John Legend’s manager shares ‘terrifying’ moment on Diddy Party

After the consequences of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ charged with sex trafficking, John Legend’s manager has written an op-ed about an encounter she had at an event hosted by the disgraced mogul. She also condemned the toxicity of the music industry.

Ty Stiklorius, who spent 20 years as an executive in the music industry, wrote an opinion piece the New York Times called “The music industry is toxic. After P. Diddy we can clean it up” on Thursday.

In it, she shared her experiences at a hunting party hosted by Combs as a then-recent graduate. During the event, Stiklorius said she was led to a bedroom where “a man who appeared to be an associate of the party host” locked the door behind him.

“Maybe my nervous chatter: ‘My brother’s on this boat and he’s probably looking for me!’ – convinced him to unlock the bedroom door and let me go,” Stiklorius recalled.

Although she wasn’t sure if the man had one connection with Kammen Stiklorius understood at the time that his behavior was common.

“But I know now, after twenty years as an executive in the music industry, that what happened that night was not an aberration – it was an indicator of a pervasive culture in the music industry that actively encouraged sexual misconduct and harmed the lives and bodies of who exploited people. hoping to make it in the business,” she wrote.

Stiklorius also shared that “early experiences with predators, and those who enabled them, almost made me give up the music business.” However, Legend, an old college friend of hers, helped prevent that after she reached out in 2005.

“It turns out that many artists, including John, want to be part of a different business and culture model,” Stiklorius wrote.

Stiklorius stated that “increasing representation in positions of power and “minimizing the use” of NDAs can help remedy the industry’s current climate and empower artists.