Revealed: Heartbreaking reason why America's most formidable rape lawyer 'Super Glo' fights for sex assault victims - as the no-nonsense attorney, 76, sets her sights on P Diddy By Katherine Lawton and Kamal Sultan Published: 12:03, 25 September 2024 | Updated: 12:21, 25 September 2024 e-mail View comments Known as 'Super Glo' by her supporters and dubbed 'every predator's worst nightmare', US attorney Gloria Allred has been fighting for victims of sexual assault for decades. So committed is she to her cause that the 83-year-old has reportedly not taken a holiday since the 1980s, and answers her clients' emails at Christmas , weekends and on Valentine's Day. Allred, of Philadelphia, has fought for the victims of famous men including Jeffrey Epstein , R Kelly and Harvey Weinstein , now taking on the Harrods scandal and setting her sights on P Diddy .
But behind the lawyer's no-nonsense attitude towards abusers lies a heartbreaking past that no doubt inspired her drive to help victims. Pregnant at 19 with daughter Lisa Bloom, Allred was raped at gunpoint in Acapulco while her child was still young. She underwent an illegal abortion - after which she nearly bled to death - revealing in her autobiography Fight Back and Win that the nurse told her: 'This will teach you a lesson.
' US attorney Gloria Allred has been fighting for victims of sexual assault for decades P Diddy was indicted in New York and charged with racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prosti.