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P.Diddy with a model at Burning Man
Sep 17 2024

Billionaire Burner Diddy: The New Epstein?

P.Diddy invented the remix. He used to be a billionaire, but he’s off the Forbes Billionaire list for 2024. And now he’s been indicted for kinky sex trafficking.

“Bad Boy thank you for the special delivery”

Diddy was first spotted at Burning Man in 2013 under a pink parasol

Parasols and Celebrities at Cargo Cult
Image Credit: Voodoo Child, 2013

In 2015 he returned with his girlfriend Cassie. TMZ managed to get video of him dancing on the playa.

Cassie riding on her phat bike
P.Diddy’s girlfriend Cassie poses in front of the couple’s Pilatus PC-12, a sweet ride to the Playa

He was snapped there with Cassie again in 2020 at the trash fence.

Image Credit: Essence

By all accounts he was a model burner – getting into the spirit of things and having the time of his life. He posed for selfies with burners, rode on art cars, and danced his ass off.

Diddy riding in Henry Chang’s art car
Diddy inside Robot Heart
photo: Peter Ruprecht

Perhaps inspired by Burning Man, Diddy later went on to win a Grammy for an album he made over Zoom with “Burna Boy”.

Sadly, it seems the owner of Bad Boy Entertainment, famous for their tag line “Bad Boys For Life!” has…well, he’s been a bad boy. And he could be facing life.

“I’m the definition of…half man, half drugs…bad boy, that’s wassup” [Look for the cameo appearance from Ben Stiller at 2:56 with an 8-ball, who makes a funny little reptilian move with his tongue when he says he wants to be invited to one of Diddy’s special house parties.]

How bad are we talking? We’re talking “the Black Epstein” bad. Sean “Puffy” Combs was indicted in Federal Court on charges of decades of sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, racketeering, bribery, obstruction of justice, witness tampering…and arson. Multiple counts of arson. That’s one bad burner! Of course, innocent til proven guilty, maybe this rapper has the money and clout and kompromat to beat the rap.

Sean Combs aka Puff Daddy aka P.Diddy aka Diddy aka PD aka Love [that’s what the indictment calls him!] was also charged with multiple offenses of possession with the intent to distribute, or distribution of, narcotics and controlled substances, including:

Sounds like your average everyday Burner fanny pack…

Image Credit: okhereisthesituation

The indictment alleges that Diddy would order “Freak Offs”, where he would fly male prostitutes across state lines to hotel rooms that had been prepared by Diddy’s staff with drugs, baby oil, lubricant, extra linens and lighting. They would then have sex with his female victims, who had been lured in by promises of romantic relationships and/or career advancement, in “elaborate and produced sex performances that Combs arranged, directed, masturbated during and often electronically recorded”. Freak Offs occurred regularly, lasted multiple days, and often involved multiple commercial sex workers. They used so many controlled substances in the Freak Offs that Diddy and his victims had to be hooked up to an IV afterwards to recover. One Freak Off in a Manhattan hotel penthouse left a damage bill of $46,000. Allegedly. In law enforcement raids in March 2024 they searched Diddy’s homes in Miami and LA looking for evidence of Freak Offs. They found controlled substances and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil.

If you’ve participated in one of these Freak Offs, please let us know in the comments.

Here’s the full indictment:

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They are going for asset forfeiture, everything he earned from his racketeering enterprise. The number isn’t named in the indictment, but it sounds like there is a number – so maybe there’s a chance for Diddy to pay his way out of this.

This is on the heels of a staggeringly revelatory civil case from Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Cassie, where he was accused of rape, savage assaults “often”, blowing up a man’s car, masturbating while filming sexual encounters of her with other men, and chasing a rival industry executive with a gun.

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Diddy apologized to Cassie in May 2024 after 2016 CCTV footage from the InterContinental Hotel in Century City was released by CNN, showing Diddy grabbing, shoving, dragging and kicking her then stealing her purse.

Cassie’s civil case was filed on November 16th last year. On November 17th last year the New York Times reported that Diddy had settled his lawsuit with Cassie.

Don’t do it, kids…especially if you’re a billionaire with drivers on your payroll

Diddy was also sued by Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones Jr, a music producer. Co-defendants in the civil complaint include Diddy’s son Justin, his Chief of Staff Ghislaine Kristina Khorram, Universal Music CEO Lucian Grange, Motown Records CEO Ethiopia Habtemariam, and their respective companies.

Diddy would take his cellphone and start recording; as a result, Lil Rod was able to “secure hundreds of hours of footage and audio recordings of Diddy, his staff and guests engaging in serious illegal activity”.

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This complaint adds mushrooms and marijuana to the drug mix, and alleges Jones was sexually assaulted by Cuba Gooding, Jr. Music producer Stevie J and rapper Yung Miami are also mentioned. One party described had at least 5 girls under the age of 16 drinking ecstasy-laced DeLeon, Diddy’s tequila brand. Photos are provided in the complaint supporting these claims. The court document details the shooting of a 30-year old African American male “G” in a rest room, where Diddy and his son Justin were in a heated argument with the man. Diddy instructed Lil Rod to lie to the police that it was a drive-by shooting, but left him to keep his blood-stained clothing and take photos of the aftermath in the bathroom.

Last week another Diddy lawsuit dropped. He is being sued by Dawn Richard, a singer from Danity Kane and Diddy’s band “Dirty Money”.

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This indictment reveals that he told USA Today in 1998 that his name was “Puff” because he had a “temper” and was known to “huff and puff” when he was angry. It also claims “Mr. Combs hired police officers to attend his parties, sending a clear message to guests that his influence extended to law enforcement officers, and creating a climate of fear and a tacit warning that reporting him to authorities would be both unacceptable and futile“.

I wanna know what happened to Biggie and Pac. Maybe as this thing unfolds we’ll get to find out.

Diddy’s lawyers have been arguing all day in Court that he should be allowed to put up his $50 million Miami mansion as bail. The government claimed that he was a flight risk, having already been caught by Homeland Security trying to flee the country in a private jet. The judge just ruled for the prosecution: Diddy will remain behind bars. For now. I believe that will be the Manhattan Correctional Facility, where Epstein met his untimely self-demise.

As usually, Inner City Press has all the details livexed live-tweeted from the Court Room. They’re a great Follow.

Some in-depth Twitter threads for those who want to go further down this rabbit hole…warning the first one is a serious piece of research but it’s pretty disturbing, avoid it if you might get triggered.

Bonus for those who made it this far.
Jun 14 2019

DENIED: No Growth, and Drug Screenings [UPDATE]

The cozy relationship the extreme Far Left Progressives of San Francisco’s Burning Man Organization enjoyed with the Federal Government under Obama doesn’t seem to be playing out quite the same way under President Trump.

Last year saw massive amounts of Burner cars being pulled over on the Paiute Indian Reservation and searched for drugs, as part of the President’s efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. See Indians Promised They Will Shut Down the Roads – and They Delivered.

This year we had threats of a concrete wall being built to concentrate the Burners, the horrific idea of trash dumpsters at the exit gates, and private mercenary armies conducting drug searches – while on the other hand, Burning Man asked for a population increase from 80,000 to 100,000. See BMorg Outraged at $10m Bill For $42m New Revenues.

No extra $40 million for you! The growth has been denied, but the private security doing drug searches is still on the table – maybe for this year, maybe 2020.

From the Reno Gazette-Journal:

Burning Man won’t be growing this year, but there could be at least one major change upon entry: drug screenings. 

The Bureau of Land Management on Friday issued the final environmental impact statement for Burning Man, denying the Burning Man organization its sought-after growth to 100,000 people but granting it more time to address a number of environmental and security concerns.

The federal agency may, however, hire a private security firm this year to conduct drug screenings. Or, it might wait until 2020, according to BLM spokesman Rudy Evenson. 

As for the growth of the event, the population cap will remain at 80,000 people … 

“The BLM and cooperating agencies could not support the event growing. The city of Reno, Nevada Department of Transportation, Nevada Highway Patrol as well as the Bureau of Land Management could not support the growth particularly because there are other events going on during Labor Day,” said Evenson.

One third of BLM law enforcement officers nationwide are required to patrol the event at the current size, but one half would be required if it grew to 100,000. Transportation agencies also want to find ways to alleviate the congestion on area roads before the BLM allows any growth of the event, Evenson said… 

In an effort to make the event safer and more secure, the BLM plans to hire a private security firm to “screen” Burners for drugs and weapons prior to entering the event, according to the report. 

In public meetings, Burners called the suggested drug searches unconstitutional.

Read the full story at the Reno Gazette-Journal

Is Trump going to build a wall at Burning Man?

Well…sort of.

No statement yet at the BJ, but some more detail was posted in the comments to this post:

Alternative D has been selected:
The event will occur with no population growth during the ten year period. This means that a total of 80,000 people will be allowed onsite until at least 2028.

In the final EIS the BLM has updated many facets of the mitigations. Listed below are some of the most contentious ones.

NAT-2 Dumpsters: This mitigation has been completely removed from the EIS. Yay.

PHS-1 Private Security at Gate: They are still requiring private security. However the contracting will be done through the BLM, not BRC. This security force will report “banned or illegal contraband” directly to law enforcement. Federal agency contracting out private security to conduct their unconstitutional searches.

PHS-3 The Wall Around BRC: The requirement has been shortened. It now just reads, “BRC will be required to implement physical perimeter barriers and controls to reduce the risk of unauthorized entry to the Event.”

PHS-4 Building Inspections: This one was loosened up a bit, fortunately. Now structures over 10 feet must only be inspected if they are for lodging and aren’t tents, RV’s, or motorhomes. Also, the inspection will be done by BRC staff, not “Nevada-certified building inspectors.”

VIS-1 Lighting: They’re letting us point our lights towards the sky. However, the BLM is going to monitor us to make sure we don’t spew too many photons.

Look for updates to this post as the story unfolds.

[Update June 15 2019 11:30am]

Volume 1 of the Environmental Impact Statement

Volume 2

Reddit thread

Some are saying that High Rock Security will be doing the drug searches.

Seems like some lucrative private security contracts will be going the way of long-time BMorg personnel

Private searches offer an interesting loophole for the government to get around the Fourth Amendment, as discussed in this 2017 Yale Law journal article:

Under the private search doctrine, once a private party has conducted an initial search independent of the government, the government may repeat that search, even if doing so would otherwise violate the Fourth Amendment. The private party’s search renders the subsequent government “search” not a search in the constitutional sense.

Currently Burning Man has a peak ticketed population of 70,000 and is allowed 10,000 staff and volunteers. They have missed out on 300,000 tickets over the next ten years, which is potentially more than half a billion dollars. I predict VIP ticket prices will increase above $2000 before the end of this period – in the past I have predicted that for 2020. We’re getting very close already: with vehicle pass, handling fees and taxes, this year’s VIP ticket is $1703.50.

Aug 21 2018

Indians Promised “We Will Shut Down The Roads” – Now They Delivered [Updates]

Burning Man doesn’t even begin for another 5 days, but the chaos has already started.

By now you’ve probably heard that basically every single vehicle driving along the 447 near Nixon is being searched by the police, often with K-9 units.

The Reno Gazette-Journal had a story about it Burning Man Attendees Face Traffic Stops, Searches

Burning Man attendees face traffic stops, searches

Law enforcement officers from both the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe have been pulling over vehicles on their way to early Burning Man festivities in the Nevada desert. 

Bureau agents and tribal police were pulling over drivers passing through tribal land beginning last week and continuing this week. On Monday, about a half-dozen federal and tribal vehicles, some unmarked, were seen stopping vehicles primarily in Nixon, a tiny town halfway between Reno and the Burning Man site….There is one road, State Route 447, to and from the event; a large portion of that road goes through the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe’s land. 

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribal Council in the past month approved a memorandum of understanding that detailed the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ plans to have a law enforcement presence this year on the tribal land, according to tribal officials. The BIA  initially proposed the memorandum to the tribal police, which then presented the agreement to the council.

The tribe declined to provide the document, and the BIA has not responded to repeated calls for comment. It is unclear what the duration of the agreement is, and its purpose. 

Read the full story at the Reno Gazette Journal.

This is unprecedented in Burning Man history.

The RGJ for some reason did not make the connection between this new interference from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the cultural appropriation issues that were raised at the last Burning Man and through Burners’ involvement in the Standing Rock pipeline protests (see Dear Burners, Standing Rock is not Burning Man)

It was a really big story at the time, mostly in extremely heated social media discussions.

We Will Shut Down The Roads to Burning Man – Alarm at Cultural Appropriation

The Huffington Post had a suitably fawning puff piece on it – On Cultural Appropriation and Transformation at Burning Man – which sure looks like quickly produced damage control from the BMorg propaganda PR team. Then Caveat Magister hit the BJ with “Decommodification” and “Cultural Appropriation” – two great conversations that go great together. The usual self-congratulatory “we’re saving the world” stuff we’re used to from the official Voices of Burning Man.

What is it they say…“white man speak with forked tongue”? A couple of laissez-faire stories was not enough to put out this particular fire.

These people were seriously offended. Not just “hey fuck your fake headdress at Coachella” offended. More like “You have dishonored our ancestors and our entire tribe” offended.

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Read the rest of the comments here.

It sure looks like they made good on their threats. It is going to take a long, long time for the 80,000+ total participants to all make it into Black Rock City, if every single vehicle is getting searched. Be prepared.

Is this another case where the hundreds of year-round staff in San Francisco failed to pay sufficient respect to the objections of the local community? It might be far out in the desert, but Burning Man isn’t an island. It needs to be a net positive for everyone.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Org try to spin this to blame the Trump Administration rather than themselves. The proof will be in the pudding when Burning Man opens: is this treatment coming from all the Feds and cops, or just on the Indian territory?

[Update 8/22/18]

Statement from Burning Man. They are wondering why this is happening. They should read Burners.Me and they would know.

https://journal.burningman.org/2018/08/news/official-announcements/statement-on-police-activity-on-the-road-to-brc/

“You might be wondering why this is all happening. So are we. We think the BIA’s efforts to target our community as we prepare for our annual gathering on public lands are misguided.

While BLM law enforcement has conducted aggressive traffic enforcement in past years on Gate Road in Black Rock City, this is the first time the Burning Man event has been targeted for an operation of this magnitude on public highways. The BIA stops appear to be pretextual and not based on actual violations of law.”

Predictably, many in the comments blame Trump. Only one person was brave enough to mention cultural appropriation (or maybe I caught their post before the censors did…)

[Source: burningman.org]

The previous head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs abruptly resigned in April, for an unspecified reason – it looks like another #metoo situation. President Trump proposed a woman, Tara Sweeney, for the position, but her confirmation was held up. She took the helm last week, in near-secrecy.

The recommendation of the BIA to the Tribal Council about Burning Man happened before last Thursday, so President Trump’s appointment of a new BIA head does not explain the present situation.

Up until a week ago the acting head of BIA was Darryl LaCounte:  

The top official at the Bureau of Indian Affairs has resigned suddenly after serving just six months, and a Billings official will take over, the agency said Friday. 

The BIA confirmed to The Gazette on Friday that Bryan Rice, the agency’s director, resigned on April 24.

BIA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs John Tahsuda informed agency employees by email Thursday, which BIA spokeswoman Nedra Darling released Friday.

Darling did not give a reason for Rice’s departure. 

Darryl LaCounte, the regional BIA director based in Billings, will take over as acting BIA director.

“He is an experienced leader with vast organizational knowledge to maintain a smooth transition for our BIA employees and the tribal nations we serve,” Darling said of LaCounte in an emailed statement.

LaCounte started with the BIA in 1988 as an oil and gas specialist. He moved up through several positions in the Billings office and in 2014 became the Rocky Mountain regional director.

The exiting Rice, who is a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, took over as director six months ago. He was previously a director of forest management for the U.S. Forest Service and a deputy director for the BIA’s Office of Trust Services.

[Source: Billings Gazette]

LaCounte is from Billings, Montana – where Republicans have won every election since 1996, and Trump won in 2016 with a 20% margin. Was LaCounte trying to make a big splash while he temporarily had the reins of power? Or was this a Machiavellian “Black Prince” situation, where someone was sent in to do the dirty work and be the “hated Prince”, only to then be replaced by the “good Prince?

 

[Update 8/23/18]

There are a bunch of threads at r/BurningMan with the latest updates on the Nixon situation.

The BJ comments had a conspiracy theory worth considering: that this is BIA revenge on the Paiute for bringing all those Burners to Standing Rock who disrespected the broader culture and caused concern amongst the LEO community:

[Source: burningman.org]