On Tuesday (Sep. 10), local news outlet Detroit Metro Times reported that Diddy was ordered to pay $100 million to a Michigan inmate named Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith. The man accuses Puff of drugging and raping him at a 1997 party in Detroit.
The default judgment was handed down by Lenawee County Circuit Court Judge Anna Marie Anzalone. The judge made the decision that the lawsuit had been properly served to Diddy and that he never answered the claims.
The 51-year-old inmate, claimed at a hearing on Aug. 7 that Combs offered him $2.3 million to drop the lawsuit in order to complete a property sale. Video of the hearing can be seen below. Cardello-Smith allegedly met Combs while working at a restaurant in the Detroit area. At that same hearing, Cardello-Smith claimed Combs personally informed him he wouldn't respond to the lawsuit, telling Cardello-Smith, "You know how we get down." The inmate told the judge he told Puff, "I disagree with how you get down" and rejected the offer.
Diddy Ordered to Pay $100 Million to Michigan Inmate Who Claims the Mogul Drugged and Raped Him at a Party
by Editor's Pick
Sep 13, 2024
On Tuesday (Sep. 10), local news outlet Detroit Metro Times reported that Diddy was ordered to pay $100 million to a Michigan inmate named Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith. The man accuses Puff of drugging and raping him at a 1997 party in Detroit.
The default judgment was handed down by Lenawee County Circuit Court Judge Anna Marie Anzalone. The judge made the decision that the lawsuit had been properly served to Diddy and that he never answered the claims.
The 51-year-old inmate, claimed at a hearing on Aug. 7 that Combs offered him $2.3 million to drop the lawsuit in order to complete a property sale. Video of the hearing can be seen below. Cardello-Smith allegedly met Combs while working at a restaurant in the Detroit area. At that same hearing, Cardello-Smith claimed Combs personally informed him he wouldn't respond to the lawsuit, telling Cardello-Smith, "You know how we get down." The inmate told the judge he told Puff, "I disagree with how you get down" and rejected the offer.
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