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Saturday, November 2, 2024

Jennifer Lopez dodges questions on ex Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs amid his sex crimes scandal

 Jennifer Lopez is actively avoiding answering any questions about her ex Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal issues despite growing curiosity over what she may have known when he allegedly committed his crimes.

Paparazzi spotted the triple-threat entertainer on two occasions recently, and attempted to get a response from her on the horrifying allegations made about the disgraced rap mogul.

Following a screening for her new film “Unstoppable” in Los Angeles on Oct. 26, Lopez stepped out to sign autographs for fans, when a woman asked, “Do you have any comments about P. Diddy?”

The “Jenny From the Block” singer — who had a stoic look on her face in the clip obtained by the Daily Mail — appeared as if she did not hear the question, and quickly exited with a bodyguard.

Jennifer Lopez is avoiding answering questions about Sean “Diddy” Combs.The Hollywood JR / BACKGRID
The entertainer stayed silent when asked about the sex crimes scandal on two occasions.The Hollywood JR / BACKGRID
Lopez was also seen in a separate video obtained by Page Six surrounded by a group of photographers outside of LA hotspot Funke after she went to dinner with her manager, Benny Medina, on Oct. 19.

A paparazzo asked her at that time, “Hey Jennifer, do you have anything to say about the P. Diddy situation?”

The “Hustlers” star, who was dressed in a form-fitting tan dress and accompanied by a male friend, seemed uncomfortable as she looked down and quickly got into the passenger’s side of a vehicle.

Lopez dated Combs when at least some of his alleged crimes occurred.AFP via Getty Images
Lopez and Combs dated from 1999 to 2001.Getty Images

Lopez is not the first star who previously had ties to Combs that has attempted to distance themselves.

In early October, Kevin Hart was asked about “hosting” parties for the “Bad Boy for Life” rapper, so he told the pap in response, “You asking the wrong person the wrong question, man. It’s not a good question.”

Despite Lopez’s attempts to not comment on her ex’s legal issues, her name was dragged into the scandal this week by an ex-Playboy model who claimed Combs made her watch a music video of the “Let’s Get Loud” singer at one of his infamous “Freak Off’ parties.

“It was kind of an odd thing to find out that we were watching [Lopez’s] video,” Rachel Kennedy alleged on the Daily Mail’s “The Trial of Diddy” podcast Friday. “It seemed a little bit creepy to me, very disrespectful.”

The former model also claimed that Combs was on the phone with Lopez at one point during her alleged interaction with the rapper, which she claimed took place at a Tokyo hotel room in 2000.

A former Playboy model claimed that she was forced to watch a video of Lopez during one of Combs’ “Freak Off” parties.Getty Images
The pop star has not been named in any of her ex’s lawsuits, though.FilmMagic, Inc

The “On the Floor” singer and “Last Night” rapper dated for two years from 1999 to 2001.

Combs, 54, has been accused of raping at least one of his alleged victims during that time frame. However, Lopez, 55, has not been named in any of her ex’s lawsuits or been accused of any wrongdoing.

However, attorney Tony Buzbee, who is spearheading many of the civil suits against Combs, has alleged that many “powerful people” were involved in the former Bad Boy exec’s sexual assault crimes.

“The day will come when we will name names other than Sean Combs, and there’s a lot of names. It’s a long list already, but because of the nature of this case, we are going to make damn sure — damn sure — that we’re right before we do that,” he said in a press conference on Oct. 1. “The names will shock you.”

Combs, seen here with Lopez at the 2000 VMAs, has denied any wrongdoing.Getty Images
He is currently behind bars awaiting trial for federal sex trafficking charges and other claims.Getty Images
In a separate federal case, Combs was charged with sex trafficking, racketeering, fraud or coercion and  transportation to engage in prostitution.

He pleaded not guilty but is currently awaiting his trial behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, NY, as he is being held without bail. The trial is set to begin on May 5, 2025.

https://pagesix.com/2024/11/02/celebrity-news/jennifer-lopez-dodges-questions-about-ex-sean-diddy-combs-amid-his-sex-crimes-scandal/

Drill rapper Dougie B busted over pair of violent NYC thefts

 A Bronx drill rapper with ties to hip-hop superstar Cardi B is facing 25 years in prison for a slew of felony charges over a pair of violent robberies in the Boogie Down — including a stickup involving a 5-year-old, authorities said. 

Rapper Dougie B, whose real name is Arion Howard, was among five goons who allegedly ambushed a 33-year-old dad and his young son inside an apartment in the Belmont neighborhood on Aug. 27, according to a Bronx Criminal Court complaint. 

After Howard, 23, allegedly blocked the man and his child from escaping the Cambreleng Avenue dwelling, another perp flashed a gun at the dad and seized his phone, which was used to drain $2,500 from his cash accounts, authorities said in court records. 

Dougie B flashing signs with his hand while standing
The rapper allegedly blocked a man and his 5-year-old from fleeing a Belmont apartment, where thieves stole $2,500 from the dad.instagram/dougieb.___

The rapper and his accomplices were busted by police nine days later, after he and four others allegedly carried out another violent robbery in the same building, according to a second Bronx Criminal Court complaint. 

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During the Sept. 5 heist, two of the suspects allegedly threatened the victim at knifepoint and demanded his phones before one of the thieves filched $500 from the man’s digital wallet, court records said. 

Howard allegedly approached the victim while gripping his waistband and threatened, “I got something for you,” the criminal complaint noted.  

Howard, who was featured in a 2022 music video with Cardi B, was hit with felony charges by the Bronx District Attorney’s office for his involvement in both thefts, including robbery and grand larceny.

In June, a 16-year-old fan alleged Howard stole more than $1,000 in cash from the teen after he flashed dozens of $20 bills while taking a photo with his idol outside a barber shop on East 187th Street. Howard has denied the incident, and the NYPD did not respond when asked whether a report was filed.

https://nypost.com/2024/11/02/us-news/drill-rapper-dougie-b-busted-over-pair-of-violent-nyc-thefts-including-a-robbery-involving-a-5-year-old-prosecutors/

NYC forces Asian students to disclose ‘sensitive’ background info: ‘CCP would love this’

 Asian students in the Big Apple’s public schools are being forced to disclose their countries of origin when signing up for after-school activities — a controversial policy pushed by a Gov. Hochul aide now accused of being a Chinese spy.

Only Asian students are asked for such detail on where they came from, and critics say forcing them to list their homeland could endanger the families of dissidents and others.

“I bet the CCP would love to get their hands on a list like this,” said one parent, referring to the Chinese Communist Party.

Now disgraced former Hochul aide, Linda Sun was supposed to restrict the data collection on city DOE forms to a few, specific territories.Paul Martinka

A 2021 law signed by Hochul — and promoted by her now disgraced former aide, Linda Sun — was supposed to restrict the data collection on city Department of Education forms to just a few, specific territories.

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Instead, a DOE form this fall required applicants to check off which of 20 Asian countries the students’ families originated from.

The form includes politically sensitive countries such as Taiwan, Tibet and North and South Korea.

Sun was in meetings with parent activists who fought the overstepping legislation, and she was seen in photos leading sessions with them when the governor couldn’t make it. Asian activists who pushed back against the 2021 bill remember Sun advocating hard for the legislation.

Supporters of the bill claimed the data was needed for everything from combating anti-Asian hate crimes to community service organizations applying for funding.

Sun and her husband were arrested Sept. 3 on Long Island and charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, visa fraud, alien smuggling and money laundering conspiracy — a host of accusations that together depict them as Chinese foreign agents, critics charged. They have pleaded not guilty.

A My School account questionnaire that asked very psychic country of origins for Asians only.Obtained by The New York Post
A Free Tibet protest makes its way across midtown.Gabriella Bass

Tibet and Taiwan have long fought for independence from China, and immigrants in New York from those countries could be at risk if their data makes it into the wrong hands, advocates said.

“We are outraged that electeds and officials, especially those representing Asian neighborhoods, did little to no outreach to their constituency for input and feedback,” Yiatin Chu, president of the Asian Wave Alliance, told The Post when the DOE form surfaced in September.

Legislation that forces minorities to disclose countries of origin “perpetuates the myth of us as ‘forever foreigners’ when in fact, many Asian New Yorkers are multigenerational Americans,” Chu added.

https://nypost.com/2024/11/02/us-news/nyc-forces-asian-students-to-share-sensitive-background-info-ccp-would-love-this/