Anish Vij
A former member of The Pussycat Dolls said 'no one listened' when she said she felt pressurised to 'sleep with' people in the music industry.
Kaya Jones, now 40, was a member of the band from 2003 to 2004 during its early formation when it transitioned from a burlesque troupe to a pop music group.
She left before The Pussycat Dolls achieved commercial success with their debut album PCD in 2005.
Nicole Scherzinger, Melody Thornton, Ashley Roberts, Kimberly Wyatt, Carmit Bachar, and Jessica Sutta were all members at the time.
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Elon Musk recently took to X to comment on the charges put against Sean 'Diddy' Combs.
The music mogul is currently behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, awaiting trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
On 17 September, he pleaded not guilty to charges of using his 'power and prestige' to drug sex workers during his 'Freak Off' parties.
Earlier this week, 120 accusers came forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Diddy, 54.
Commenting on an article on X, Musk said: “How many people in music and entertainment knew about this?”
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To which, Jones replied: “Here you go @elonmusk I’ve been speaking since 2017. No one listened.”
She was referring to her tweets in 2017, which read: “In 2004 I told Hollywood executives, 2005–2006 I told press. In 2011 I spoke up again.
“Hope you can hear me now Media in 2017! Way to go.”
This comes after The Pussycat Dolls sued the Daily Mail in 2018 for covering Jones’ allegations that the girl group was a 'prostitution ring'.
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Lead singer Scherzinger and her fellow bandmates released a statement at the time, which read: “To liken our professional roles in The Pussycat Dolls to a prostitution ring not only undermines everything we worked hard to achieve for all those years but also takes the spotlight off the millions of victims who are speaking up and being heard loud and clear around the world.”
Meanwhile, a lawyer for Diddy has denied all allegations in a statement issued to LADbible Group, which reads: "As Mr. Combs’ legal team has emphasised, he cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus.
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"That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors.
"He looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation."
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