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New York Post
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Biggest Loser' star Bob Harper claims Jillian Michaels didn't reach out after his heart attack: ‘Speaks volumes'
Bob Harper didn't hear from Jillian Michaels after his heart attack in 2017. In a new interview with The Guardian, Harper, 59, said many people from 'The Biggest Loser' reached out to him after the near-fatal health incident — but not Michaels, 51. 'We weren't besties, but we were partners on a television show for a very long time,' Harper told the outlet, noting Michaels' silence 'speaks volumes' to him. 8 Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper on 'The Biggest Loser.' Trae Patton 'I would not expect Jillian Michaels to do anything other than what she wants to do,' Harper added. The Post has reached out to Michaels' rep for comment. 8 Bob Harper visits the SiriusXM Studios in NYC in January 2016. Getty Images Harper and Michaels worked together on 'The Biggest Loser' for 12 seasons between 2004 and 2013. Michaels exited the reality show after Season 15, while Harper stayed on as a trainer and then became the host for the last two seasons. In 2020, Harper told US Weekly that the former co-stars were no longer in touch. 8 Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper on 'The Biggest Loser' in 2007. © NBC Universal, Inc 8 Bob Harper, Jillian Michaels and Dolvett Quince at a panel discussion for 'The Biggest Loser' during the 2013 Winter Press Tour. REUTERS After Harper suffered his heart attack, Michaels claimed that his diet and fitness routine were to blame. 'What do I really think? Knowing a little bit about Bob, I know that he does have a family history of it,' she said on E! News' Daily Pop in July 2017. 'I was there when he lost his mother to a heart attack—with him the night that she died. So there is a family history.' 8 Bob Harper training a contestant on 'The Biggest Loser.' � NBC Universal, Inc. 'I do also think that, you know, you're in the middle of a CrossFit workout and you're eating Paleo, it's not going to help,' Michaels continued. 'Personally, I'm not pro-Paleo. Everyone can just go crazy on me.' 'It's not a great combination with poor genetics,' she added of Harper's diet and exercise routine. 'Not that he has poor genetics, but if you have heart disease in your family…' 8 'The Biggest Loser' host Alison Sweeney, Jillian Michaels, Season 5 Winner Ali and Bob Harper. © NBC Universal, Inc. 8 Bob Harper on 'The Biggest Loser' in 2004. Trae Patton Harper had a heart attack in Feb. 2017 while he was working out in a gym in New York City. A doctor who was there performed CPR on Harper before he spent eight days recovering in the hospital. The 'Traitors' star told The Guardian that the heart attack 'f—ed me up' and he had a hard time grappling with being 'a person that couldn't walk around a city block.' 8 Bob Harper on 'The Traitors' Season 3. Instagram/bobharper Harper also acknowledged that if it happened when he was home alone he 'wouldn't be here.' Earlier this year, Harper told People, 'That day really f—ed me up. And I'll tell you, since my heart attack, I completely changed the way I work out. And for years all I've done is yoga.' The personal trainer also said that he 'didn't trust my heart anymore' for a long time after the incident.
Toronto Sun
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer mocks sex trafficking case in closing, says charges 'badly exaggerated'
Published Jun 27, 2025 • 2 minute read Sean "Diddy" Combs participates in "The Four" panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 4, 2018. Photo by Richard Shotwell / Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. NEW YORK — Sean 'Diddy' Combs was portrayed in his lawyer's closing argument on Friday as the victim of an overzealous prosecution that tried to turn the recreational use of drugs and a swinger lifestyle into a racketeering conspiracy that could put the music mogul behind bars for life. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Attorney Marc Angifilo mocked the government's case against Combs and belittled the agents who seized hundreds of bottles of Astroglide lubricant and baby oil at the hip hop impresario's properties. 'Way to go, fellas,' Agnifilo said as he began a presentation expected to last several hours. He said prosecutors had 'badly exaggerated' evidence of the swinger lifestyle and threesomes to combine it with recreational drug use and call it a racketeering conspiracy. 'He did not do the things he's charged with. He didn't do racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking,' the lawyer said. Agnifilo also called Combs' prosecution a 'fake trial' and ridiculed the notion that he engaged in racketeering. 'Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?' Agnifilo asked. 'Did any witness get on that witness stand and say yes, I was part of a racketeering enterprise — I engaged in racketeering?' No, Agnifilo argued, telling jurors that those accusations were a figment of the prosecution's imagination. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Combs' family, including six of his children and his mother, were in the audience for the closing. All his life Combs has taken care of people, Agnifilo said, including the ex-girlfriend who testified under the pseudonym Jane, whose rent he's paying. 'I don't know what Jane is doing today,' Agnifilo said. 'But she's doing it in a house he's paying for.' Referring to lawsuits filed by Combs' accusers, he said: 'This isn't about crime. It's about money. This is about money.' He noted that Combs' girlfriend of nearly 11 years _ Casandra 'Cassie' Ventura — sued him in a lawsuit that was settled for $20 million in a day in November 2023, triggering a federal probe the following day. 'If you had to pick a winner in this whole thing, it's hard not to pick Cassie,' Agnifilo said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Cassie and Jane both testified during the trial that they were coerced repeatedly by Combs to perform in drug-fueled dayslong sex marathons with male sex workers while Combs watched, directed, masturbated and sometimes filmed the encounters. If convicted, Combs could face a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life. He did not testify during the trial that is in its seventh week. After Agnifilo completes his closing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey was expected to deliver a rebuttal summation before the judge reads the law to the jury, which is not expected to begin deliberations until Monday. Toronto Raptors Toronto Raptors Music Sunshine Girls Canada
Toronto Sun
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial is set to begin with jury selection
Published May 05, 2025 • 3 minute read Sean 'Diddy' Combs participates in "The Four" panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 4, 2018. Photo by Richard Shotwell / Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. NEW YORK — Sean 'Diddy' Combs, the hip-hop entrepreneur whose wildly successful career has been dotted by allegations of violence, was brought to a New York courthouse Monday to be tried on charges that he used the influence and resources of his business empire to sexually abuse women. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Jury selection was scheduled to begin in the morning and potentially take several days. Opening statements by the lawyers and the start of testimony were expected next week. Judge Arun Subramanian started the proceedings shortly after 9 a.m. by making several rulings on what things experts would be allowed to testify about when they take the witness stand. The 17-page indictment against Combs reads like a charging document filed against a Mafia leader or the head of a drug gang, accusing him of engaging in sex trafficking and presiding over a racketeering conspiracy. The indictment says that with the help of people in his entourage and employees from his network of businesses, Combs engaged in a two-decade pattern of abusive behavior against women and others. Women were manipulated into participating in drug-fueled sexual performances with male sex workers that Combs called 'Freak Offs,' prosecutors say. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. To keep women in line, prosecutors say Combs used a mix of influence and violence: He offered to boost their entertainment careers if they did what he asked — or cut them off if they didn't. And when he wasn't getting what he wanted, the indictment says Combs and his associates resorted to violent acts including beatings, kidnapping and arson. Once, the indictment alleges, he even dangled someone from a balcony. Combs and his lawyers say he is innocent. Any group sex was consensual, they say. There was no effort to coerce people into things they didn't want to do, and nothing that happened amounted to a criminal racket, they say. The trial is expected to take at least eight weeks. Combs, 55, has acknowledged one episode of violence that is likely to be featured in the trial. In 2016, a security camera recorded him beating up his former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel. Cassie filed a lawsuit in late 2023 saying Combs had subjected her to years of abuse, including beatings and rape. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, did. Combs' attorney, Marc Agnifilo, has said Combs was 'not a perfect person' and that there had been drug use and toxic relationships, but said all sexual activity between Combs, Cassie and other people was consensual. The trial is the latest and most serious in a long string of legal problems for Combs. If convicted, he faces the possibility of decades in prison. In 1999 he was charged with bursting into the offices of an Interscope Records executive with his bodyguards and beating him with a champagne bottle and a chair. The executive, Steve Stoute, later asked prosecutors to go easy on Combs, who pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and took an anger management class. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Later that same year, Combs was stopped by police after he and his then-girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, fled a nightclub where three people were wounded by gunfire. Combs was acquitted of all charges related to the episode at a 2001 trial, but a rapper in his entourage, Jamal 'Shyne' Barrow, was convicted in the shooting and served nearly nine years in prison. Then in 2015, Combs was charged with assaulting someone with a weight-room kettlebell at the University of California, Los Angeles, where one of his sons played football. Combs said he was defending himself and prosecutors dropped the case. Read More Columnists Sunshine Girls Sunshine Girls Toronto Maple Leafs Movies
