Diddy’s Ex-Bodyguard Denies Rape Claims In Emotional Interview

Diddy‘s one-time bodyguard Joseph ‘Large Joe’ Sherman was named in a current sexual assault lawsuit filed in opposition to the embattled mogul, however he’s assured that his innocence will probably be confirmed.

A girl named Thalia Graves filed the criticism in a New York federal court docket late final month, alleging that again in 2001, she was courting somebody who labored at Unhealthy Boy, and Diddy known as her to arrange a gathering, beneath the guise of needing to speak to her about her companion’s “efficiency points” at work.

The go well with recounts her alleged subsequent rape by each Diddy and his then-bodyguard Joseph Sherman.

However in a brand new interview with NBC New York, Joe has denied ever having met the lady , not to mention participate in what she’s alleging.

“It’s a lie on me,” he mentioned. “I don’t know this girl from anyplace. […] I’m not questioning her integrity. I’m simply questioning her claims in opposition to me. You bought the mistaken man. I wasn’t even in the identical room with you. I’ve by no means seen you. I wasn’t even in New York that I recall on the time.”

In keeping with Joe, he did do safety for Diddy and Unhealthy Boy Data within the 90s, however was now not with the corporate on the time she alleges the incident occurred in 2001.

“Her and whoever she’s in cahoots with was orchestrating a cash seize. And he or she needed me to be a part of that cash seize…She needed to get Diddy,” he added.

Try a clip from the interview beneath.

He additionally offered texts and DMs that have been confirmed by NBC, exhibiting that the lady had reached out in November 2023 making an attempt to get him to be a witness.

One textual content requested him to name a quantity and mentioned: “If you can be my witness in opposition to Diddy, then my attorneys will depart you out of any proceedings as a result of we have now statements that you just bodily confirmed over eight individuals movies of me and also you to individuals within the studio.”

“I’m nothing however a scapegoat for this BS as a result of I wouldn’t lie on Puffy — Sean Combs,” he concluded.

Joe and his crew plan to counter-sue for defamation.

Within the unique lawsuit, the lady alleged:

“Following the assault and a number of occasions through the years, each Combs and Sherman contacted Plaintiff and warned her to be silent, threatening repercussions together with Plaintiff probably dropping custody of her son if she ever disclosed the assault.”

Then, in November 2023, the go well with says that Graves’ former boyfriend revealed to her that Diddy and Sherman had proven him a video of the assault — and alleges that the 2 had a behavior of doing this and promoting the ensuing movies.

“A Unhealthy Boy artist later corroborated in a textual content message that Sherman ‘use[d] to promote porn of him doing this to chix’ and that Sherman ‘did that to a variety of girls,’ the criticism reads.

“Combs and Sherman…had proven the video [of Graves’ assault] to a number of males, looking for to publicly degrade and humiliate each Plaintiff and her boyfriend.”

Legal professional Gloria Allred is representing Graves.