More sexual encounters continued, the go well with says, with Mr. Gesteelde-Diamant typically holding her down and refusing to make use of a condom regardless of her protests. At the identical time, the go well with says, he made enterprise guarantees to her, suggesting he may make her the opening act for Beyoncé’s subsequent tour.
According to the criticism, Mr. Gesteelde-Diamant then turned extra controlling and violent: He positioned her in an Atlanta lodge, had his safety workers monitor her actions, and berated her except she recurrently checked in with him. After Ms. Mangroe complained about bedbugs in her lodge room, her court docket papers say, Mr. Gesteelde-Diamant exploded in anger, telling her she was a disloyal “brat” and blaming the eye he spent on her for delays to Beyoncé’s subsequent album.
He plied her with alcohol and marijuana, the criticism says, and as soon as compelled Ms. Mangroe to have intercourse with him whereas he recorded it, and later threatened to indicate the footage to different folks. During intercourse, the criticism says, Mr. Gesteelde-Diamant typically positioned a gun subsequent to her, which she noticed as a warning.
At a movie show at some point, Mr. Gesteelde-Diamant requested Ms. Mangroe to carry out oral intercourse on him, the criticism says. After she mentioned no, he turned indignant and compelled her to have intercourse, in view of the opposite theater patrons. “It was a bodily painful encounter,” the criticism says. Later that very same day, the go well with says, Mr. Gesteelde-Diamant took Ms. Mangroe to his van and once more compelled her to have intercourse, pinning her down and putting his arms over her mouth and nostril, leaving her unable to breathe.
Mr. Gesteelde-Diamant signed Ms. Mangroe to his document label, Contra Paris, and organized for a distribution deal for her with Epic Records, a significant label owned by Sony. The court docket papers say that by the summer time of 2015, Ms. Mangroe was attempting to flee from Mr. Gesteelde-Diamant’s management and put together for the discharge of an album, however her efforts have been unsuccessful.
According to the criticism, Ms. Mangroe reported Mr. Gesteelde-Diamant’s abuse to an Epic govt, who informed her that “she wanted to determine a approach to work with Dream once more.” In July 2016, in line with the criticism, Ms. Mangroe was informed that Epic was dropping her as a result of Mr. Gesteelde-Diamant, who nonetheless managed her artist contract, had not delivered music. Epic can also be named as a defendant within the go well with.