{"id":8053,"date":"2024-09-21T00:15:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T00:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=8053"},"modified":"2024-09-21T00:15:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T00:15:27","slug":"espns-stephen-a-smith-makes-very-disturbing-prediction-about-the-entertainment-industry-following-diddys-arrest-and-its-bad-news-for-a-lot-of-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=8053","title":{"rendered":"ESPN\u2019s Stephen A. Smith Makes Very Disturbing Prediction About The Entertainment Industry Following Diddy\u2019s Arrest, And It\u2019s Bad News For A Lot Of People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith has warned that more arrests will follow Diddy\u2019s amid the rapper\u2019s legal troubles.<\/p>\n<p>The Bad Boys Records CEO has been arrested on sex trafficking and racketeering charges; he is currently being held without bail.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, who also runs his own podcast, \u2018The Stephen A. Smith Show,\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DFVsktJ_2W8&amp;ab_channel=StephenA.Smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">predicted that more celebrities would<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DFVsktJ_2W8&amp;ab_channel=StephenA.Smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0be implicated<\/a>\u00a0while addressing the arrest this week.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI believe they\u2019re after others, as well. \u2026 This is not going away, ladies and gentlemen,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI am praying that this man doesn\u2019t find himself in a position where others are inevitably implicated and we see some of the people we love the most, stars we revered for years, producers and executives that we\u2019ve known for years, implicated in all of this. Because the federal government is coming after everybody. We gotta brace ourselves, y\u2019all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lawyer breaks down Diddy legal case, indictment. With Ryan Smith\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DFVsktJ_2W8?feature=oembed\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<h2 id=\"h-lawyer-explains-why-diddy-was-refused-bail\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lawyer Explains Why Diddy Was Refused Bail<\/h2>\n<p>Diddy stands accused of running a<em>\u00a0\u201ccriminal empire.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>He is alleged to have<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cabused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Smith reckons that the language used in the indictment suggests that there may be more people under scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDiddy\u2019s case is one thing, who they\u2019re to squeeze him to implicate may be another,\u201d he added. \u201cOne would surmise that if you have some information to offer about other folks, to incriminate them to make things lighter for you, things could get very, very interesting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Smith was later joined by attorney Ryan Smith, who explained the judge\u2019s decision to refuse the rapper bail.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt seems like the judge was looking at this and saying, \u2018If I did let you off and stay at home, you could commit the very crimes that prosecutors are alleging, and that\u2019s the last thing I want to happen, no matter how much money you\u2019re saying you\u2019ll offer,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>the other Smith said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith has warned that more arrests will follow Diddy\u2019s amid the rapper\u2019s legal troubles. 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