Solène Delinger
12:14 p.m., October 8, 2024
Janice Small Combs, P. Diddy’s mother, defended her son, charged with “sex trafficking” and accused of rape and sexual assault by more than 100 people. She denounces a “public lynching” against her child.
P. Diddy’s mother steps up to the plate. While the testimonies against her son, charged with “sex trafficking” and “extortion”, multiply, Janice Small Combs defends the rapper, according to her the victim of a “public lynching”. “It is distressing to see my son judged not for the truth, but for a story created from lies,” she said in a statement sent by her lawyer Natlie G. Figgers and relayed by the Daily Mail. Janice Small Combs says she is “devastated and deeply saddened” by the “false” allegations against her son P. Diddy.
P. Diddy accused of sexual violence by 120 people
The rapper was arrested by police in Manhattan on September 17 after complaints of rape and sexual assault, including one from his former partner, R&B singer Cassie. Charged with “sex trafficking” and “extortion”, Sean Combs was placed in pre-trial detention in Brooklyn. He will remain there until the opening of his trial which will certainly be as high-profile as that of Harvey Weinstein. The P. Diddy affair is indeed sprawling: 120 people accuse the rapper of sexual violence. According to the victims’ lawyer Tony Buzbee, 25 were minors at the time of the events. P.Diddy allegedly abused a 9-year-old boy after giving him an audition.
Janice Small Combs acknowledges that her son may have “made mistakes in the past.” “My son may not have been completely truthful about certain things, such as denying that he had been violent with his ex-girlfriend when the hotel surveillance showed the opposite,” she said. She. But, according to her, the people who accuse her son today do so for financial motivations. “They saw how quickly my son’s legal team settled his ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit, so they think they can get a quick win by falsely accusing my son,” she says. , before concluding: “It is important to recognize that no one, regardless of their status, is immune from making mistakes. Not being completely honest about certain information does not mean that my son is guilty repugnant allegations and serious accusations against him.”
His son P. Diddy denies all the charges against him and pleads not guilty.
