a slew of bombshell lawsuits could soon reveal some aess celebrity names connected to the infamous P didy freak offs but before these suits are filed some celebs are rushing to settle all to keep their names private and out of the Diddy conversation and with literally thousands of accusations against Diddy and more than a hundred civil suits coming down the pipeline how will these alleged offenders be able to keep up and if these startling accusations are true could they face charges we'll break it all down with former Federal prosecutor Jee Rossy now it's been a busy
month for 54-year-old sha P Diddy Colmes who spent the whole of October behind bars on federal charges of racketeering conspiracy sex trafficking by force fraud or coercion and transportation to engaged in prostitution this comes after more than a dozen civil suits were filed against Diddy alleging he was a Kingpin in a sex trafficking scheme that lasted decades the civil suits and Federal indictment all lay out a similar pattern Diddy or his associates drugging victims often sexually assaulting them forcing them to have sex with prostitutes and filming all of this these scenarios were dubbed freak offs
by Diddy and that term was listed in multiple civil suits and in the indictment the feds say they have recordings of this too and that's what led up to Diddy's arrest so we know for sure Diddy is somehow featured in these recordings but there are also Rumblings that other high-profile names were caught on camera too we got this info from Houston based attorney Tony Busby he's the lawyer behind more than a hundred civil claims against Diddy that are expected to be filed over the coming weeks this week alone seven civil suits were filed listing Diddy
as the defendant the allegations range from 1995 to 2021 with multiple accusations of rape one of a minor and according to Busby more lawsuits are on the way with some major celebrity names also attached I talked to Busby just one day after he announced the suits and asked him about these celebrities a lot of people are talking about names that could come up in these lawsuits you referen that some of these names are pretty high-profile and could shock us what can you tell me about those names are there a lot of people that could be
implicated in future crimes is it possible that the things that will be listed in these future lawsuits could be prosecuted what can you tell me well I'm I'm very careful to talk about whether someone did or did not commit a crime you know the Civil system is very different than the criminal system uh the criminal authorities are very particular about which claims that they pursue because their the standard of proof is beyond a reasonable doubt in the Civil system the standard of proof is more likely than not or preponderance of the evidence so it's a
it's a lot lower standard in the Civil system so but to answer your question as far as crimes I won't comment on that but as far as whether there will be additional individuals people that we all know joined in some of these suits there's no doubt that will be the case there's no doubt that that some of these these uh events and these these um assaults occurred at particular people's homes uh some venues some hotels um some clubs uh we know that that there were people in the room when some of these things occurred it's
my view that if you uh participated in it if you benefited from it if you encouraged it if you watched it go on and Were Somehow involved whether it be even peripherally involved and did not try to stop it especially with regard to minors then it's my view that you you have liability on the Civil side so that's what we're looking at and obviously we want to be very careful uh about who we name uh because you know I don't want you know an error in that respect is not good for anyone and I'm not
I'm not going to be the person that n starts naming names of potential people and smearing people for no reason because the the case is about credibility so I have made sure that each of these people that we represent currently are people that I'm proud to represent and I believe in and I believe in their case but I want to make sure that we make sure we include every potential liable party when we file the case these names that will be included the ones that you are willing to include in these suits why will they
surprise us so much is it because they're beloved people in the Hollywood Universe it's I've gotten this question so many times and I I know and you're doing your job obviously you want it you want to know who they are some kind of facts so we can kind of figure out who they are I think I'll just leave it at this I mean you know it it was a secret that everyone knew about about what was going on with regard to these parties and some of the things that happened in these these so-called After parties
uh there was a pattern and practice custom of behavior that went on for many many years Theo of how it went down was pretty much the same for for many many years it it typically included you know people identified and spefic specifically invited to certain venues and parties when they showed up they were given a specific drink they were made to drink it if they didn't drink it they would many times be kicked out of the party and a lot of these folks would drink drink this drink that was provided to them and literally could
not remember hardly anything that happened thereafter and the next morning woke up disheveled injured confused scared ashamed uh full of guilt and and and wondering what in heck happened to them um some of them of course um have clear memory about what happened but could just literally could not stop it from happening it's really it's it's incredibly egregious especially with regard to to those that are were minors at the time this happened um and it's my view that if you were around and you were there and you you were watching this and in some way
participating in this you know you're complicit um you know it's one thing to obviously anybody that was directly participating in this in my view should be under the jail but I'm that's not my decision to make that's that's the authorities uh my my job is to find and faret out all the people involved facilitated uh benefited from profited from and make sure that they are parties in these cases as we file them and and and there is a long list of people you know I I I've said and I'll say it again I have no
doubt that there are people right now who know that they were somehow involved in this who are now scrubbing their social media who are searching their memories who are deleting their texts probably deleting pictures and trying to distance themselves from this and we know who they are or we will find out who they are so um you know this is this is not something that's going to happen overnight but I think we're at the tip of the iceberg here Busby has already sent demand letters to these celebrities and some have settled outside of Courts before
these lawsuits could even be filed that means their names may never be public so how does all of this work if there really are incriminating recordings of these celebrities could they face charges too here's where we have to bring in former Federal prosecutor Jean Rossy so our Focus today is talking about these major celebrities who apparently were involved in some of these freak offs P did's alleged sex trafficking scheme and now some of them there are reports that they're settling outside of court before we know their names what are your thoughts on that well they
they're delaying the inevitable the ones uh who are settling they're probably getting non-disclosure agreements which are fine but those become blossomed and and exposed to the public if you will if there's a court order or subpoena because uh uh that information you know among the parties will be uh private but if there's a court proceeding they may have to disclose who they are and things like that but I will I will say this if I were a celebrity or public figure that had any contact with Diddy and all these freakouts and all the other um
uh explosive events uh they should be panicking and uh settling is probably the best thing but it's going to delay the possible inevitable because an aggressive Federal prosecutor or group of them is going to try to get a hold of those names and the people who settled yeah I think you and I have actually talked about this in the past because there have been these allegations that some A-list celebrities are involved in all of this and I mean they have to go back in their memory bank and think I was with P didy I was
at this party okay it might be recorded it might be out there somewhere so what do you think these people are doing are they I know we talked about settling but do you think they're also retaining their own attorneys and kind of bulking up their team in that way oh the people who may be involved if they are not getting attorneys uh they should have gotten one yesterday or a month ago and if they don't get an attorney then they are really In Harm's Way because they could be subject to possible indictment uh possible charges
but at at best for them they could be corroborating Witnesses even if they did not engage in these freakouts or whatever you want to call them they may have relevant information regarding themselves what they observed or they could provide leads to the prosecutors I know you talked about the aggressiveness of these Federal prosecutors because it's the southern district in New York they're the best of the best and so they're probably going to be referring to these lawsuits kind of reaching out and seeing who these people are and you alluded to this that they potentially could
be charged these celebrities whose names we don't yet know they could be charged what would all that look like well here's the thing if I were the prosecutors and I worked in eastern district of Virginia so I consider that the best us attorney's office but the southern district is a close second they are brilliant and there's probably four ke prosecutors on this case I don't know if they're going to add more defendants because you want to keep this indictment clean it's sort of like the charges against President Trump he's the sole defendant if if you
bring in other people you have motions to sever you have conflicts things like that so they may be added as unindicted conspirators but not defendants in the caption so if I were the prosecutors in the next few months and this may 2025 date is is is ridiculous it's going to be pushed back they are probably going to continue to do Grand Jury work uh on potential additional victims additional conspirators and they may be named in the indictment but not put in the caption as a defendant so that's what I predict you're going to see at
least one two or three superseding amending indictments in the next few months in my view do you think it's in the best interest of these celebrities who they themselves know they were involved they may have even spoken with an attorney in regards to these civil suits that have yet to be filed so these people who know that they were part of it do you think it's in their best interest to reach out to Federal prosecutors and say hey I'll tell you everything I know right now and work alongside you the only that's an outstanding question
the only way that's going to happen is if the person in consultation with their attorney have concluded that they were part of a conspiracy and they in fact did things that violated the federal laws in that case they may want to reach out to to stop the bleeding or delay the inevitable because they're eventually going to get a call from the federal prosecutors but it depends on how much information their attorneys think inculpates them and puts them In Harm's Way but if they don't have any uh strong legal exposure If thy were their attorney I'd
say leelo don't reach out let them come to you but if there is strong evidence I would call the prosecutors because it's going to come that they will be added at least as an unindicted conspirator and you mentioned your prediction about no defendants being added to this only P Diddy because that makes sense the feds want to go after him he's the Kingpin in all of this so potentially not another defendant in these celebrity names that we do not yet know but do you think it's possible that down the line This Diddy case is completely
over a verdict has been ruled all of that that then the Fed could go back again to these people who weren't initially charged and then pursue legal action then I do but I think the more practical thing is they're G to build their case and focus on Diddy but at the same time if they have people that should be charged they're not going to add them as a defendant in this Diddy case but they may work out charges in a parallel uh project to get them to cooperate and to be Witnesses and if they testified
at the Diddy trial they would be offered as a an unindicted conspirator of Diddy that may be the the way to do it going after them after Diddy is concluded there's less incentive and here's why the prosecutors have their trophy they have Diddy they can put it on the wall end it close it down and just move on to another case now we don't know the specific yet I know we're all dying to hear the names and how these people were involved and to what degree but just a basic question about all of this if
they were there they witnessed a crime they can see that something is going wrong a person's being drugged or there's a minor there's a rape whatever it is are these people compelled to report that no no um there's a concept called Mis prison of felony and um if I if I witness you Sierra robbing a bank and I'm across the street and I saw you come out of the bank with a gun and the money um I don't have a duty to report that to police however if I attempt to conceal what I just observed
that could be considered Mis prison a felony but if they just observed a crime and did nothing else uh there's no Duty for them to report other than their conscience and their moral compass and again we're not sure exactly to what extent these people were involved it does seem like it was more than just witnessing it but that remains to be seen we'll Circle back to that when we know more as far as the allegations against Diddy though there are these new civil suits there were seven filed this week alone um there's more than a
hundred that are expected to be filed over the next couple of weeks and some Reports say that thousands of people were sexually assaulted by Diddy and have come forward so at the very least is this daunting to these other people these celebrities who are involved they want to go and settle and get their names out of the lawsuits I mean doesn't that seem like a big undertaking but the attorney Tony Busby has a dating task and and hurting all these cats if you will these lawsuits so I would not if I were him I would
not go above 120 130 lawsuits because at the end of the day you're facing the law of diminishing returns the other people that may be victims they can be used in those cases as Le but but but for Mr Diddy or for Diddy I I got I gotta say his his legal fees are going to be through the roof and he's probably gonna have to have one two maybe three law firms representing him if if he can get that to work out because these lawsuits these other lawsuits besides the indictment it's it's going to be
uh you know like handcuffs on him when it comes to his criminal trial a total distraction and here's the worst thing about these civil lawsuits Discovery depositions interrogatories all this information that these lawsuits are going to gather there's nothing to prevent uh the attorney for for the lawsuits to turn that over to the prosecutors that would be a benefit to the southern district of New York on a grand scale also talking about the allegations that people are pointing out we can kind of infer that Diddy team is going to say hey this was consensual it
may be weird or unconventional but it was consensual sex we can just assume that they're going to be doing that but what if these victim survivors were minors I mean that completely changes things both in terms of Diddy and these celebrities who may have been involved in all of that does that make things more severe absolutely because if you're if your victims if you will are 18 or over and they're not under statutory age Mr Mr Colmes also known as Diddy can make the argument you know what I was a weird guy I had perversions
and and you may not like it but this was all consensual it may you know it's on video I I embrace it but it was consensual I never forced people to do this they were all in but if you have Sierra uh victims who are underage you know 12 13 14 there's no defense and you can't argue consent that's why they have laws that set it set a minimum for consent that's what's shocking to me about all of this if we're talking about the Federal indictment against didy is that he's not charged with anything about
sexual assault of a minor I mean he faces three severe charges but nothing about kids I mean I'm really surprised that the prosecutors didn't bring that do you think that they may in the future yes that's why these civil lawsuits Sierra are so vital it may those lawsuits May gather information that there are victims underage and if that's the case and the prosecutors get a hold of that then you really will have a quick superseding indictment and if they get underage victims alleged and once again he's Presumed Innocent if they have alleged victims uh that
really raises the stakes for uh Mr comes so we've talked about it kind of as a through line of this entire interview that the prosecutors are paying attention to these civil suits and potentially talking to the plaintiffs the attorneys involved kind of investigating so you as a former Federal prosecutor what would all of that look like that they're going through and doing this investigation while they're also at the same time pursuing Diddy I mean how does all of that work well I had a I had a a crooked pain doctor he was uh egregious and
while my indictment was pending and we were preparing for trial at the same time there was a civil suit against one of the pain doctors uh by one of the pain doctor's uh patients who died of an overdose so that civil suit was conducting Discovery and actually deposed conducted a deposition of my defendant and my defendant did a deposition I used that deposition in my legal criminal proceeding against the defendant so that's how it can help the prosecutors the civil attorneys are doing the digging they're interviewing Witnesses and at some point in time if they
get good information they're going to call the prosecutors if the prosecutors don't reach out to them the bottom line of the story we're focusing on today is about these celebrities because everyone wants to know the crimes that Diddy is accused of are shocking the fact that he's this high-profile name but now that there may be other a listers obviously everyone's really interested to say the least to find out what may happen to them now we know that some of them have settled ahead of time in an effort to keep their name out of the news
but as you've pointed out it's possible that we would still learn their names what do you think the likelihood is will we have a big reveal of all these celeb names I don't think you're going to have a big reveal but you're going to have um water torture in in a sense that a name will come out today maybe three days from from now and here's what I predict even if you have ndas they're you're gonna you're gonna find out who signed those ndas and and it's not going to be a secret even though there's
an NDA so we're going to hear names in the next few weeks I guarantee it a potential individuals who have been sued or uh for whom there's an NDA I predict that these freak offs uh these events that Mr Diddy had with other people that we are just uh getting the tip of the iceberg I think you're going to see more videos come out more recordings more photos so I think it's only gonna get worse he didn't just wake up last year and and have these events he's been doing this for 10 15 20 years
he just has this part of his life part of his culture where he he has a strange uh Habit if you will uh and hobby of uh doing these events and you're G to see more and more information come out it's not going to stop Diddy has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him and after his arrest his attorney Mark igno released a statement reading in part quote Shan Diddy Colmes is a music icon self-made entrepreneur Loving Family Man and proven philanthropist who spent the last last 30 years building an empire adoring his
children and working to uplift the black community he is an imperfect person but is not criminal to his credit Mr comes has been nothing but Cooperative with this investigation please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts these are the acts of an innocent man with nothing to hide and he looks forward to clearing his name in court right now Diddy's federal trial is scheduled for May of 2025 but ahead of that he's due back in court on December 18th for long crime I'm Sierra Gillespie
