Your round-up of this week’s biggest showbiz stories
WORDS: ARIANA LONGSON.
Prince HarryDRAGGED INTO LAWSUIT
As if the Duke of Sussex’s life wasn’t filled with enough drama lately, he has now become embroiled in the lawsuit of US rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. Prince Harry’s name appears in court documents related to a $30 million lawsuit, claiming that Diddy is a sexual abuser.
The court documents, filed in the US in February, do not suggest any wrongdoing on Harry’s part and he is not a defendant, having only been named once in the 73-page document. But while Harry isn’t facing a legal claim himself, it’s still likely to cause him stress. Especially since he’s had his own battles with the law lately, namely his legal case against the UK government over his downgraded security.
Record producer Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones, who helped release Diddy’s most recent album, filed the bombshell lawsuit against Diddy and claims that his ‘affiliation’ to Prince Harry and other stars gave him and his associates ‘legitimacy’. Rodney’s lawyers allege that guests were drawn to Diddy’s alleged sex-trafficking parties because of his ‘access to celebrities such as famous athletes, political figures, artists, musicians and international dignitaries like British Royal, Prince Harry’.
Harry and his brother Prince William met Diddy and Kanye West (now known as Ye) at a post-concert party they held in 2007 to thank all who took part in the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium. However, the Prince of Wales is not named in the court documents.
INSIDE STACEY’S A-LIST PROJECT
Sort Your Life Out star Stacey Solomon has opened up about her latest programme, Renovation Rescue, after being headhunted by Hollywood A-lister Reese Witherspoon, 48.
Discussing the show, which will see Stacey, 34, and a team help those who have been abandoned by builders to complete their unfinished homes, the Loose Women panellist said, ‘I was genuinely like, “How does she even know me?”’ The star continued, ‘I haven’t actually met her. She wrote a message to say how excited she is and we’re hoping to FaceTime her on the day the show goes out.’ Stace added, ‘She seems pretty busy changing the world for women in our industry, so that’s OK, I’ll let her off
