Hip Hop artist and Rap singers are (pardon the similarity) "notorious" for being in the middle of public altercations. Shootings, fights, knives drawn and shots ringing out are part of the norm for them, right? But is it the artist themselves creating this mess or are people drawn to instigate something with a celeb in hopes of a big pay day. Celebs are always paying out money to keep stories out of the papers or out of court. Case in point, this weeks court case against Hip Hop artist and fashion mogul Sean Diddy Combs. Sean is accused of shoving, punching and spitting on a bar patron after last years Academy Awards, for "no reason at all."
Four eyewitnesses support a man's assertion that Sean "Diddy" Combs assaulted him and his girlfriend at a post-Oscar party at a Hollywood nightclub last year, according to court papers filed by the plaintiff's attorney.
Marianna Ruiz, one of the witnesses deposed by an attorney for Gerard Rechnitzer, said in papers filed Wednesday that the rap and fashion mogul struck Rechnitzer unprovoked.
"I just kind of remember seeing him go flying, not flying as in like feet off the ground, but he went back significantly," said Ruiz, who was part of a group at the club with the Rechnitzer. "I was just in shock that somebody would just kind of strike somebody out of nowhere."
Of course Diddy has his own take on this and you can read the rest of this story and see his side of the story on video at Access Hollywood. In the mean time check out how Diddy handles his business at home.