A lawyer representing alleged victims of Sean Diddy Combs’ slammed comedian Nikki Glaser for a joke she made during the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, TMZ reports.
The comedian, 40, left audience and viewers aghast when she made reference to the disgraced star’s ‘freak-offs’ and claims that police found 1,000 bottles of baby oil during a raid of his property.
‘The afterparty isn’t gonna be as good this year,’ Glaser began. ‘But we have to move on – “Stanley Tucci freak-off” doesn’t have the same ring to it – no baby oil this year, just lots of olive oil.’
Ariel Mitchell, who represents some of the women accusing Diddy of assaulting them, slammed Glaser for turning her clients’ pain into the butt of a joke for the nation to enjoy.
‘Ms. Glaser should be ashamed of herself,” she told the Daily Beast, adding her clients ‘are never happy to have their trauma’ laughed at.
Mitchell said it was no wonder the Golden Globes’ ratings are ‘in the toilet’ – although ratings have been trending up since last year, and Glaser’s opening monologue has been otherwise well received.
She said she should not have had to brief or prepare her clients to be referenced during an awards show, and told TMZ she hopes Glaser has never been the victim of an assault.
Diddy, 54, who is in jail in Brooklyn, is set to stand trial in May and has been charged by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York for sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
Glaser, who was hosting the awards show for the first time, mentioned Diddy when addressing Zendaya and her recent film Challengers.
She said, ‘Zendaya is here – Zendaya, you were incredible in Dune. Oh, my God, I woke up for all of your scenes. You were so good.
‘And Challengers, girl? Oh, my God, that was so good. That movie was more sexually charged than Diddy’s credit card.’
‘I’m sorry, I’m upset, too. The afterparty isn’t gonna be as good this year. But we have to move on – “Stanley Tucci freak-off” doesn’t have the same ring to it – no baby oil this year, just lots of olive oil.’
Diddy has been hit with civil lawsuits that alleged he also sexually assaulted minors, but no criminal charges involving teens has been included in his criminal indictment.
The rapper and music producer has denied all the charges against him. His lawyers have also maintained his innocence.
Viewers branded the comments ‘horrible’ and said jokes about sexual assault and trafficking of minors only ‘poked fun at the victims.’
Outraged viewers shared their concerns on X and wrote: ‘Maybe this is Too Woke of me but Nikki Glaser’s jokes about the Diddy…. Yikes. Like where is the humor in the mass sexual assault and trafficking of minors?’
‘I would call Nikki Glaser the perfect #TheGoldenGlobes host if it wasn’t for the horrible Diddy jokes…sexual abuse is not funny!’; ‘The golden globes allowing Nikki flopser to make Diddy jokes is so? that’s why the acting industry doesn’t take ‘em seriously’
‘The issue with these Diddy jokes is that ppl swear up and down they’re poking fun of the abusers but in reality it’s poking fun at abuse the victims went through. He abused so many which included children. Nikki Glaser is already painfully unfunny but this is pathetic and gross.’
Diddy was arrested and charged on September 16 and is currently being held at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center.
The charges, which details allegations dating back to 2008, accuses him of abusing, threatening and coercing women for years ‘to fulfil his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.’
The prosecution argued that the rapper has a long history of intimidating both accusers and witnesses to his alleged abuse and cited security footage that showed Diddy hitting his then-girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, in a hotel hallway.
Prosecutors accuse the hip-hop mogul of inducing female victims and male sex workers into drugged-up, sometimes days-long sexual performances referred to as ‘Freak Offs.’
In the indictment against Diddy it was claimed that federal raids on his Miami and Los Angeles mansions led to the discovery of over 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant.
His lawyer Marc Agnifilo explained the alleged reason behind the ‘1,000 bottles’ of baby oil and lubricant: ‘I don’t think it was 1,000. I think it was a lot. I mean, there is a Costco right down the street. I think Americans buy in bulk, as we know,’ he told the New York Post.
Later, Costco chimed in and slammed the allegations in a statement to TMZ, saying they do not carry baby oil in any of their U.S. retail locations.
Diddy’s associates would allegedly ply victims with drugs to keep them compliant and would make threats against anyone refusing to engage, in claims similar to those made in a civil lawsuit brought by Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Cassie last year.
These allegations were central to prosecutors bringing sex trafficking charges against the producer, with observers noting that authorities are increasingly expanding the law to suit their cases against powerful defendants.
Agnifolo – whose wife Karen recently joined the legal team of UnitedHealthcare CEO murderer Luigi Mangione – previously said that the Bad Boy Records founder is ‘eager’ to testify.
‘I don’t know that I could keep him off the stand,’ he said. ‘I think he is very eager to tell his story. And I think he will tell every part of his story.’
If convicted, Diddy could spend the rest of his life behind bars. His trial is currently scheduled to begin on May 5.