Bad Boy Entertainment CEO, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, is currently being held without bond on federal human trafficking charges, stemming from the lawsuit filed against him by his ex girlfriend, Cassie Ventura [click here if you missed that].
Now Diddy's mother, Janice Combs, has been named in lawsuit accusing Diddy of using her to steal publishing rights...
From The Daily Mail
Sean 'Diddy' Combs used his mother's name to allegedly form a criminal enterprise to hide money and other business deals, according to a former friend who worked with the disgraced Bad Boy mogul.
Deon 'D1' Best appeared on DailyMail.com's podcast, 'The Trial of Diddy', where he claims Combs used his mother Janice's name to hide artists' publishing rights, including deals Best said he brokered in the late 1990s.
Best claims his company, Finish Line Entertainment, signed artists to Diddy who worked on various albums for Bad Boy, including Christopher 'Notorious B.I.G' Wallace's 1999 'Born Again', which reached platinum status and sold over one million copies.
Best, 56, said the way Combs allegedly organized his business deals not only took publishing rights from him and the artists who worked on the songs, but bilked them out of future earnings.
'All of my publishing rights went to Janice Combs,' Best told DailyMail.com exclusively. 'I'm here to talk about a different section of his allegations... and what I feel to believe involves his mother, Janice Combs. The [Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act] is about holding people accountable for systematic actions.'
He added: 'You know, these actions have caused financial hardship, emotional hardship, but not only myself, but other artists in the business through what I feel was fraudulent and coercive activity. And I think that Janice Combs falls under those guidelines.'
Best told DailyMail.com he plans to sue Janice Combs and her company because the Bad Boy deals were signed to her name.
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