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JLo named-dropped in Diddy’s $400m sexual assault lawsuit court docs: Singer to testify against ex-boyfriend?

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Male prisoner suing Diddy for allegedly drugging and molesting him has plans to call Jennifer Lopez to testify against her ex-boyfriend. 
Jennifer Lopez has noticeably distanced herself from allegations surrounding her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs as tabloids continue churning out a flurry of reports about her divorce. Her split from her husband, Ben Affleck, has presumably been nothing short of heartbreaking, but it has also bittersweetly granted her respite from the Diddy headlines.

However, a new legal development may just work its way as her silence-breaker. Prisoner Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, suing the Bad Boy Records founder over an alleged 1997 sexual assault, has reportedly hatched plans to bring in Lopez as a witness in the case.

According to InTouchWeekly, recent documents suggest that the Michigan Department of Corrections inmate named “Jennifer Lynn Lopez aka Jenny from the Block,” calling her to testify. JLo and Diddy dated from 1999 to 2001. As a result, Derrick believes that the songbird actress may be harbouring some information about the alleged assault that could back his arguments.

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Male prisoner’s allegations against Diddy

Meanwhile, his own first Diddy meet-up happened back when Cardello-Smith was employed as a bartender. As far as his side of the story goes, the disgraced hip-hop mogul invited him to a sex party at a hotel, where the “Bad Boy for Life” drugged and molested him. Several Diddy accusers have similarly alleged that the 55-year-old music star laced their drinks before sexually assaulting them in an intoxicated state. When Smith finally gained consciousness he saw Combs sexually involved with another woman, to which he allegedly said, “I did this to you too!”

Incarcerated in Michigan, Derrick is serving time for unrelated convictions of sexual misconduct and kidnapping. In addition to the sexual assault allegations, the prisoner believes that government officials conspired with the rapper to cover up his purported crimes. He asked for $400 million in damages.

Tussle with Diddy’s legal team

Combs’ lawyer Marc Agnifilo previously blasted Cardello-Smith’s suit, saying, “This is a frivolous lawsuit against a prominent businessman, based on obvious fabrications, filed by a convicted rapist and serial litigant with an overactive imagination and a thirst for fame.” His legal team has since also argued that the claims were filed years after the statute of limitations. In response to the incendiary counter-argument, Derrick claimed that he waited to go up against Combs because he feared retaliation. Diddy’s team slammed his argument as “not plausible.” The lawyer wrote, “ [Derrick’s] claim that he feared deadly retaliation from [Diddy], which was reasonable because ‘[Diddy] had Tupac Shakur Killed[,]’ is simply incredible. Even accepted at face value, [Derrick’s] story makes little sense.”

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Executive producer says Maggie Smith will be honoured in Downton Abbey 3.

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Executive producer says Maggie Smith will be honoured in Downton Abbey 3.

Throughout her career, Maggie Smith played a variety of memorable roles in films. She was part of Murder by Death, Sister Act and Hook.
Late star Maggie Smith will be honoured with a special tribute in the third Downton Abbey movie. As per Variety, executive producer Gareth Neame confirmed that the third film will include a tribute to both the character and Maggie Smith herself. Maggie died at the age of 89 on September 27.

“The loss of the Dowager, it now feels far more significant that you see actors playing characters mourning the family matriarch. But I also see actors mourning the matriarch of the show, and it feels more genuine and more meaningful.”

Throughout her career, Maggie played a variety of memorable roles in films. She was part of the ensemble cast in Murder by Death (1976), starred as the strict yet humorous Mother Superior in Sister Act (1992), and appeared in Hook (1991) alongside Robin Williams as Granny Wendy.

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Later in her career, she played a cantankerous retiree in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), delighting audiences with her wit and charm. Her television work was also impressive.

In addition to her Emmy-winning role in Downton Abbey, Maggie starred in My House in Umbria, which also earned her an Emmy Award. She was nominated for other television roles, including as Mrs Venable in Suddenly Last Summer and as Betsey Trotwood in the BBC miniseries David Copperfield, where she worked alongside a young Daniel Radcliffe before he was cast as Harry Potter.

Maggie’s personal life was marked by her long-lasting marriage to playwright Beverley Cross, whom she married in 1975 and stayed with until his death in 1998. Before that, she was married to actor Robert Stephens, with whom she had two sons, both of whom followed in her footsteps and became actors themselves.

Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens have enjoyed successful careers in film and television, carrying on their mother’s legacy in the acting world.

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