Celebrity Personal Trainer beaten into a Coma

I have just received an email that Atlanta Celebrity Trainer Darius Miller was beaten into a Coma because he came to assist some female friends that were being harassed by a so called entertainment group called 01 Entertainment. It was 7 members of the group that video taped the females and being very disrespectful and deragotary towards them. Darius is also a party promoter if you live in atlanta you will know who he is. He did copelands on sunday.

read the whole story at http://baylomedia.com/news/newsletter/v12.html

MusicPro

Mad meaning that people are tired of the BS and they will do whatever they can to get these culprits as it is already being done such as getting the media involved, giving information on who and how to find them, etc. I don't even speak about street justice. I am talking about jail time, barring them from the entertainmnet industry and putting them on blast as bafoons. Like I said its already being done and its time that people make a stand.

Hell I am tired of it, this one of the main reason why I don't go out because I don't want to have catch a charge because someone is going to get at me sideways. So I steer clear of trouble by doing all of us a favor and stay my ass out the way.

vashawn73

Entertainment company says it was not involved in attack

From staff, wire reports
Published on: 12/29/07

The entertainment company that was videotaping outside an Atlanta nightclub where a celebrity fitness trainer was attacked said on Saturday that it was not involved in the attack.

Darius Miller, 41, was severely beaten by a group of men and is in a coma. He is listed in critical condition at Emory Crawford Long Hospital.

Miller was attacked after trying to stop a group of men videotaping women outside of the club at around 2:50 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a police report. Police said the men turned on Miller when he attempted to stop them.

Police have not made any arrests.

"Mr. Miller was not assaulted or attacked by anyone associated with 01 Entertainment," said Page Pate, a spokeswoman for the company. 01 Entertainment videotapes nightclub scenes and people partying and dancing and sometimes posts them on the internet.

Atlanta police are still investigating the incident, said department spokesman Officer James Polite.

Pate said 01 Entertainment was hosting a party at the club next door and was taping guests to promote the party on its Web site. Miller was with three female friends, including Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin's daughters.

Pate said the mayor's daughters were not taped but that Miller argued with the cameraman, threatened him and attempted to forcefully take away his camera.

According to Pate, the cameraman resisted and tried to pull away and a struggle ensued.

"At some point during the struggle, Mr. Miller fell to the ground and hit his head hard on the pavement," Pate said. "Mr. Miller was not pushed to the ground."

Miller remained in a coma Friday at Emory Crawford Long Hospital, just across Peachtree Street from the clubs where he and his friends were shortly before the incident occurred, at around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Miller, Kai Franklin Graham, 35, Kali Jamilla Franklin, 29, and a third woman who has not been named had just left when they encountered about 10 men, some with video cameras.

Witnesses said the group was stationed in a parking lot, videotaping women as they left the clubs? Verve, which attracts celebrities and was the scene for recent auditions for a BET reality show, and Django, a more subdued bar that often has music for dancing.<

Miller tried to stop the group from photographing the women. Witnesses told police he was beaten unconscious by the group of men.

"I don't know why anyone would do this," Stacie Andrews, one of Miller's friends said to reporters outside the hospital Friday. "Whoever did this, and you know who you are, please come forward."

Another friend, Maria Collins, said Miller had no connection to 01 Entertainment. "We've never heard of them," Collins said.

Miller had a celebrity clientele and several of them became friends. "Cosby Show" star Keisha Knight Pulliam visited him at the hospital Wednesday and Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Takeo Spikes has come every day, Andrews said. Other visitors include former rapper Mason "Mase" Betha; singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, who was formerly with the group TLC; and Ronnie DeVoe of the musical group New Edition. Andrews and Collins characterized Miller's relationship with the mayor's daughters as "just friends."

Franklin's daughters could not be reached for comment Friday. It appeared they were at their mother's house even though Franklin was skiing in Colorado with her 8-year-old grandson.

Still her office distributed a news release with comments from the mayor, some of her words chastising the media for its reporting on the incident.

"It is important that we remember that this is a police investigation into the assault of a man, whose life lingers in the balance," Franklin said in an e-mailed statement. "I understand the professional paradox of a free press but the media frenzy surrounding my children and this pending investigation does not advance this investigation or the public safety of our community."

Police are searching for witnesses to come forward. Anyone with information may call CrimeStoppers at 404-577-8477.

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MusicPro

Darkness willl always come to light.

So they say they were outside taping BUT did not tape the females and it wasn't them. Then they say they were confronted but NOBODY hit him, he just mysteriously fell to the floor and hit his head which caused him to go into a coma??? All the people that were outside including the females stated that they had 01 Entertainment shirts on basically lied. It took them 3 Days to say "It wasn't us" when everybody was looking for them plus they shut all of their websites and youtubes down?

I don't know but if that was me I would have been contesting my innocence from the jump and let them investigate me if I truly didn't have anything to do with it. Sounds like a legal strategy to me and they basically have to make sure the evidence is strong enough.

Time will tell

Brawl

Thats the truth bro ... I wish I had the time to post of the BS I went through the last 5 years to get myself free and clear of punk a$$ b*tches thinking they are hard , then getting their a$$es handed to them and they call the cops .

mrmckoy

I'll just say that this man is loved.

That the people that did this pissed off every social class... I've never seen so many different classes defended.

From poor to rich. Goverment to the streets, Darius was respected. He was also a conduit from which all levels could communicate.

There's a plan for a fundraiser in his honor. I'll get more details and get it to you.

Plus these guys acted like they were at black bike week so they couldn't be from Atlanta. Fine women are everywhere here. Negroes just don't act like that around here.

A lot of people seem to want a piece of these guys. From the goverment to the streets.

I mean the mayors daughters? Some lines you just don't cross... Crazy...

mrmckoy

Cops issued an arrestr warrant. Dudes are still on the run.

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UPDATED: 6:15 p.m. December 29, 2007
Arrest warrant issued in videotaping incident

By RHONDA COOK
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionPublished on: 12/29/07

Atlanta police issued an arrest warrant Saturday for a man suspected of brutally beating a personal fitness trainer and putting him into a coma in a dispute that started when Mayor Shirley Franklin's daughters complained about being videotaped outside a nightclub.

Apollo Holmes, 24, is wanted on an aggravated assault charge for the early Wednesday attack on Darius Miller in a parking lot outside two popular Peachtree Street nightclubs in Midtown Atlanta, police said.


Police spokeswoman Judy Pal said the investigation was continuing and more arrests were possible.

Holmes was "affiliated" with 01 Entertainment, a party promoter that was videotaping an event the company staged at one of the nightclubs on Tuesday, Christmas night, and early the next morning, according to a lawyer for 01 Entertainment.

Attorney Page Pate said Holmes was in the parking lot at the time.
Miller, 41, remained in a coma Saturday at Emory Crawford Long Hospital.
Witnesses said the fight started because of objections to videotaping people leaving the clubs.

But the accounts differ on what happened as Kai Franklin Graham, 35, Kali Jamilla Franklin, 29, and a third woman who has not been identified came into an adjoining parking lot at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.

In one version, witnesses said as soon as a man turned his video camera on the three women, Miller, who has a number of celebrity clients, asked him to stop. At that point, witnesses said, about 10 men attacked Miller.

But in a telephone interview Saturday, Pate said 01 Entertainment contends the sisters started the argument that led to Miller's injuries when Graham and her sister demanded the camera from the man they believed had just photographed them.

The attorney said Miller had gone to retrieve his truck and was not present when the dispute began.

"[The sisters] started arguing with them, saying they were already famous and they don't need to be famous," Pate said. "He heard the argument between the mayor's daughters and he jumped into the middle of it."
Pate said Miller tried to take the camera, and two other people came up to help the photographer.

"I don't think it was as big of a melee as has been described," Pate said. "There weren't a lot of blows thrown."

Then Miller went to his truck, "saying he wants to air this out," prompting one of the 01 Entertainment contractors to fear Miller was getting a weapon, Pate said.

"As he [Miller] was trying to go into the passenger seat ... he fell down and was wrestling with one of them," Pate said. Miller, he continued, "got back up and he fell again.... He fell back ... on the pavement with the back of his head."

Miller's publicist hung up the telephone when called for comment Saturday.
Franklin's daughters have been unavailable for comment since the incident.
On Saturday, the mayor's office e-mailed a statement from Franklin criticizing the news media. She did not address questions about the latest reports involving her daughters.

"This is an ongoing criminal investigation and as such all comments ... are best made to the Atlanta Police Department and not the press," Franklin said.

"As mayor I stand by APD's best practice standards for criminal investigations rather than reckless and unprofessional press frenzy," the statement continued. "As the daughter of an attorney and Pennsylvania judge I stand by my belief that trial by public opinion and reckless media often advance inaccurate and dangerous conclusions."

Asked about the attorney's version of what happened, police spokeswoman Pal said, "We've got enough evidence to issue an arrest warrant, and we'll let the justice system handle it from here."

Pate said the video camera operators did not know the severity of Miller's injuries or that the mayor's daughters were involved until Friday, when they saw news accounts of the incident.

"He did not tape the mayor's daughters," Pate said of the cameraman in the incident. "He did not even know who they were. I suppose the mayor's daughters thought they were being taped and became angry."

Graham pleaded guilty last month to one federal count of illegally structuring a financial transaction. Her plea agreement calls for her to serve three months of home confinement, followed by three years of probation. She will be sentenced in early 2008.

Pate said his clients will meet with detectives within a few days.
"They didn't know what was happening," Pate said. "It got out of control and alcohol fueled it."

Originally published by: The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

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MusicPro

She is their attorney of course they gonna make it sound this way. But they need to hire another attorney because the story sounds bogus as hell.

Also for some odd reason it seems that trouble follows that mayors daughter. No reason for the Mayor to get mad about that

MusicPro

They are doing a NYE party at Copelands that Darius put together. Also the fundraiser will be Jan. 6 most likely at Copelands

mrmckoy

Here's another story. Notice the part about every promoter in town put them on blast. I hit up more then 100k myself.


Atlanta nightlife really stuck together.

These guys went from nobodys to being hated by a city of 6 Million in a few hours. This kind of stupidity is impressive.

UPDATED: 6:34 p.m. December 28, 2007
Atlanta police search for group allegedly involved in beating of trainer
Man, beaten for defending Mayor's daughters, still in coma

By RHONDA COOK, CHANDLER BROWN
The Atlanta JournalsConstitution
Published on: 12/27/07
Police are looking into reports members of a loosely organized group called 01 Entertainment may have been involved in a beating that left a professional fitness trainer in a coma this week.
Within hours of Wednesday's early morning brutal attack on Darius Miller, e-mails and internet websites were blaming the beating on a group called 01 Entertainment, a party promotions company that videotapes nightclub scenes and people partying and dancing and sometimes posts them on the internet.
JOHNNY CRAWFORD / AJC
Personal trainer Darius Miller gives instructions to a class at Crunch Fitness in Buckhead in this 2002 photo.


Police confirmed Friday they were checking into 01 Entertainment, but were having trouble finding a way to reach the promotion group that seems to exist primarily in cyberspace.
"We're investigating to see if it's a tangible group," said Atlanta Police Department spokesman officer James Polite. "It's a name that has turned up several times."
Witnesses told police that Miller, 41, was beaten after he tried to stop a group of men from videotaping two daughters of Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin as they left a downtown club.
Miller remained in a coma Friday at Emory Crawford Long Hospital, just across Peachtree Street from the clubs where he and his friends were shortly before the incident occurred, at around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Miller, Kai Franklin Graham, 35, Kali Jamilla Franklin, 29, and a third woman who has not been named had just left when they encountered about 10 men, some with video cameras.
Witnesses said the group was stationed in a parking lot, videotaping women as they left the clubs —Verve, which attracts celebrities and was the scene for recent auditions for a BET reality show, and Django, a more subdued bar that often has music for dancing.
Miller tried to stop the group from photographing the women. Witnesses told police he was beaten unconscious by the group of men.
"I don't know why anyone would do this," Stacie Andrews, one of Miller's friends said to reporters outside the hospital Friday. "Whoever did this, and you know who you are, please come forward."
Another friend, Maria Collins, said Miller had no connection to 01 Entertainment. "We've never heard of them," Collins said.
A search of public records showed 01 Entertainment was located in Lithonia but the telephone number was no longer working. Andrews said Miller was in critical but stable condition on Friday.
"We are all in prayer," Andrews said. "He's coming through this slowly. He did not deserve this. He would do anything for anyone. He would give you the shirt off his back."
Miller had a celebrity clientele and several of them became friends. "Cosby Show" star Keisha Knight Pulliam visited him at the hospital Wednesday and Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Takeo Spikes has come every day, Andrews said. Other visitors include former rapper Mason "Mase" Betha; singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, who was formerly with the group TLC; and Ronnie DeVoe of the musical group New Edition. Andrews and Collins characterized Miller's relationship with the mayor's daughters as "just friends."
Franklin's daughters could not be reached for comment Friday. It appeared they were at their mother's house even though Franklin was skiing in Colorado with her 8-year-old grandson.
Still her office distributed a news release with comments from the mayor, some of her words chastising the media for its reporting on the incident.
"It is important that we remember that this is a police investigation into the assault of a man, whose life lingers in the balance," Franklin said in an e-mailed statement. "I understand the professional paradox of a free press but the media frenzy surrounding my children and this pending investigation does not advance this investigation or the public safety of our community."
Police are searching for witnesses to come forward. Anyone with information may call CrimeStoppers at 404-577-8477.
— The Associated Press and staff writers Mike Morris, Megan Matteucci, Steve Visser, and Christian Boone contributed to this report.

MusicPro

Ok - You guys tell me the resemblence since they are NOT affiliated

This is the guy that turned himself in Apollo Holmes form 11Alive News



And this is one of the main pics from their myspace: