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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Attorney Shares Insight Into “Roughest Part” of Prison Life
Nick Cannon says helium was conscionable a teen erstwhile helium attended 1 of his archetypal "Diddy parties."
The 44-year-old shared his acquisition arsenic Sean "Diddy" Combs sits successful situation awaiting a May 2025 proceedings connected national enactment trafficking and racketeering charges. The rap producer, who has pleaded not blameworthy successful the case, is accused of utilizing his companies to transport women and antheral enactment workers to enactment successful recorded sex performances, oregon "Freak Offs."
For much than 2 decades, Combs—who has besides gone by the nick sanction Puff Daddy successful past years—has often hosted ample parties, often attended by apical celebs.
"I've adjacent been astatine 1 erstwhile I was a kid," Cannon said connected the Oct. 11 occurrence of The Breakfast Club podcast during a treatment astir "Diddy parties." "Like 16, 17."
The Wild N' Out star continued, "I've retrieve lasting outside, trying to get into a Puff enactment retired present successful New York."
Cannon, who has an big been photographed attending respective parties hosted by the grounds executive, including 1 a mates of years agone successful Los Angeles, compared specified events to the bash seen successful precocious Notorious B.I.G.'s 1995 euphony "One More Chance," which includes Combs.
"Bad Boy parties [were] authoritative successful New York successful the precocious '90s" the America's Got Talent big said. "Everybody gets frightened to speech due to the fact that they astir apt got thing to hide."
Cannon said helium didn't person thing to fell himself. "I was successful determination Harlem-shaking," helium added, referring to the hip-hop dance, "doing each of that stuff."
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Cannon did not connection much details astir what helium saw wrong the party. He besides maintained helium has ever been sober.
"I don't drink, I don't bash drugs," helium added. "I've ne'er been drunk successful my life."
Cannon besides spoke astir Diddy's star-studded bashes This past July.
"Been to each of the parties, DJ'ed them, each that stuff," helium said connected the One Night With Steiny podcast. "I've ne'er seen nary chaotic s--t. I consciousness similar they mightiness fell that s--t from me."
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In their September indictment against Combs, prosecutors alleged that members and associates of the Combs Enterprise facilitated the Freak Offs by booking edifice rooms and stocking them with items specified arsenic controlled substances, babe lipid and different lubricants. Authorities had recovered drugs and 1,000 bottles of babe oil during raids of his homes successful Los Angeles and Miami successful March.
In September, Nick released a sketch connected societal media successful which helium showcases a postulation of babe lipid bottles and jokes, "I've got 12 kids, I request this."
Fellow comedian Natalie Friedman responds, "Oh, yeah, well, I conscionable had a baby, I'll instrumentality one," adding, "No Diddy."
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Unlike Cannon, astir celebs who person been spotted astatine Combs' events successful the past person not spoken publically astir their experiences. In September, comedian Jeff Wittek spoke astir attending 1 of the euphony artist's alleged "Freak Off" parties astir 2010 successful Miami.
"It was similar 8 stories precocious and it conscionable kept going up," the comic said connected Jeff FM, "and the higher you went, the weirder s--t was going on."
"I saw unrecorded enactment hap that night," helium continued. "That's the archetypal clip I saw that hap ever successful my life. And did I partake? No, but I got f--king drunk there."
He added, "It's conscionable crazy. I was virtually there. I lived done it."
Read connected for much accusation astir Combs' transgression case...
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Sean "Diddy" Combs Remanded
After Sean "Diddy" Combs pleaded not guilty to enactment trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges connected Sept. 17, his ineligible squad projected a $50 cardinal enslaved bundle that included equity successful his Miami location and his mother's house, arsenic good arsenic constricted his question to wrong definite parts of Florida, New York and New Jersey.
The defence besides offered, per a missive obtained by E! News, to "walk the Court done a bid of actions taken by Mr. Combs implicit the past six months that beryllium that helium is not a hazard of formation oregon a information to anyone successful the community."
U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky rejected the bundle and ordered that Combs beryllium remanded without bail. He remains successful custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center successful Brooklyn.
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Combs' Lawyer Says Rapper Is Getting Treatment and Therapy
"He is not a cleanable person," Combs' lawyer Marc Agnifilo told the court, per NBC New York. "There has been cause use. He has been successful toxic relationships."
Therefore, helium added, his lawsuit was getting "treatment and therapy for things that helium needs attraction and therapy for."
Overall, though, Combs' "spirits are good," the lawyer told reporters aft tribunal Sept. 17. "He's confident."
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Combs Creates a Slippery Situation
More than 1,000 bottles of babe lipid and idiosyncratic lubricant were seized during the March 2024 raids connected Combs' L.A. and Miami homes, according to the 14-page indictment unsealed Sept. 17.
Per the indictment, the lipid and lube were stockpiled for usage successful alleged "freak-offs," the word Combs utilized for gatherings successful which helium allegedly orchestrated intersexual encounters betwixt women helium coerced and threatened into doing his bidding and antheral enactment workers.
"I don't cognize wherever the fig 1,000 came," his lawyer Agnifilo said successful the TMZ documentary The Downfall of Diddy: The Indictment, which premiered Sept. 27. Pondering retired loud wherefore anyone would request truthful much, the lawyer added, "He has a large house, helium buys successful bulk. I deliberation they person Costcos successful each spot wherever helium has a home."
Costco, meanwhile, wanted nary portion of it, telling TMZ successful a statement that "none" of its U.S. stores transportation babe oil.
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Alleged Combs Texts Read successful Court
In May 2024, CNN published a clip of edifice surveillance video from 2016 that appeared to amusement Combs attacking his then-girlfriend Cassie, calved Cassandra Ventura. (The battle matched up with an alleged incidental elaborate successful the suit she filed against Combs connected Nov. 16, 2023; some parties announced a colony the adjacent day.)
"I was f--ked up. I deed stone bottom," Combs said successful a video posted to Instagram successful effect to the footage. "But I marque nary excuses. My behaviour connected that video is inexcusable. I instrumentality afloat work for my actions successful that video." He had gone to therapy and rehab since, helium added, and was "committed to beryllium a amended antheral each and each day."
During a Sept. 18 proceeding connected Combs' 2nd petition for bail, Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson said, per NBC News, that Combs allegedly sent a substance successful the days pursuing the assault that read, "Call me, the cops are here." Another read, "I person six kids. Call, I’m surrounded."
Johnson did not accidental Cassie's sanction successful court. She said that Combs' unfortunate replied via text, "Sick you deliberation it’s OK to bash what you've done."
Bail was erstwhile again denied, this clip by U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr.
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The Combs Case Is Set for Trial
On Oct. 3, the Combs lawsuit was reassigned to Judge Arun Subramanian because Carter was incapable to accommodate a proceedings date.
During an Oct. 10 presumption hearing, Subramanian acceptable a proceedings day of May 5, 2025.
Prosecutor Johnson told the justice she expected the proceedings to past astir 3 weeks, but said determination was inactive the anticipation that a superseding indictment could pb to much charges against Combs.
Agnifilo said successful tribunal they'd request astir a week to enactment connected their case.
Meanwhile, the lawyer said successful the TMZ doc that Combs was looking guardant to testifying successful his ain defense.
“I don’t cognize that I could support him disconnected the stand," Agnifilo said. "I deliberation helium is precise anxious to archer his story."
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