 It looks like LA Times has finally removed the story on the paper's website linking Diddy to Tupac's murder. The LA Times has already publicly apologized for the story, now it appears the paper has finally retracted the story. In a statement on the Times website, they publicly retracted because the article "relied heavily on information that the Times no longer believes to be credible."
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"The Times has since concluded that the FBI reports were fabricated and that some of the other sources relied on — including the person Philips previously believed to be the 'confidential source' cited in the FBI reports — do not support major elements of the story," the paper explained in the retraction. Along with retracting the front-page Web story from March 17 and a shorter version that appeared in the actual paper on March 19, the Times also retracted the text of two online chats that Philips participated in on March 18 and March 25, and comments from the Times' Soundboard blog from March 21
It's good The Times finally taken the steps to retract this bogus story. Labels: Biggie Smalls, Diddy, LA, Report
 Wow! This is a interesting story, The Smoking Gun published concerning the Tupac-Diddy murder link. According TSG, the information the LA Times story was based off of were fabricated FBI documents. The source of the LA Times story, federal convict, James Sabatino, supplied the Times with false statements and forged documents.
It was only a week ago the paper published, "FBI records recently obtained by The Times." Well only if we knew those documents were forged, and the story was trash from the beginning. Maybe, the well-paid journalist at the Times next time will be more thorough when they receive any sensitive documents or records.
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LA Times Writer Defends Story
Combs Denies Tupac Link
Puffy Connection to Tupac's Death?
Labels: Biggie Smalls, Diddy, LA, Report
 After Sean Combs and Jimmy Rosemond rejected the story that linked them both to Tupac Shakur's death. LA Times writer, Chuck Phillips defended his published story on Tupac/Bad Boy link. From Rolling Stone...
The writer of the Los Angeles Times exposé on a 1994 Tupac Shakur shooting has defended the article despite denials by both Sean “Diddy” Combs and James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond. In a live chat on the Los Angeles Times website, Chuck Phillips said he didn’t seek out the story -- which alleged two Bad Boy Records associates were behind the ‘94 robbery and shooting of Shakur -- but that he “stumbled on it last year after learning the street names of the assailants.” Related:
Combs Denies Tupac Link
Puffy Connection to Tupac's Death?
Labels: Diddy, LA, Report
Apparently in Los Angeles wandering the streets with a friend of hers.. In all likelihood Hollywood, because who would really carry that bag around LA??
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Sean "Diddy" Combs and Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond quickly responded to the published LA Times story. Combs and Rosemond both blasted the story and denied any connection..
Sean "Diddy" Combs and manager Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond issued quick and angry denials about an L.A. Times report released Monday morning claiming they were behind the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur at Quad Recording Studios in Times Square.
"This story is beyond ridiculous and is completely false," Diddy said in a statement Monday. "Neither Biggie [Smalls, the rapper at the center of Combs' Bad Boy Productions company] nor I had any knowledge of any attack before, during, or after it happened. It is a complete lie to suggest that there was any involvement by Biggie or myself. I am shocked that the Los Angeles Times would be so irresponsible as to publish such a baseless and completely untrue story."
Rosemond, now CEO of Czar Entertainment, said in a statement, "in the past 14 years, I have not even been questioned by law enforcement with regard to the assault of Tupac Shakur, let alone brought up on charges." Related: Puffy Connection to Tupac's Death?Labels: Biggie Smalls, Diddy, LA, Report
 The Los Angeles Times reports an apparent connection between Sean Combs and Tupac Shakur's death. The Times goes in-depth of the murder of Shakur.. Here is an excerpt Now, newly discovered information, including interviews with people who were at the studio that night, lends credence to Shakur's insistence that associates of rap impresario Sean "Diddy" Combs were behind the assault. Their alleged motives: to punish Shakur for disrespecting them and rejecting their business overtures and, not incidentally, to curry favor with Combs.
The information focuses on two New York hip-hop figures -- talent manager James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond and promoter James Sabatino, who is now in prison for unrelated crimes.
FBI records obtained recently by The Times say that a confidential informant told authorities in 2002 that Rosemond and Sabatino "set up the rapper Tupac Shakur to get shot at Quad Studios." The informant said Sabatino had told him that Shakur "had to be dealt with."
The records -- summaries of FBI interviews with the informant conducted in July and December 2002 -- provide details of how Shakur was lured to the studio and ambushed. Others with knowledge of the incident corroborated the informant's account in interviews with The Times and gave additional details. One would think, any information from informants has to be called into question.. Especially with the unknown backgrounds of the individuals.. We'll follow it for any further developments.
Labels: Diddy, LA, Report
 Four witnesses have come forward to support claims Diddy assaulted Gerard Rechnitzer, a partygoer at a post-Oscars party last year. Though, at the time Sean Combs wasn't charged with assault after an confrontation, currently Combs has a pending lawsuit on the matter. From New York Daily News... Court documents filed last week detail statements given by witnesses to the dustup. "I just kind of remember seeing [Rechnitzer] go flying, not flying as in like feet off the ground, but he went back significantly," Marianna Ruiz said in her deposition. "I was just in shock that somebody would ... just kind of strike somebody out of nowhere." Witness Michael Sherman said, "All of a sudden, [Diddy] hit him. And there was a taxi behind Gerard. Gerard got knocked into the taxi." Rechnitzer, 27, is seeking unspecified damages in the suit.
Labels: Allegations, Diddy, LA, Lawsuit
 Artist, actor turned mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs will get him a piece of Hollywood history. The Bad Boy is set to receive his very own star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Puffy broke the news on Jaime Foxx’s, The Foxxhole, Sirius satellite radio show. "I'm from Harlem New York, so to get a star in Hollywood is just mind-blowing," Diddy said. "You can get a lot of things but when you see those stars on the ground...that's something I can't even say I dreamed of and to be getting recognized for it is definitely something I'm gonna have my whole family out there for." The ceremony will be held Friday. Congrats to Puffy.Labels: Diddy, LA
 An update on Diddy's post-Oscar allegations, when its alleged Sean Combs struck another individual at an area Hollywood hotel. A spokesman for the Los Angeles city Attorney's Office said yesterday, charges will not be filed in the case. Page Six reports.. The spokesman declined to say if the case fell apart because the victim declined to cooperate, explaining only, "There was insufficient evidence." A Sean Combs' lawyer commented on the dropped charges.. "People who are superstars are always vulnerable to these allegations." It's also alleged by Laurie Ann Gibson, Combs' and Michael Bivins assaulted her in May. Combs' lawyers refuted that charge by claiming, "This is just another example of a false accusation by someone trying to take advantage of Sean's success and celebrity status."
Labels: Allegations, Diddy, LA, Lawsuit
A Federal Court has ordered the city of Los Angeles to pay the Christopher Wallace family for withholding evidence in the Biggie Smalls civil suit... LA. Times continued...
In a stinging rebuke, a federal judge Friday ordered the city of Los Angeles to pay $1.1 million in attorney fees and costs to the family of slain rap artist Notorious B.I.G. as sanctions for intentionally withholding evidence.
U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper declared a mistrial last summer in the family's civil lawsuit after finding that a Los Angeles Police Department detective hid statements linking the killing to rogue LAPD Officers David A. Mack and Rafael Perez, a central figure in the Rampart police scandal.
At the time, city attorneys protested that the statements had come from a jailhouse informant seeking special treatment, and robbery-homicide Det. Steven Katz insisted that he had overlooked the transcript of the remarks in his desk.
But Cooper ruled that Katz and perhaps others had deliberately concealed the information and said it could have bolstered the family's contention that Mack was involved in the killing.
The sanctions followed a series of legal volleys in which Cooper asked the plaintiffs' attorneys to submit fees and costs — and the city to contest those calculations.
Though Cooper didn't give the family the $2 million it originally sought, she left open the possibility of an additional award of $300,000. (More at L.A. Times)
B.I.G. Duets: The Final Chapter remains strong: Bad Boy Fans, and rap-hip hop fans have kept up strong sales of the Biggie Smalls, B.I.G. Duets, as it remains #1 on Billboard's top rap albums since its Dec. 19th release. While, The Final Chapter's "Nasty Girl" video remains one of MTV's most requested videos..
Forever Live The Notorious B.I.G.Labels: Biggie Smalls, LA, Lawsuit, Notorious BIG
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It looks like LA Times has finally removed the story on the paper's website linking Diddy to Tupac's murder. The LA Times has already publicly apologized for the story, now it appears the paper has finally retracted the story. In a statement on the Times website, they publicly retracted because the article "relied heavily on information that the Times no longer believes to be credible."
