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Sean "Diddy" Combs' "white parties" were known for extravagance and celebrity attendance. Aside from naked women, Fonseca told BI that she never saw anything that raised red flags at Combs' parties that she attended. Sean "Diddy" Combs' white parties are being looked at from a new perspective after the music mogul was indicted last month. The celebrities have been photographed at Combs' white parties over the years but have not been accused of wrongdoing. At one white party, Combs issued a warning to guests from atop his balcony about children needing to leave the event.
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For decades, Sean “Diddy” Combs presented the image of a wealthy, Black music mogul, one who broke business barriers, threw lavish parties and even created iconic TV moments. But behind the scenes, prosecutors say, was a more sinister picture, with allegations of violence, sex trafficking and severe abuses of power. Sean "Diddy" Combs during a photo shoot to promote a Sean John fragrance in 2016. Casandra Ventura and Sean "Diddy" Combs attend the the Met Gala in New York City on May 7, 2018. Designer Donna Karan, musician Tommy Lee, singer Mariah Carey, host Sean "Diddy" Combs, Star Jones and rapper Reverend Run at "The Real White Party" presented by Combs at his East Hampton, N.Y., estate on Sept. 2, 2007.
Persons: Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Combs, Tupac, Al Yankovich, Jennifer Lopez, Versace, , Sean, Diddy, Sean John, Damian Williams, ” Fatima Goss Graves, ” “ Combs, , Goss Graves, ” Combs, Casandra, Cassie ” Ventura, Ventura, Dawn Richard, Rodney “, Rod ” Jones, Derrick Lee Cardello, Smith, Casandra Ventura, John Shearer, Oronike Odeleye, Kelly, Odeleye, ’ ” Odeleye, Combs ’, Craig Mack, Faith Evans, ” Richard, Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Sean Combs, Forbes, Laurieann Gibson, , Paris Hilton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mariah Carey, Jay, Oprah, ” Carson, Carson, Black, Donna Karan, Tommy Lee, Star Jones, Bryan Bedder, he’s, Mase, Aubrey O’Day, Danity Kane, O’Day, I’ve Organizations: Bad Boy Records, Penske Media, Getty, U.S, Metropolitan Detention, National Women’s Law, Legal Defense Fund, Hollywood, , Uptown Records, Bad Boy Entertainment, MTV, University of Virginia, Labor, Paris, White Party, White, Bad, TMZ Locations: New York, Michigan, New York City, Carson, East Hampton, N.Y
Combs‘ decision to settle the lawsuit does not in any way undermine his flat-out denial of the claims,” Combs’ attorney said at the time. CNN has reached out to representatives for Ventura for comment on Combs’ criminal indictment, which may not have happened had she not had the courage to share her account. Her talent and beauty attracted the attention of Combs, who signed Ventura to his Bad Boy Entertainment label. Ventura and Combs first went public with their romantic relationship in 2012 and were soon regulars at fashion shows and Hollywood parties. I’m truly sorry.”Ventura thanked her supporters and turned her focus to domestic violence survivors.
Persons: Cassie Ventura, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Mr, Combs, ” Combs, Elizabeth Ventura, Ventura, Ryan Leslie, , , Sean John, Lil Wayne, Madam Noire, ” Cassie, Kevin Mazur, you’re, ‘ Aw, , Alex Fine, , “ Cassie, ” Sean Combs, Angela Weiss, ” Ventura, Slim Thug, I’m Organizations: CNN, Ventura, Bad Boy Entertainment, Hollywood, Pitchfork, BET, Getty, New York, Locations: Combs, New London , Connecticut, New York, Los Angeles,
Diddy,’ aka ‘Diddy,’ aka ‘PD,’ aka ‘Love,’ the defendant, abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct,” the indictment states. The indictment lists eight purposes for Combs Enterprise, including the above-board businesses of operating a media, entertainment, and lifestyle business. Victims and sex workers participated in ‘Freak Offs’The indictment alleges Combs held what he called “Freak Offs,” or elaborate sex performances in which he drugged and coerced victims into extended sex acts with male sex workers. Further, Diddy kept videos he took of his victims engaging in sex acts, sometimes without their knowledge, the indictment states. Meanwhile, the sex trafficking charge is based on allegations against a single, unnamed “Victim-I” from about 2009 up to about 2018, the indictment states.
Persons: Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Sean Combs, , , ‘ Diddy, Combs, , Diddy, “ Combs, Sean, Casandra Ventura, Cassie, Combs “, Ventura, , Damian Williams, Shannon Stapleton, ’ ” Organizations: CNN, US, Office, of, Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprise, Reuters Locations: Southern, of New York, Los Angeles, Miami
The filing further alleges that Richard witnessed Combs “brutally beat” his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, including instances where Richard claims to have seen Combs choke, strangle, slap, punch and strike Venture with objects. “On many occasions, Ms. Richard tried to intervene, offering Ms. Ventura support and encouragement to leave Mr. Combs,” the claim states. Combs was seen earlier this year in a 2016 video published by CNN grabbing, shoving, dragging and kicking Ventura. While working with Combs in this capacity, the claim alleges Richard witnessed multiple instances of Combs committing acts of physical violence against Ventura. Another lawsuit accused his son Christian Combs of sexual assault, and Sean Combs is accused of aiding and abetting.
Persons: Dawn Richard, Danity Kane, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, , Richard, Combs “, Cassie Ventura, Combs, Ventura, ’ ” Erica Wolff, , Jimmy Iovine, Iovine, ’ ” Sean, Diddy, Dawn Richard of Diddy, Gareth Cattermole, Kalenna Harper, “ Mr, , ” Richard, Christian Combs, Sean Combs Organizations: CNN, MTV, Venture, Ventura, Interscope Records, Interscope, Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises, Iovine, Miami, US Justice Department Locations: New York, Ventura
Marc Agnifilo addresses reporters in 2019 outside federal court in Brooklyn, where he represented NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere. Timothy A. Clary/Getty ImagesAgnifilo, a former state and federal prosecutor in Manhattan, said he and co-counsel Teny Geragos are in regular communication with federal prosecutors. Combs has not spoken with prosecutors, added Agnifilo, now at Agnifilo Intrater. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty ImagesThe video corroborated allegations of violence in the R&B singer's lawsuit against Combs and Bad Boy Entertainment. Brafman repped Combs again in the leadup to the Ventura lawsuit.
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New York CNN —Peloton said it has paused the use of music recorded by Sean “Diddy” Combs on its workout class platform in response to a member of a private Facebook group for Peloton users. In the comment posted on Monday, the company said it also removed the Bad Boy Entertainment Artist Series, a line of classes and workouts using music from a record label founded by Combs, on its platform. “This means our Instructors are no longer using his music in any newly produced classes,” Peloton said in the post. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video,” Combs said in a video statement posted on Instagram on Sunday. In 2022, Peloton said it “indefinitely paused” playing Kanye West’s music from its streaming workout classes after he made antisemitic comments.
Persons: Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Combs, — Cassie Ventura, ” Combs, , Kanye, Buddy, CNN’s Jordan Valinsky, Alli Rosenbloom, Elizabeth Wagmeister Organizations: New, New York CNN, Bad Boy, CNN, Ventura Locations: New York
December 6, 2023: A woman accuses Combs and 2 other men of raping her when she was 17. A photo of Sean "Diddy" Combs and "Jane Doe" included in the lawsuit. The lawsuit said Pierre flew the women to Combs' studio in New York, where they gave her drugs and alcohol until she was too inebriated to consent. The suit also included photos of the accuser, with her face blurred, in the New York studio. On February 20, 2024, Rolling Stone reported that Combs, Pierre, and Combs' company, Bad Boy Entertainment, filed a response to the lawsuit.
Persons: Combs, Sean, Diddy, Jane Doe, Wigdor, Harve Pierre, Pierre, Doe, Pierre didn't, Rolling Stone, Entertainment motioned Organizations: Business, New York, Rolling, Bad Boy Entertainment, Bad, Entertainment Locations: New York
CNN —Even before law enforcement raided his homes, the rapper, producer and businessman Sean “Diddy” Combs faced a host of legal issues. The investigation stems from many of the same sexual assault allegations put forth in the civil lawsuits, according to a second law enforcement source familiar with Monday’s searches. Ventura v. CombsCassie Ventura has accused Diddy, her former boyfriend, of rape and abuse. Gardner v. CombsSean "Diddy" Combs has been accused of misconduct in multiple lawsuits filed since November. O’Marcaigh v. Christian and Sean CombsChristian Combs is accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed April 4 in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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CNN —Sean “Diddy” Combs once traced his success back to a pair of shoes. With his legacy in question, this particular chapter of the story of Sean “Diddy” Combs is currently punctuated more by an ellipsis than a period. Jessie James Combs, Chance Combs, Diddy, D'Lila Combs and Justin Dior Combs attend in September of 2023. Members of law enforcement are seen outside of Sean "Diddy" Combs' home in Los Angeles on Monday. He was briefly stopped by law enforcement and subsequently releasedThe source would not reveal Combs’ vacation destination or current whereabouts.
Persons: Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, , Combs, he’s, Puffy, Diddy, Love, Christopher Wallace, B.I.G, Wallace, Chance ”, Sean Combs, , Faith Evans, ” Combs, Wendy Williams, Wallace’s, Justin, Misa Hylton, Kim Porter, Christian, Twin, Jessie James, Jessie James Combs, Chance Combs, D'Lila Combs, Justin Dior Combs, Jason Kempin, Chance, Sarah Chapman, Dana Tran, Sean Jean, — Combs, wasn’t, Sean John, Sean John’s, Sean, Shannon Stapleton, “ Sean Combs, Cassie Ventura, ” Aaron Dyer, ” Dyer, Mary J, Blige, MGK, Janelle Monáe, CNN’s John Miller, Elizabeth Wolfe, Eric Levenson, Denise Royal, Elizabeth Wagmeister, Carlos Suarez Organizations: CNN, Department of Homeland Security, Bad Boy Records, Ciroc, Global Brands Group, Diageo PLC, Reuters, Diageo, Bad Boy Entertainment, Miami Locations: Manhattan, Quincy, Los Angeles, Miami
Federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security on Monday raided homes in the Los Angeles area and Miami that a person with knowledge of the case said were connected to Sean Combs, the hip-hop mogul who has been accused of sexual assault and sex trafficking in multiple civil lawsuits over the last several months. In a statement on Monday, in response to questions about news reports of a raid on Mr. Combs’s residences, Homeland Security Investigations said: “Earlier today, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York executed law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation, with assistance from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami and our local law enforcement partners. We will provide further information as it becomes available.”A spokesperson for Mr. Combs did not respond to a request for comment. The criminal inquiry was being conducted by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York and federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations, a law-enforcement official said. Video from Fox 11 (KTTV), a local television news station in Los Angeles, showed armed officers entering a home in the Holmby Hills area of the city, which the station said was connected to Mr. Combs’s company, Bad Boy Entertainment.
Persons: Sean Combs, HSI, Combs, Nicholas Biase Organizations: Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, of, Southern, Fox, Bad Boy Entertainment Locations: Los Angeles, Miami, New York, HSI Los, HSI Miami, Southern, of New York, Holmby
CNN —Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit with a second lawsuit in as many weeks, accusing him of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman who claims she was also a victim of alleged “revenge porn” by the music artist. The civil suit filed in New York Supreme Court demands a trial by jury and seeks damages. “Plaintiff brings suit against Defendants to redress the substantial and lifetime injuries she has suffered as a result of being drugged, sexually assaulted and abused, and being the victim of ‘revenge porn’ that Sean Combs or ‘P. Diddy’ created and distributed,” the suit filed in New York Supreme Court stated. CNN has reached out to Combs and Bad Boy Records for comment.
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The letter came after a series of lawsuits Combs filed against Diageo, whose other brands include Johnnie Walker, Don Julio and Smirnoff. Diageo ended the Cîroc partnership over the summer, saying at the time that Combs had breached his contract. That period, the company said, "happens to correspond with the pendency of Combs Wines' original lawsuit against Diageo." Diageo didn't respond to requests for comment. Revolt didn't respond to a request for comment.
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Ventura claims in the suit that Combs “exerted his power and influence” over her throughout the course of their professional and romantic relationship. Neilson Barnard/Getty ImagesIn addition to Combs, the lawsuit names his companies, including Bad Boy Records, Bad Boy Entertainment and Combs Enterprises. The law has given adult survivors of sexual assault one year to file lawsuits against their perpetrators and is set to expire on November 24. Combs, 54, founded the music label Bad Boy in 1993, and has gone by stage names Puff Daddy and Diddy. Ventura, 37, is an R&B singer most known for her song “Me & U” off of her 2006 self-titled debut album “Cassie,” which was released while she was signed to Combs’ Bad Boy label.
Persons: Sean Combs, Casandra Ventura, Combs, Combs “, Ventura, , ” Ventura, Cassie –, ” Ben Brafman, Mr, Sean, Diddy, Cassie, Neilson Barnard, Lil Wayne, Akon Organizations: CNN, Combs, Bad Boy Records, , Getty, Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises, Epic Records Locations: New York City, Ventura, New York
Cassie Ventura and Sean 'Diddy' Combs attend the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. Hip-hop music and fashion mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was hit Thursday with a civil lawsuit accusing him of raping and sex trafficking singer Cassie, his former romantic partner, over the course of a decade. In addition to Combs, the suit names Bad Boy Records, Bad Boy Entertainment, Epic Records and Combs Enterprises as defendants. Combs, one of the most influential and successful executives in music, founded Bad Boy in the early 1990s. "No human should have to endure what Ms. Ventura has endured."
Persons: Cassie Ventura, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Cassie, Sean John, Casandra Ventura, Ben Brafman, Brafman, Ventura, Douglas Wigdor, Wigdor Organizations: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bad Boy Records, Bad Boy Entertainment, Epic Records, Combs Enterprises, Bad Boy, Forbes Locations: New York City, U.S, Manhattan
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