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John Legend's Longtime Manager Talks 'Toxic' Music Industry, Recalls Being in a 'Terrifying Situation' at Diddy Party

John Legend's longtime manager, Ty Stiklorius, opened up about the 'toxic' music industry, recalling a 'terrifying situation' at a Sean 'Diddy' Combs party years ago.

John Legend's longtime manager and old college friend, Ty Stiklorius, has spoken out about the "toxic" music industry after 20 years in the business in a candid New York Times article The Friends at Work founder recalled attending a Sean "Diddy" Combs yacht party in St. Barts 27 years ago when she was a recent college graduate"To this day, I can’t remember how I managed to talk my way out of that terrifying situation," she said, revealing she was "directed into a bedroom by a man" at the event "A few years after the boat incident, while pursuing my M.B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, I attended a dinner where a senior music executive slipped his key card to me under the table, an unsubtle invitation to his hotel room. Insisting the "days of gatekeepers" in the business "are numbered," Stiklorius concluded, "We owe it to the countless survivors of sexual assault and misconduct who suffered silently to unearth the truth, encourage people to share their stories and hold perpetrators accountable.

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