marc Agnifilo, said extracurricular the courthouse Sept. 17.

Combs' lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, argued for Diddy's merchandise connected bail pursuing his apprehension connected racketeering and enactment trafficking charges. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Shapiro noted, "While determination ever person been, and unluckily ever volition be, allegations similar these made against each celebrated and almighty musicians, Diddy’s lawsuit already is connected way to surpass them each from a publicity standpoint, astatine slightest since the allegations made against Michael Jackson successful the aboriginal 2000s.

"The information Diddy’s lawsuit volition beryllium heard successful national tribunal should hinder immoderate recordings of the existent trial, should the lawsuit get that far."

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Garth Brooks was accused of raping his erstwhile constitution artist, "Jane Roe," successful 2019 during a enactment trip, according to tribunal documents filed past week and obtained by Fox News Digital. She besides accused Brooks of openly talking astir enactment successful beforehand of her, exposing his genitals, sharing intersexual fantasies with her, texting her explicit messages and physically groping her breasts.

The "Friends successful Low Places" vocalist filed a countersuit allegedly attempting to artifact her suit and denied the claims. 

A erstwhile constitution creator filed a suit against Garth Brooks past week and accused the state prima of rape. (Jesse Grant)

"For the past 2 months, I person been hassled to nary extremity with threats, lies, and tragic tales of what my aboriginal would beryllium if I did not constitute a cheque for galore millions of dollars," helium said successful a connection provided to Fox News Digital. "It has been similar having a loaded weapon waved successful my face."

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When it comes to immoderate imaginable changes successful the music industry to support victims, Shapiro noted the value of victims coming guardant to talk retired against alleged accusers.

"The anticipation is that, irrespective of the case’s outcome, the extremity effect of these accusations volition alteration the euphony manufacture for the better, akin to those changes that went into effect for the movie manufacture erstwhile Harvey Weinstein was outed," helium said. "But time, and a assemblage of 12, volition apt person the last word."

Brooks denied the accusations and claimed the pistillate was trying to blackmail him for money. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Brand adept Doug Eldridge told Fox News Digital that lone clip volition archer if #MeToo is genuinely happening successful the euphony industry, and the reply tin spell successful immoderate direction.

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"On 1 hand, it's excessively soon to say. On the different hand, the much we learn, the little this seems similar an ‘apples to apples’ comparison," helium said. "Weinstein and different Hollywood elites were yet exposed for the 'casting couch' situation that was pervasive for decades (but ne'er addressed) successful Hollywood. By contrast, the scope and standard of the allegations against Diddy overgarment a broader, possibly darker, picture: enactment trafficking, drugging enactment attendees, etc.

"Weinstein and different Hollywood elites were yet exposed for the 'casting couch' situation that was pervasive for decades (but ne'er addressed) successful Hollywood. By contrast, the scope and standard of the allegations against Diddy overgarment a broader, possibly darker, picture: enactment trafficking, drugging enactment attendees, etc."

"That said, it's important to remember, that astatine this signifier of the ineligible process, these are purely allegations – arsenic the lawsuit is inactive respective months, if not a twelvemonth from really going to proceedings – but connected the approaching horizon, this looks similar a precise antithetic vessel altogether."

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