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Diddy’s Alleged Former Employees Claim They Experienced Violence In The Workplace

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Diddy is facing even more allegations of wrongdoing this week, but they don’t have anything to do with the current lawsuits against him. Moreover, The Daily Beast reportedly spoke to five alleged former employees of his businesses, specifically the lifestyle brand Sean John and the former advertising agency Blue Flame. These individuals claim that Sean Combs created a hostile, abusive, and “erratic” workplace environment. One particular female witness (supposedly) alleged that he grabbed her face during a disagreement and wanted her to think of him as Karl Lagerfeld. Others also claimed that they experienced some form of physical, emotional, or mental distress during their time under the bad Boy mogul.

For example, one alleged former employee claimed that Diddy fired him after the employee gave him a disappointed look after he arrived late at a meeting. This, along with other accusations, reportedly led these employees to not feel much surprise when the video of him assaulting Cassie broke. Another account claims that the New York rapper and businessman refused to acknowledge that his workplace felt “inundated” with work. This led to the failure to complete a specific project, which he allegedly refused to take accountability for.

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“It was as if you’re walking down the street and someone randomly threw a brick at your head out of the blue,” another alleged former employee claimed about Diddy. “Out of the blue, if he was unhappy with something that you might not have done but he thought you did, you ‘caught a brick.’” They continued their story and alleged that he verbally attacked them to the point that “security guards rushed over. While he’s six inches from my face, screaming at me, telling me I f***ed up.”

“I was surprised by the level of violence that he had toward Cassie in that video,” this particular alleged former employee said of Diddy’s actions. “I didn’t see his anger going to that level, I really didn’t, I wouldn’t have stayed had I known what was going on. I’ll tell you that much.”

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Employees File Sex Discrimination Lawsuit After Company Blasts Eminem

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Eight former employees of S&S Activewear have filed a lawsuit against the company after rap music was played while they worked. Seven of the eight former employees are women. They allege that the songs’ raunchy lyrics created a hostile working environment. According to reports, songs like Eminem’s “Stan” and Too $hort’s “Blowjob Betty” were blasted in the 700,000-square-foot warehouse where hundreds of employees, including women, were working. The Marshall Mathers EP hit track famously features lyrics about a man killing his pregnant girlfriend.

Chief U.S. District Judge Miranda Du previously dismissed the case in 2021. She claimed then that offensive actions towards both sexes can’t be considered sex discrimination. She also cited employees acknowledging that the action “was not directed at employees of either sex.” S&S had also previously called the music “motivational” to their employees. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco later reinstated the suit. Judge M. Margaret McKeown claims “An employer’s status as a purported ‘equal opportunity harasser’ provides no escape hatch for liability.”

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Employees would place speakers on forklifts and drive around the warehouse. This behavior made it “more difficult to predict — let alone evade — the music’s reach,” McKeown explained. The judge also claims that, “In turn, the music allegedly served as a catalyst for abusive conduct by male employees.” She alleges that male employees “frequently pantomimed sexually graphic gestures, yelled obscenities, made sexually explicit remarks, and openly shared pornographic videos.” Offensive behaviors don’t need to be targeted in order for them to create a less-than-comfortable work environment, according to McKeown.

“Whether sung, shouted, or whispered, blasted over speakers or relayed face-to-face, sexist epithets can offend and may transform a workplace into a hostile environment,” McKeown also stated. She later says that, “Exposing employees to misogynistic and sexually graphic music can be discrimination because of sex, even where the employer exposes both women and men to the material and even though both women and men find the material offensive.”

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