John Legend's manager reveals 'terrifying' situation at a Sean 'Diddy' Combs' party

Ty Stiklorius, who has been John Legend's manager for 20 years, recalled a 'terrifying' incidental that happened erstwhile she and her member attended a NYE enactment organised by Diddy

John Legend's long-time manager has opened up connected a "terrifying" concern she went done portion attending a New Year's Eve yacht enactment organised by Sean "Diddy" Combs.

Ty Stiklorius, 49, opened up connected the "pervasive predatory culture" of the euphony manufacture portion speaking retired connected her ain experience. The euphony executive, who is the laminitis and CEO of Friends astatine Work, a absorption institution headquartered successful Los Angeles, recalled the clip she went connected a household vacation to the Caribbean 27 years ago.

She said she and her member managed to get into a yacht, called the Dreamseeker, which was docked astatine St Barts, for a enactment hosted by Diddy. But astatine immoderate point, she claimed a antheral who appeared to beryllium an associate of the euphony mogul, 54, took her to a chamber alternatively of the disco country Ty thought she was going to see.

Opening up astir her acquisition successful an op-ed for The New York Times, Ty wrote: "To this day, I can't retrieve however I managed to speech my mode retired of that terrifying situation. Perhaps my tense babbling — 'My brother's connected this boat, and he's astir apt looking for me!' — convinced him to unlock the chamber doorway and fto maine go."

Ty said the quality astir Diddy's indictment and apprehension connected charges of racketeering, enactment trafficking and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution - to which helium has pled not blameworthy - brought her backmost to that representation of the incident. Diddy is presently detained astatine Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center portion helium awaits his May 2025 trial. He has denied each the charges and the allegations against him.

In her op-ed, John's manager went connected to speech astir however astatine 1 time, she thought what happened to her with the feline was an "anomaly" - but said being euphony manufacture enforcement for 20 years has taught her that it was "aberration." - Ty admitted she didn't cognize who the antheral was oregon "if helium had immoderate transportation to Mr Combs."

But she wrote: "It was an indicator of a pervasive civilization successful the euphony manufacture that actively fostered intersexual misconduct and exploited the lives and bodies of those hoping to marque it successful the business." Ty explained however this civilization has been permitted due to the fact that the powerfulness has been fixed to "kingmakers: wealthy, entitled, astir ever antheral gatekeepers who power astir each doorway that leads to occurrence and who can, without consequence, usage their powerfulness to maltreatment young women and young men."

In the article, she besides addressed the thought of radical wondering if Diddy's apprehension volition yet pb to a "#MeToo" reckoning. The euphony enforcement said that it was reductive to spot intersexual coercion, harassment and unit to a "few notorious individuals" similar Harvey Weinstein oregon R. Kelly which "suggests they're outliers and obscures the much damning, stubborn, systemic rot that had infected the euphony business."

She shared however she has had "experiences with predators" and their enablers which astir had her leaving the euphony business. She named a circumstantial incidental wherever she was eating with a elder euphony enforcement erstwhile she was a concern postgraduate student. He had invited her up to his edifice country by sliding his cardinal paper to her nether the array to which she declined.

Ty continued: "I lone persisted successful the manufacture because, successful 2005, an aged assemblage person who was starting to find occurrence arsenic an creator reached retired to me. That creator was John Legend and, 20 years later, I americium inactive his manager and spouse successful aggregate concern ventures. It turns retired that galore artists, including John, privation to beryllium a portion of a antithetic exemplary of concern and culture. She concluded successful her op-ed, reiterating her sentiment of determination being anticipation by stating "we tin crook the leafage connected a civilization of exploitation and abuse."

She added that the manufacture owes it "to the countless survivors of intersexual battle and misconduct who suffered silently to unearth the truth, promote radical to stock their stories and clasp perpetrators accountable. We beryllium it to the adjacent procreation of creators to remake the concern into thing worthy of the creation they create."

The Mirror has reached retired to Diddy's reps for comment.

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