Diddy Sued by Former Child Actor Over Alleged Sexual Assault

**Deven** (0:07)
Welcome to The TMZ Podcast. Deven here with Courtney. How are you, Courtney?

**Courtney** (0:12)
Good, Tuesday. It feels like it should be later this week.

**Deven** (0:14)
I know, with Harvey gone, it's kind of just a different vibe. I know someone has to, or he has to take some time away from us, so I'm hopeful, like hopefully wherever he's at, he's having a good time.

**Courtney** (0:25)
I already talked to him this morning.

**Deven** (0:27)
I was gonna say, he was already firing off emails last night, so the hardest working guy in entertainment, for sure. Yes, he is.
Before we get started with the stories, I just wanted to announce a new podcast that we're gonna be dropping under the TMZ Podcast umbrella. It's called Splits, and it comes out Thursday morning. And it's going to be with everyone's favorite attorney, Derek Kaufman and Katie Hayes, who...

**Courtney** (0:50)
I love her.

**Deven** (0:51)
Love her too. She's a staple on TMZ TV and she moved back east. So she pops in every once in a while. Why did she come in? Like once a month? To LA and appears on the show, but great editor. And the podcast Splits is gonna be all about the last days of very famous divorces, breakups, legal battles, all the messiness. We have another huge podcast called Last Days, which is about the last days of people's lives. So this is kind of like a spinoff. It's the last days of people's relationships. Oh, it's the love lives. Yeah, exactly.
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**Courtney** (1:31)
Yes. Should be interesting. There's a lot of divorces out there.

**Deven** (1:33)
I also, no shade to Derek, but I also just love Katie. Like I think she'll be great on a... Hot Tip Katie.

**Courtney** (1:39)
She loves to give you tips.

**Deven** (1:40)
Oh God.

**Courtney** (1:41)
That she hears about.

**Deven** (1:42)
Yes, I do not like Katie's hot tips, but she's very funny. I'm sure they've been friends for a really long time.

**Courtney** (1:48)
They have good banter.

**Deven** (1:49)
I'm sure it'll be a great podcast.

**Courtney** (1:50)
Yeah.

**Deven** (1:51)
Okay, that's splits.

**Courtney** (1:53)
Yeah.

**Deven** (1:53)
Now to the stories. Okay, cool. So Diddy has been sued again. I feel like this is just another day in Diddy's life. But I guess the interesting aspect of this one is that he is being sued by a former child actor.

**Courtney** (2:09)
Yeah. So he was assaulted when he was a minor.

**Deven** (2:11)
So we will get into that. Massive breakup news that had been kind of percolating for a while, that we confirmed yesterday, Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater.

**Courtney** (2:21)
Dunzo.

**Deven** (2:22)
Dunzo. Spongebob. Back to Bikini Bottom. So he's done.

**Courtney** (2:25)
That was funny. Good job.

**Deven** (2:27)
Thank you. I actually didn't even really think about that too long. It's not like I practice that one. And then finally, we'll get into all the craziness at Madison Square Garden last night for the Knicks game and mostly all centered around President Trump.

**Courtney** (2:40)
Of course. Whenever he's there, it's always centered around him.

**Deven** (2:43)
Yeah. There's a lot of different spinoffs and stories that come with Trump, and they all happened last night in New York. Sorry, Knicks fans, that sucked. You guys lost.

**Courtney** (2:52)
Yes.

**Deven** (2:53)
Okay, cool.

**Courtney** (2:53)
Yeah, but to Diddy.

**Deven** (2:55)
Yeah.

**Courtney** (2:55)
So there's a John Doe.

**Deven** (2:56)
Let's get to Diddy.

**Courtney** (2:57)
Yes. Oh, God. So there's a John Doe that filed a lawsuit. He said that the incident occurred in 2007 and that Diddy assaulted him. He was already a working child actor, but then Diddy wanted to help him. It was like, I can give you opportunities. Went to a Diddy party. He thought it was a networking event. I feel like this is how all the Diddy stories always start. And then Diddy brought him to a private room, started touching him, and then the guy was like, you're making me a little bit uncomfortable. Didn't stop Diddy. And then he says that Diddy performed oral sex on him, and then also was pleasuring himself. And then he left the party shortly after. He's suing his agent, some agents out there, and also Diddy. Diddy's team, no comment so far.

**Deven** (3:37)
Yeah, well, we just got it. I have the update. That's what I was just grabbing my phone for. So we were waiting for a response from Diddy's team. Also, we don't know because they filed as a John Doe claim. Because when I first saw this, I was like, oh damn, child actor. Like, I wonder if it's like one of the big child actors. We do not know at this moment if, yeah.