Diddy may be down bad….

Nylah Says
May 7
3 min read

Plot Twist or Power Move? Diddy’s New Lawyer Is a Survivor Herself

Now THIS is the kind of plot twist nobody saw coming.

Sean “Diddy” Combs — currently under heavy fire from multiple sexual assault allegations — has just added a new name to his legal team.

But this one? Baby, this ain’t your typical high-powered attorney.

Meet Nicole Westmoreland, the Atlanta-based lawyer who just joined Diddy’s defense squad.

She’s not just another suit with a law degree — she’s a survivor. A woman who, back in 2001, says she was raped in a recording studio after being invited to a pitch meeting.

Yes. You read that correctly.

The man accused of running a decades-long empire of sexual violence just hired a woman who knows that trauma firsthand.

Let’s unpack this.

The Backstory: A Studio, a Pitch, and a Life-Altering Violation

According to court records and police reports, Nicole Westmoreland was just 19 years old when she was invited to Patchwerk Studios in Atlanta by none other than Cash Money Records CEO Baby (a.k.a. Birdman) for what she believed was a business opportunity.

What followed was every woman’s worst nightmare.

She claims that after going to the bathroom, she was followed and raped by a man named Alfred Cleveland.

Cleveland later pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with intent to rape.

Westmoreland tried to hold the system accountable — filing suit against Cash Money and Patchwerk Studio. But like many survivors who go up against the machine, her case was tossed. The appeal? Dismissed in 2008.

But she didn’t disappear. She became an attorney.

And now… she’s standing beside Diddy.

Wait… What?! Diddy Hired Her?

Yes. In the same month that brought Brian Steel — the YSL RICO attorney — into Diddy’s legal dream team, Nicole Westmoreland steps in with one hell of a backstory.

And this is where things get complicated.

Because on one hand:

She’s a survivor. A woman who knows what it means to be violated, dismissed, and denied justice.

But on the other?

She’s now representing a man accused of doing to others what she herself endured…

Is she climbing mammy mountain or nah?

Power, Optics, and Strategic Legal Chess

Let’s not act naïve. This ain’t no random hire.

Bringing in a Black woman who is a rape survivor to your legal team when you’re facing multiple allegations of sexual assault?

That’s not coincidence — that’s optics. That’s strategy.

And Diddy, say what you want about him, knows how to control a narrative.

Whether this move is meant to signal empathy, throw off the public, or build jury sympathy… it’s already doing what it was designed to do: get people talking.

But Here’s the Real Question… Why Would She Say Yes?

This is where the water gets murky.

Because we don’t know Nicole’s motives.

Maybe it’s about the money.
Maybe it’s about proving something in a space that once failed her.
Maybe she believes Diddy is innocent.
Or maybe, just maybe, this is her way of reclaiming power in the very industry that once tried to destroy her.

We don’t know.

But what we do know is this: healed women show up in the world differently.

They don’t always move how you expect — especially when navigating power, politics, and the law.

I personally would like to think she has more sinister intentions.. but that’s just me…..