As Told To Veronica R. Wells-Puoane
"Them Today, Me Tomorrow" Why Diamond D. Used Her Platform To Expose Chris Stylezz

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Christopher âChris Stylezzâ Samuels, 30, a New York party promoter and host, was fired from his role with Dâusse Palooza, after dozens of women came forward with allegations of sexual assault. It began with one tweet from a woman speaking vaguely about a man with many supporters who assaults women.
When people finally realized she was speaking about Stylezz, Diamond D., who goes by the name of Ms. Octoburrr on Twitter noticed that there were several likes, retweets and other women sharing that they too had been assaulted by Chris. Diamond thought there had to be more.
âIâve been around this guy and no one said anything? Alright, so this is what weâre going to do. Iâm going to block out everybodyâs name, Iâm going to block out everybodyâs avi (avatar), if Chris Stylezz ever victimized you, share your story with me. Letâs say I asked that at 1:00. By 1:20, I had seven stories. And then 7 turned into 15 and 15 turned into 30.â
Ultimately, Diamond D. shared 40 different stories from women who had been raped or sexually assaulted by Chris Stylezz. There are even more in her inbox; but right now, sheâs interested in next steps.
âI canât read any more stories. Letâs not make this story time unless youâre pressing charges. What are we going to do moving forward? I saw stories about someone saying, âSo he was a counselor at my school and when I was 18, he used to be inappropriate and try to force himself on me.â
Diamond shared that with social media, she didnât want people to get all riled up over the stories and then forget about them days later. She said sheâs not sharing any more stories of assault or rape at the hands of Chris unless women begin to speak about going to law enforcement.
âIâm not one of his victims so I canât press charges on him. What I can do is use my somewhat platform to make people aware that theyâre not alone. That the disgust that heâs been doing is widespread and what I notice is itâs been a pattern for over ten years.â

Diamond shared that the earliest stories of Chrisâ alleged assault begin when he was a twenty-year-old college student.
âTheyâre telling me that he was in a fraternity and he used that status to sweep a lot of his sexual assault under the rug because he was, in a sense, protected by that fraternity.â
Of the stories she collected, there were two that disturbed her than the rest: the fact that Chris had access to teenage girls and a woman who went to college with Chris ten years agpo, but was raped by him more recently.
âThe story that I was told was a straight up rape story. This woman knew him from college. He knew that she was going to be in town. She was staying at a hotel that has a restaurant. So she said, âYeah, you can come see me. We can go have dinner. He comes to her hotel. She meets him at the restaurant. When he meets her, he says, âThis is cool but I really came to fuck.â She was like, âWhat?â This is while sheâs looking at the menu. He pulls the menu out her hand. Sheâs thinking heâs joking and heâs like, âNah, can we go upstairs?â Sheâs like, âWait, wait wait. You got this wrong.â She said before she could even order any food, it escalated to the point where she got up and left. He started following her. As sheâs passing the front desk, she had to tell the front desk agent, âHeâs not staying with me. Heâs not my guest. Heâs not welcome.â She said, âThank God it was a bigger guy.â He tells him, âSir, you canât go upstairs.â She said in his anger, he went back to the restaurant and ordered $100 worth of food and sent it to her room. He started texting her, âYou stupid bitch, you gap-toothed bitch.â After three bitches she blocked him.â
Sadly, the story didnât end there.
âA month later, he goes the social media route and DMs her. Heâs like, âI apologize. I didnât take that rejection too well. Can I see you again and make it up to you?â She said, âI know people are going to judge me for accepting his request after such a brash interaction. But being that I knew him prior, I said yes.â She said on the second interaction she wasnât so lucky. I donât know where they met but it was some intimate setting. I guess she let him in. She said his demeanor changed instantly. âI apologize for the last time.â Then she said he just held her down, raped her and recorded it. The recording is so you canât say anything because Iâll humiliate you.â
Diamond shared that every single woman who contacted her was a Black woman and all of them wished to remain anonymous.
âI take that as fear. Sometimes itâs an embarrassment as well. You donât want to be a part of something or you donât want the turmoil of having to deal with peopleâs disbelief.â
When Diamond started releasing these messages, there was not only disbelief, there were disparaging remarks made toward these women, accusatory questions along with complete denial.
âPeople were like, âHow do you know theyâre not lying?â After three stories of women that donât know each other, they donât whoâs sending it because itâs a direct message, itâs private. I start to see a pattern. His patterns are, âWe met at a bar and he kept on giving me shots.â Or âIâve been drunk many occasions but this wasnât drunk. I think he put a pill in my drink.â Every one, all 40, he pulled out his penis unwarranted. The bulk of their stories have a lot of similarities. He canât handle the no. If theyâre in a car, heâll kick them out and have them stranded in the street somewhere. There was a lot of âHe recorded me and I didnât know.â One woman even said that she did have sex with him willingly and the next day, he said, âI canât wait to make a movie with you again.â And she said, âWhat movie?â He sent her a video of them in their interaction that she wasnât aware of. And he just laughed. When you start seeing the patterns, you donât question the stories anymore.â
Diamond shared that there was other victim-blaming behavior as well.
âThe second thing people were doing was questioning why the victims were in that situation instead of asking why Chris was a rapist. And it made me come to the conclusion that only men that are capable of the same things that Chris did, defend Chris. Only rapey men defend rapey men. If your mind processes to question the victim instead of âWhy would he do that?â That makes me question you! It started to out a lot of men on the timeline and their mind frame. I had to say, âWomen be cognizant of the men that are questioningâitâs in such a passive aggressive way. But the psychology behind it is thatâs the same way you think or the same way you move. If youâre so removed from it, you can see it with a clear perception. Why was this man allowed to do this to so many women and heâs still outside?â

Diamond said that while she knows Chris through a second degree of separation and has been in his presence, she never had any predatory interactions with him. Still, her experiences with Chris never caused her to doubt other womenâs stories.
âEven though Chris never had the opportunity to try anything like that with me during our interactions, I felt compelled [to share their stories] because Iâve been around men whoâve treated me a certain way. But I have such an aggressive personality that I was able to deal with them accordingly and put them in their place. Iâm a bigger woman in stature, I have a certain following and upbringing and people know about me and my aggression. Iâm 5â7, 190 and I grew up real rough and I was a corrections officer at Rikers and I used to fight inmates and body slam men my whole life. Thank God for my size, my mind frame and my upbringing but these men, they stop at nothing. Itâs normal to them. Nothing will change until people start getting called out, losing their jobs, losing their friends, doing jail timeâthatâs a question I was getting on the timeline. âSo, if what he was doing was so bad, if itâs really true, why isnât he in jail?â Because no one is talking about it and you guys are normalizing predatory behavior.â
Throughout the conversation on Twitter, people were using the words rapey and rape almost interchangeably. And while there is rape culture that influences men to behave in coercive, predatory ways, Diamond wanted to make sure there was a clear distinction in inappropriate behavior and rape.
âPeople are tap dancing around the two and the blurred lines are the reason why things have gone as far as theyâve been able to go. Rapey is behavior that is really aggressive and comes with assault. So you can hold someone down and not actually rape them. You can make people uncomfortable, threaten them or get physical. And that is something we call rapey. âYour behavior scared me. It was a little physical. And it lets me know youâre capable of rape.â Rape is the actual sexual assault. And itâs not just penetrative. A lot of women said he pulled his penis out and forced oral sex, thatâs rape as well. The terms need to be set. We canât call everyone a rapist. But Chris Stylezz raped someone, more than one person.â
After Diamond started sharing the stories from the women on Twitter and Chris issued an apology for his behavior, which has since been deleted.
Later, he decided to host an Instagram Live.
During the stream, he admitted that the apology was crafted by the PR team and that he didnât even understand some of the words that were used in it. In addition to the allegations, Diamond was particularly disgusted by Chrisâ behavior on the stream.
âIt was a narcissistic shit show. Leading up to the live, every hour on the hour, we get updates on how many people were viewing his Instagram posts. Oh itâs disgusting. He started off with, âWow, 1,000 people saw this post. I see what you guys are here for: negativity.â Heâs masking his numbers in the delivery of oh Iâm so disgusted. â9.000 views. This would have never happened if this was something positive.â His thinking is so elementary that you kind of know that heâs sick. Heâs really proud. Any attention at this point, is feeding his ego.
Soon as he starts the Liveâyou know how the viewers are at the top right? You could see his eyes directed at that point. Heâs like, âThe numbers keep on going up. Iâm just going to wait until the numbers capâŚI donât care about the numbers, I just donât want to have to say it again.â He wore all his jewelry. So, you did a rape allegation press conference from your home with a Rolex on and four chains? The psychology behind it was disgusting. His PR team didnât suggest he do that because heâs not intelligent enough or well versed to defend himself in rape allegations that outnumber his one voice.â
Diamond shared that throughout the whole live, Chris offered half apologies with the word âbutâ often thrown in there. She said he never took full accountability and said time and again that he wouldnât stand on the allegation of rape, though he admitted that he had behaved inappropriately.
âWith his sentences, heâs just entrapping himself. Heâs preparing us for another blow. âWell, I was on tour for six years so thereâs going to be more womenâŚâ Are you kidding me? He said because Iâm Chris Stylezz women use my name for clout. Youâre who? Because if I wasnât from Brooklyn and didnât know you from a second degree of separation, Iâm sorry, I donât know why you think a party named behind a liquor brand and a podcast that no one listens to, is grounds for you to be like people know who I am. Narcissists are really bad with rejection. They canât handle nos. They get a high from overpowering people. They think theyâre grander than what they really are. Everything comes down to narcissism. Thereâs no remorse in there. âBut,â he said, âThe rape Iâm not going to stand on.â Which is funny because if you told me that I was accused of murder, I would never verbalize the accusation as, âIâm not going to stand on it.â That is like yeah I did it but youâre going to have to prove it. Catch me if you can. These are signs of people who are not remorseful. Youâre just playing dumb. I said, âOh, heâs playing in the face of the victims.ââ
During the Instagram Live, confusingly, Chris shared court documents that stated that he did have to appear in court on one occasion. But he said, he was the only one who showed up. After presenting the document, he told his Instagram Live viewers, âIf I raped any of you, please bring me to justice. Go to the police.â Diamond encouraged his victims to do just that.
âActing skills 0/10. Give the man what he wants.â

Diamond said that while she doesnât wish to take away from anyoneâs story or experience, going forward she wants to share the stories of women who have moved forward with pressing charges.
âWhat I want to start posting is âIâm seeking counsel. Can you help me seek counsel.â Because what weâre giving him is more notoriety. Even if the attention is negative, as long as people are still saying,âChris Stylezzâ heâs still getting a high. Iâve never seen someone have a rape allegation and go live to talk about it. I said heâs counting the numbers [of viewers] instead of the victims.â
Diamond shared that she was in the position to share the stories of these women because many of them werenât ready to share their identities, they feared retaliation from Chris and they didnât want to be questioned or second guessed by the public.
âI was like sure, Iâll do it. Because one, Chris Stylezz canât beat me. Even if he got mad and sent threats, it was nothing to me. So I had the pleasure of being the portal for these womenâs voices. And I gave them the blueprint. Youâre not alone. This has happened to many people over the last ten years. You ladies need to take this thread, come together and go to the next step, which is putting him away. It doesnât end with the release of sharing the stories. It ends when heâs in jail.â
In the past week, only one of the 40 women shared that she was planning on seeking counsel.
Since the allegations against Chris went viral, Dâusse Palooza shared that they were launching an investigation into his behavior. In the interim, they were placing him on an indefinite leave. Ultimately, they made the decision to disassociate from Stylezz and shared this message.
âSomeone asked if the people around Chris Stylezz are distancing themselves and severing ties out of disgust and concern for his sickness or protection for a brand? And it would be both.â
There were old tweets between another D'usse Palooza general manager Rory Farrell and Chris Stylezz making insensitive comments about women who claim rape or sexual assault when they regret having sex with a man. And in the days since Chrisâ allegations became public, women have come out to accuse other members of the Palooza brand, including its founder Kameron McCollough.
After Diamond shared these accounts on her Twitter feed, people said, âPlease protect Ms.
Octoburr at all costs. Diamond said sheâs more than capable of protecting herself.
âI laughed. I said I understand your concern but I pity anyone who would even try anything. I donât play with anybody but I fight and Iâm a trained shooter. Iâm licensed to carry and I carry. I want someone to even question me about Chris Stylezz because thatâs the interaction I live for. I know you as a predator but Iâll make you my prey. I donât play with men. Never have. Never will. So it was my duty as a stronger female to be the voice of the women who for some reason felt like a fear for him. We all we got. And what I can do with my aggression and my voice and my outlet is protect us. Cuz them today, me tomorrow.â