Former Diddy employees open up about “toxic” work environment
The now-disgraced Bad Boy founder, Diddy (real name Sean Combs), has had new accusations levelled against him by former employees of his fashion house, Sean John, who described the work environment created by the producer as hostile and toxic.
One employee who has decided to remain anonymous claimed that working for Diddy was like being in Game of Thrones, a fantasy show that is violent and combative at times.
Another anonymous employee suggested that Diddy had delusions of grandeur and recalled that in one meeting, Combs told her, ‘When you speak to me, you should imagine that you’re talking to Karl Lagerfeld. Anything I say, assume that it’s coming from Karl Lagerfeld.'” The latter is the creative director of the esteemed fashion house Chanel.
Describing Diddy’s abusive nature, the employee continued, “At that point, I didn’t have a response to that, and he reaches out and he grabs my face. He puts one hand on both sides of my cheeks and says: ‘Stick out your tongue,’ and then he squeezes my face harder and yells at me to stick out my tongue and forces his hands on my face.”
These new allegations against Diddy come only ten days after the CCTV footage of the producer beating his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura in 2016 surfaced online, for which the disgraced beatmaker apologised.
soon as she realised Combs’ vile, self-important, abusive nature, insisting, “I started looking for a job immediately after that moment. I just wasn’t interested in being there to deal with that kind of treatment. You have to really idolize him and see him as an icon. I didn’t. I was just there to do my job.”
That same employee unveiled she wasn’t at all shocked when the video from 2016 surfaced as she was already aware of his temper and abusive ways, and wished it had happened a long time ago, stating, “I’m sorry that it took this long. I hope he gets what’s coming to him.”
For help, advice or more information regarding sexual harassment, assault and rape in the UK, visit the Rape Crisis charity website. In the US, visit RAINN.