Diddy's Bodyguard Issues Scathing Response To Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against Them

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Big Joe isn't here for this heavy accusation.

While Diddy faces a federal court case behind bars on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, a new sexual assault lawsuit emerged against him and his bodyguard, Joseph "Big Joe" Sherman. Thalia Graves filed the suit earlier this week and claimed that both men assaulted her at Bad Boy Studios in New York back in 2001 when she was 25 years old. Not only that, but she accused the duo of drugging her, filming the incident, and attempting profit off of the footage as pornography. Both defendants deny any and all of the allegations put forth, and Sherman recently elaborated on his dismissal with the Daily Mail.

"I know for a fact that this is a money grab," Diddy's former bodyguard reportedly told the outlet. "I’ve never seen this lady. Don’t have any tape of her like she says I have. I’ve never seen her, I never did anything with her. I don’t know, none of this. I don’t even know this lady." In addition, he also said that he and Sean Combs were never that close in the first place. "I’m being crucified and tortured for something I had nothing to do with me and me and [Diddy] was not even friends. We had no relationship whatsoever. I have not been around Diddy for 24 years.”

Diddy's Former Bodyguard Continues To Deny SA Allegations

"I’ve never seen this person before in my life," Diddy's former bodyguard went on. "I can swear on it, but my word means nothing. The problem with this right now is, no matter what people like me say, Diddy is in such turmoil and everybody who was ever around him is being blamed for anything he did. Anyone who was around him is automatically guilty.

"So, I understand that no matter what I say out my mouth, the public and people in the media is going to say I’m guilty and I’m a monster and I did this," Diddy's former associate concluded. "But as long as I know in my heart and eyes that I had nothing to do with this, I’m fine. I can take a lie detector test any day of the week with any office of the law." Sherman founded Rhymes N Dimes, a pornographic publication that Graves claims is a front for sharing his alleged assaults and that of his friends as pornography.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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