Influential rapper and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs will be tried on May 5, 2025, Judge Arun Subramanian of Manhattan announced this Thursday. The international star is at the heart of a sprawling case, accused of having run a violent sex trafficking and extortion system for years. In parallel with this criminal trial, the 54-year-old rapper is also being sued in civil court by more than 120 victims, including 25 minors at the time of the events, who accuse him of sexual assault. This affair affects a lot of stars, these parties having taken place over decades. Update on rumors and questions.
What is he accused of?
The first accusations are old, but the affair really began at the end of 2023, when the video was revealed of Diddy molesting his then partner, singer Cassie Ventura. The images date back to 2016. Several complaints of sexual assault, rape and harassment were then revealed, particularly on the part of Cassie. The latter accuses him of rape, domestic violence and human trafficking, among other things. It was during searches of the star’s residences in March 2024 that the FBI discovered the extent of the file.
Using his musical empire, he allegedly managed violent trafficking in sexual exploitation for decades. Described as a sexual predator, he allegedly used drugs and alcohol to obtain the submission of his victims, whom he forced to perform certain acts and filmed without their knowledge. Some victims then received intravenous treatments to “recover.” During the searches, FBI agents seized numerous products, including one thousand bottles of lubricant/body oil.
What are Diddy’s “freak off” parties?
Diddy was known for his parties of all kinds. Notably the one he organized once a year in the Hamptons, called White Party, very popular and chic, according to the New York Times. The guests had to come dressed in white, like the white evenings of French producer Eddie Barclay on the French Riviera. The children were invited until a certain time, recalls The Cutthe evening then becoming more “adult”. However, it is its “freak offs”, organized all year round sometimes over several days, which are mainly in question in the complaints.
Stars of music, cinema and television, as well as politicians and influential people, took part in Diddy’s various evenings. When they mentioned them in interviews, some explained “not being able to talk about it on television” because “too daring” (Ashton Kutcher), or described evenings “where half the people were butt naked” (Khloé Kardashian).
1,000 bottles of lubricating body oil: why so many?
The FBI said it seized 1,000 bottles of body oil/lubricant (“baby oil”) during searches of Sean Combs’ homes. Quickly, the darkest rumors spread, such as the one claiming that the victims were covered with it so that they could not flee.
The fallen star’s lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, mentions lubricant for threesomes and justifies this number to TMZ as follows: he bought the products in bulk and not in retail, in CostCo stores. To which the chain, fearing bad publicity, quickly responded that “it’s impossible, because this oil is not sold in stores in the United States.”
Who was participating? In fact, it would almost be easier to ask who wasn’t there in the 2000s… Photos have been circulating since the start of the affair – but mix all types of parties -, with names like Will Smith , the Kardashians, Jay-Z, Owen Wilson, Diana Ross, Ashton Kutcher, Justin Bieber, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Lopez (who was in a relationship with Diddy), Usher, Naomi Campbell, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bono, Jamie Foxx, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Jessica Parker, Paris Hilton, Kevin Spacey… Diddy was also photographed with Princes Harry and William after a concert for their mother Princess Diana, at Wembley, or even with Donald Trump.
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Several named celebrities quickly reacted to say that they had “gone there to see, once” or that they had only attended the White Party or a “classic” evening. Others assure that the evenings were “too weird”, “uncomfortable”. For example, 50 Cent, who has never hidden his hatred of Diddy, claims to have never agreed to participate: “I felt uncomfortable with him, there was a weird energy,” he says. has The Hollywood Reporter. Usher, who was hosted by Diddy for a year when he was 13, spoke in 2004 to Rolling Stone “different, particularly sexually” evenings, before changing their tune in 2016.
Justin Bieber, a victim?
Many videos and images attest that Diddy and Justin Bieber were close. But to what extent? Was it real or communication? Several videos from 2009, 2010 and 2016 have resurfaced in recent days. In 2009, Diddy was proud of partying with the 15-year-old: “We can’t talk about what we do together. But it’s clearly the dream for every 15 year old boy. He is with me for the next 48 hours. And we’re going to do some crazy stuff.”
During a 2011 interview on the Late Show by Jimmy Kimmel, a phrase from Diddy – who still called himself Puff Daddy – resonates very differently today: asked about his parties, he warns: “Justin knows he has no interest in talking on television about this that he does with his big brother Puff. A little later, the teenager is filmed very embarrassed while the rapper asks him why he no longer speaks to him.
Since the affair broke out, Justin Bieber, now 30 years old and a young father, has remained silent. “He is disgusted,” explains a close source to US. “He is very moved by the affair. » But the rumors are rife. For the moment, the Canadian singer is not named in the complaints and has not filed a complaint himself.
Jay-Z and Beyoncé “have caused more victims than Diddy”: the star couple reacts
This is the latest rumor that is igniting social networks: everyone thanks Beyoncé (“I’d like to thank Beyoncé”) and/or Jay-Z in ceremonies, because they are so powerful that they are feared . The rumors reached a fever pitch last week, when singer Jaguar Wright claimed on a show that the Carter couple [le vrai patronyme de Jay-Z, ndlr] had “caused more victims than Diddy”.
The couple, usually rather distant when it comes to rumors, immediately reacted, their lawyer, Alex Spiro, told TMZ, demanding a public apology from presenter Piers Morgan – otherwise he will take legal action. “Not only did this harm the Carters, but [la publicité autour] prevented the real victims from being heard,” stressed the lawyer. Piers Morgan has since released his apology and the video clip has been removed from the original site.
Did Sean Combs order the murder of Tupac?
It’s a track that has been running since the 2000s, but which was relaunched after the family of Tupac Shakur, killed in 1996 in Las Vegas, announced on October 7 that they had hired a lawyer, Alex Spiro – lawyer among others for Beyoncé and Jay-Z –, to study the possible links between the death of the rapper and Sean Combs.
Several books and personalities, such as 50 Cent and Eminem, assure that Sean Diddy Combs was the instigator of the murder. A suspect was arrested and charged in late 2023. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a former gang member, has long admitted that he was in the car from which the shots that caused the shooting were fired. death of the American rapper. In a book and in court, he indicated that Diddy had paid a million dollars for it. Which Sean Combs refutes.
Did Diddy play a role in his wife Kim’s death?
Kim Porter had a complicated relationship with Sean Combs between 1994 and 2007. Mother of four children, including a son Christian and twin daughters Jessie and D’lila with Diddy, she died suddenly in 2018. After revelations about the pressures that Diddy could exercise, many people, including Kim Porter’s ex and father of her first child, wondered about this sudden death. An autopsy determined that she died of pneumonia.
The four children published a press release at the end of September refuting the allegations and rumors, in particular from a book that Kim Porter would have written concerning Diddy: “The cause of death is clear, there is no doubt,” they insist. We are very sad to see that the world is making a spectacle of what is the most tragic moment of our lives. »
And now ?
After the announcement of the date of the criminal trial, Diddy’s lawyer declared that “the worst thing for him is the food he is served in prison” and assures that no, Sean Combs does not fear being poisoned. The star is being held in Brooklyn jail while awaiting trial. He denies all allegations. His seven children and his mother publicly support him.
Since his arrest in mid-September, his songs on streaming platforms have jumped 18.3%. “Nothing surprising,” George Howard, professor of music management at Berklee University, told the Associated Press. “It’s like drivers on the road slowing down to see the firefighters in action on a car accident. People try to understand and music becomes part of the puzzle. What does music created by a man who did all this sound like? And streaming provides anonymity, which would be impossible by going to buy a record in a store. »
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