John Legend’s manager talks about ‘horrific’ moment at Diddy Party

After dropping out of Sean “Diddy” Combs accused of sex trafficking, John Legend’s manager has written an op-ed detailing an encounter she had at an event hosted by the disgraced mogul. She also condemned the toxicity of the music industry.

Ty Sticklorius, a 20-year music industry executive, wrote a comment to The New York Times called the music industry toxic. After P. Diddy, We Can It Up” on Thursday.

In it, she shared her experience at a yacht party thrown by Combs while a recent college graduate at the time. At the event, Sticklorius said she was led into a bedroom where “a person who appeared to be an associate of the host of the party” locked the door behind him.

“Maybe my nervous babbling, ‘My brother’s on that boat and he must be looking for me!’ — convinced him to unlock the bedroom door and let me go,” Stiklorius recalled.

Although she wasn’t sure if her husband had connection with Comb at that time Sticlorius later realized that his behavior was commonplace.

“But I know now, after 20 years as a music industry executive, that what happened that night was not an aberration — it was indicative of a pervasive culture in the music industry that actively promotes sexual misconduct and exploits the lives and bodies of those in the hope of in business,” she wrote.

Stiklorius also shared that “early experiences with predators and those who enabled them almost made me quit the music business.” However, Legend — her longtime college friend — helped prevent that after reaching out in 2005.

“It turns out that many artists, including John, want to be part of a different business and culture model,” Stiklorius wrote.

Stiklorius stated that “more representation in positions of power and ‘minimizing the use’ of NDAs can help remedy the current climate in the industry, and artists have more power.”