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HARVEY LEVIN
Diddy is

in the crosshairs of the Feds.

And they mean business.

You would have thought they
were taking down a violent gang

leader, not somebody
who makes music and has

charmed America for decades.

Diddy
is under criminal investigation

after multiple lawsuits
accused him of horrific crimes.

Music mogul Sean Diddy
Combs accused of sex

trafficking and sexual assault.

Now,
people who lived in Diddy's

world are talking to TMZ.

And what they say is
revealing and disturbing.

I knew all of
that was going on.

I've known the whole time.

I've seen Puff have anger
spazzes on producers, females.

I'm a savage!

Whatever I want,
I'm going to get!

Whatever I want, I have to get!

Diddy's alleged bad behavior

went unchecked for years.

There have always
been whispers

and rumblings about Diddy.

His famous friends

are heading for the hills.

They have 250 cameras
they took out his house.

A lot of people might be
running from that tape.

I don't think it's only
celebrities going to be shook.

He had politicians in there.

He had princes in there.

He also had a couple
of preachers in there.

People may fear that somehow,
he makes it out of this.

What did they fear?

A flat tire, being
murdered, I don't know.

But Suge knight,

Diddy's archenemy, shockingly,
is sad over Diddy's undoing.

I been seeing this dude shake
back from some stuff, right?

So I'm not going
to count him out.

TMZ
presents The Downfall of Diddy.

I had just gotten
out of the shower

and walked inside of the studio.

And it was such a nice day.

I'm like, let me go sit outside
on a bench for a little while.

I heard a big boom.

Then I heard like, goo, goo,
goo, goo, goo, goo, goo,

goo, like the sounds of like,
armored vehicles coming,

approaching.

Simultaneous raids
on March 25th, 2024,

a massive show of force, dozens
of Homeland Security officers

rolled up in armored vehicles
at Sean Diddy Combs' mansions

in Miami and LA.

Diddy's close
friend and producer

Stevie J was at the Miami
property when things got real.

Guys jumped out--

you know what I'm saying?--

guns up and aimed.

Get up.

Get on the fucking ground.

Drop your fucking phone.

You know what I'm saying?

I'm like, yo, I'm here
by myself, you know?

I didn't ask too many questions.

I've seen quite a lot
of things, but none

with the excessive force
of this right here.

You would have thought they
were taking down a violent gang

leader, not somebody who makes
music and appears in movies

and has charmed
America for decades.

Breaking news--
the Department of Homeland

Security has just confirmed to
CNN that federal law enforcement

agents have raided
properties owned by musician

and producer Sean Diddy Combs.

You can see a
crowbar to get through this gate

initially as well, the long
guns and a multitude of people,

as you'll see.

They'll zoom out a little bit,
just to see the amount of force

they are using.

You know
him as Diddy, formerly

Puff Daddy, big-time
rapper, big-time producer,

big-time superstar.

And now, the Feds at his
houses in both locations.

Federal officers spent hours

removing firearms,
computers, boxes

and bags of items, both
properties left in shambles.

They didn't do this to
Harvey Weinstein, man.

They didn't do this like
this to Epstein, right?

Diddy's lawyer called

the raids a gross overuse of
military-level force and a witch

hunt.

He said Mr. Combs
is innocent and will

continue to fight every
single day to clear his name.

I don't
know what they're looking for

or where they're
trying to reach.

In LA,
two of Diddy's sons,

Justin and King were briefly
detained, then released.

A week later, Justin's
mom, Misa Hylton,

posted this shocking video on
social media, security footage

from inside the house.

Officers with guns drawn
and pointed toward Justin

and his brother, King.

Misa called it overzealous
and deplorable.

It's hard for me to
imagine that, had this

been many other celebrities,
particularly white celebrities,

that their children would
have been in handcuffs

and they would have been forced
to stare down the barrel of guns

and seeing armored tanks.

It just seemed like a lot for
a raid of a music producer.

You have to
remember that Diddy

has been in trouble on some
weapons violations in the past.

He has security.

These are vast compounds
with multiple people at them.

And so using this
type of force was not

inappropriate in any
way, shape, or form.

A federal judge had
determined there was evidence,

significant evidence Diddy was
involved in sex trafficking,

sexual assault, and
soliciting and distributing

illegal narcotics and firearms.

And that's why the search
warrants were signed.

This is a massive
investigation.

The idea that the
feds have taken up

this investigation
in the first place

indicates that it's
remarkably serious.

Aubrey O'Day, a
member of Danity Kane and star

of Making the Band has been the
lone voice for years, saying,

Diddy is a bad guy.

She has not spoken publicly
since the new allegations

surfaced, until now.

If these allegations are
true, why did it take so

long for others to speak out?

Because you really
were a lone voice.

Real lone voice--

I was literally text
messaging producers,

employers from top to bottom
levels, like, y'all know

what the fuck you saw.

People were scared.

If you know enough,
you likely would

be reasonable in being scared.

What did they fear?

Anything you possibly
could, Harvey, a flat tire,

being murdered, I don't know.

There's a lot of
things people fear.

People don't like to go
after a powerful person

unless they're sure they will
be victorious because if you go

after a powerful person, and
it doesn't work out, as Omar

from The Wire said, you
know, you come for the king,

you best not miss.

And people don't want to
miss because if you miss,

that means you're shut
out of the music industry,

you might be shut
out of Hollywood,

you might lose opportunities.

And based on some
of these rumors,

your car might blow
up in your driveway.

- Oh, I love that.
- Together, guys.

In order
to get the warrants,

the feds got one of Diddy's ex
girlfriends, Cassie Ventura,

to describe how
Diddy was involved

in various criminal misdeeds.

Others who recently filed
lawsuits against Diddy

did the same.

When we see, though, the
Southern District of New York

get involved in the way that
they have, with obviously,

having a search warrant,
which means probable cause,

multi agencies involved, it
tells me that there's something

that we perhaps
do not know yet--

whether that's cooperating
witnesses or whether

that's allegations that
are beyond what's currently

in the public domain,
something that has given them

the indication to launch
this investigation

at this broad of a scale.

Based on the lawsuits and
the federal search warrants

that a judge signed, you know,
alleging human trafficking,

firearms violations, sexual
assault, all these other things,

does any of that surprise you?

No.

I knew all of that was going on.

I've known the whole time.

I know what's gone on.

A whole lot of
people do, Harvey.

It's
a stunning downfall.

At 54, Diddy had it all--

wealth, fame, power.

The key to the city.

But Cassie's lawsuit led to
a cavalcade of other lawsuits

and allegations that
have rebranded the mogul

as an alleged
sex-crazed predator

who would stop at nothing
to get what he wanted.

Diddy wasn't home when
the raids went down.

He was at a small Miami
airport where he was

set to leave for a vacation.

He was questioned briefly
by authorities and released.

TMZ captured these
images of Diddy pacing

nervously after the encounter.

I guess you wondering
what's going to happen next,

Diddy?

I know.

Diddy wasn't
arrested that day.

But a member of
his entourage was.

25-year-old Brendan Poole is
now charged with possession

of cocaine and marijuana candy.

What's up, Puff?
How are you doing, man?

How
you doing, Diddy?

You're doing love.

- You good?
- How y'all doing?

Good good, man.

Here's the thing.

There were rumblings about
Diddy's bad behavior for years,

from drugs, to physical
abuse, to guns.

But none of it
derailed his success.

He seemed invincible.

I'm the best.

I'm not the worst.

I'm the best.

You know what I'm saying?

I've had my different things
and point of views and stuff

like that in the past.

But I'm cured now, love,
and everything is all right.

There you go.

But everything may not be
all right for Diddy anymore.

Once the Feds'
investigation is complete,

Diddy could face charges
that could land him in prison

for the rest of his life.

Music mogul Sean Diddy Combs,
accused of sex trafficking

and sexual assault in a
lawsuit filed in federal court

here in New York.

Cassie describing
the music mogul

as a vicious, cruel, and
controlling man, saying she

was trapped and
held down by Combs.

Cassie Ventura was
Diddy's on-and-off-again

girlfriend for a decade.

And her allegations turned
Diddy's world upside down.

I've
been waiting, waiting

Think I want to
make that move now

Cassie filed a lawsuit
in November 2023.

And that was the catalyst
for the federal investigation

and those military-style raids.

How unusual is it for
the Feds to have their eyes

opened by civil
litigation, which

seems to have happened here?

Well, it's certainly important
for the Feds, the Department

of Justice, to have
their eyes open to what's

going on around them.

With the Department of
Homeland Security involved,

that indicates that this
goes beyond the border.

And that tells me that
the Department of Justice

and the investigators
in this case

may have inclinations
or information

about that has led
to the massive scale

of this investigation.

Cassie was a
19-year-old singer when

Diddy signed her to
his Bad Boy record

label shortly after they met.

Cassie's self-titled
album was released in 2006.

About a year later, her
relationship with Diddy

became romantic.

In her lawsuit, Cassie
claimed Diddy quickly lured

her into an
ostentatious, fast-paced,

and drug-fueled lifestyle.

She said Diddy gave her
copious amounts of drugs,

including opiates and ecstasy.

Cassie claimed Diddy was
often violent, forced her

to carry a gun in her purse.

She says in 2012,
Diddy became enraged

when he heard about
a brief relationship

she had with rapper Kid Cudi
during a rough patch with Diddy.

Diddy threatened to
blow up Kid Cudi's car.

Kid Cudi confirmed his car had
been blown up in his driveway.

In 2015, Cassie claims
a severely intoxicated

Diddy dangled one
of her friends off

his 17th-floor hotel balcony.

The complaint
going on to accuse combs

of uncontrollable rage, alleging
that he often punched, beat,

kicked, and stomped on her, then
allegedly used his money to hide

evidence of abuse,
including putting Ventura

up in a hotel for days to heal.

Cassie described
one violent incident

where Diddy stomped on
her face repeatedly,

causing her to bleed profusely.

She says Diddy's head of
security tried to step in.

But he was unsuccessful.

From wild sex
parties to sex workers,

the allegations against this
music mogul are shocking.

At one point, also,
she said that he

would force her to interact
sexually with escorts.

And he would watch himself
and enjoy himself and pleasure

himself while watching her.

They were called freak offs,
a very interesting term.

I've never witnessed
that type of behavior.

I don't know what the man
do in his bedroom or nothing

like that.

They was rocking together,
from what I know.

All I know is they both was
rock stars, living their best

life, in a relationship.

Cassie claims she only
participated in those freak-off

encounters because
she was afraid

she'd be beaten if she refused.

Cassie also claimed near the
end of their relationship,

Diddy forced his way into
her home and raped her.

All of the Diddy
controversy exploded

because of the Cassie lawsuit.

Once Cassie files
that civil suit,

now people feel like it's not
rumor or innuendo anymore.

You have somebody who was in
a publicly known relationship

with him for a very long time.

And when that person is making
allegations about freak offs,

and when that person is
talking about different types

of potentially criminal
activity that's being alleged,

now, people believe it.

One of the biggest
legal blunders of all time

was when Cassie threatened
a lawsuit unless Diddy

paid her $30 million.

He told her to pound sand,
never believing she'd do it.

But she did.

Diddy's lawyer insisted Cassie
was blackmailing his client.

But that lawsuit
opened Pandora's box.

Social media, especially
TikTok, went crazy.

And in a nanosecond, Diddy's
reputation was trashed.

Ooh, Diddy, you
are in trouble.

The stuff that he
made her do is sick.

I hope Cassie gets the
justice that she deserves.

Diddy, you are
going to prison.

Honey, Cassie has brought
the receipts on Diddy, honey.

And she's suing him for the
things that he's done to her.

Diddy tried to stop the
bleeding by settling with Cassie

just a day after she filed.

His lawyer said it was not
an admission of wrongdoing.

But the damage was done.

Diddy's most egregious
and fatal error

strategically was not settling
with Cassie behind closed doors.

If he settles with Cassie
behind closed doors,

there's a good chance that
none of this controversy

is happening.

There's a good chance that
other people wouldn't have

their own lawsuits pile on.

There's a good chance
law enforcement

wouldn't have had their radars
activated by all the allegations

of illegal activity.

There's a chance
that Diddy would

just be living his normal
billionaire life right now.

What more do I
have to do, man?

Look at my hat, man.

Look at my hat.

Look how I show
up on-- look how I

show up on the Amalfi Coast, B.

It looked like she put so much
information out into the streets

that embarrassed you, that
you didn't want any more of it

to come out.

And because of that,
Diddy looks more guilty

than he did had he just
settled behind closed

doors from the beginning.

If she said that
he did it, he did it.

Did you read what-- did you read
the things that he did to her?

P. Diddy going to jail.

Yeah, he going to jail.

When the lawsuit happened,
it started a domino effect.

But also, what was said in the
lawsuit was really the part that

took people by surprise because
of the rape allegations,

of the sex trafficking
allegations,

of the abuse that she
went into detail about.

It was very much like,
oh, this is definitely

the one that's going
to shake the table

and shake his foundation.

Suddenly, it was
like everyone was just

coming out of the woodwork.

I was sick.

I was sick of you.

I was sick of everything
that was going on around you.

I was sick of having to cover
up everything that you did.

When Cassie found the
strength to use her voice

and speak her truth,
it gave other people

the courage to do the same.

And I think this is also just
how this reckoning came to be.

If one person has a
power and has the ability

to be honest and
tell their story,

then it allows other
people to do the same.

In fact, at least
three other women came

forward and filed lawsuits.

Joy Dickerson Neal claimed Diddy
drugged and sexually assaulted

her 33 years ago and secretly
recorded the encounter

and then shared it with others.

Liza Gardner claimed Diddy
raped her and a friend in 1990.

And another woman who refused
to be named claimed Diddy

and two other men gang raped
her when she was just 17.

Diddy is now facing
another very serious lawsuit.

And, you know, this all started
with the Cassie lawsuit.

And then there were
two more accusers.

An anonymous accuser, as a Jane
Doe, filed it in federal court

today.

And her allegation
goes back to 2003.

It was bad for Diddy.

Four women had come
forward within three weeks

in November and December 2023.

Diddy himself finally
released a statement saying,

and this is a quote,
"Enough is enough.

For the last couple of weeks,
I have sat silently and watched

people try to
assassinate my character,

destroy my reputation
and my legacy.

Sickening allegations have been
made against me by individuals

looking for a quick payday."

Diddy's response to all
of these lawsuits has been,

they're coming after my money.

Everybody's an extortionist.

That's not entirely untrue.

I mean, everybody connected
to him in these lawsuits

has made money off of him.

They've expected
payment from him.

But because somebody
pays your bills,

doesn't mean that they're
entitled to do harm to you.

It doesn't mean that they're
entitled to exploit you or abuse

you or otherwise mistreat you.

So, yes, people might
want more money from you.

But it doesn't mean
you're off the hook.

New allegations of sexual
harassment and assault

against Sean Diddy Combs.

On February 26th, 2024,
yet another lawsuit was filed

against Diddy, this
one from Rodney

Lil Rod Jones, one
of Diddy's former

producers and videographers.

And the allegations
were even more shocking.

He is alleging groping,
fondling, grooming.

And he goes on
and on about going

to a party where he says he was
drugged and allegedly raped.

Rodney Lil Rod Jones worked
with Diddy for about a year,

starting in 2022.

He claims he recorded hundreds
of hours of video and audio

of Diddy, his staff,
and others engaging

in serious illegal activity.

Everybody's just telling me
what he's allegedly capable of.

And, you know, it's
very scary for myself.

And, you know, has me worried
about my kids and, you know,

just sleeping with the anxiety
and different things like that.

So just moving forward, I'm just
going to pause on everything

until we know that it's
clear and safe for me

to come back outside of work.

Jones claims he has
irrefutable evidence depicting,

among other things,
Diddy's illicit drug

use and unregistered firearms.

Jones also claims he witnessed
Diddy and other famous rappers

consorting with underage
girls and sex workers.

And the lawsuit alleges
Diddy kept three sex workers

on a monthly retainer, including
Daphne Joy, who has a son

with Diddy's nemesis, 50 Cent.

Daphne denies the claim.

Her donor.

And here's the clincher.

Jones alleges he was repeatedly
sexually assaulted by Diddy.

It's usually rare that a male
will step forward and accuse

someone of sexual assault
and participating in freak

offs and things of that nature.

When he came forward,
it definitely

added to the disturbing
claims that Diddy

was already up against.

It's just now, from
a male perspective,

as someone who worked closely
with him on his last album.

What's up, Diddy?

I want to tell anyone
out there watching,

this is not about his sexuality.

That has been a big focus
highlighted everywhere.

I think that Puffy is
not man enough to come out

and simply say he's bisexual.

Bisexual, black
male, sex cult.

Do you want to know what the
judicial system cares about?

Crimes.

They don't care if a
man has sex with a man

or a woman or 18 women.

And I believe in
the justice system.

And the justice system
doesn't raid anyone's

home over their sexuality.

NBC is
learning exclusively

that the music producer
accusing Diddy of sexual assault

and harassment is also accusing
actor Cuba Gooding Jr. Now

he's saying Gooding groped
and fondled him while they

were on Combs's yacht.

His case got more holes
than a Jamaican shirt.

Little Rod is a fraud, man.

You know, he ain't got
no legs to stand on.

This is merely an extortion
attempt by him and his lawyer.

That's all I can say.

Diddy Attorney Shawn Holley
told TMZ in a statement,

"Lil Rod is nothing more than
a liar who filed a $30 million

lawsuit shamelessly looking
for an undeserved payday.

His reckless namedropping about
events that are pure fiction

and simply did not happen is
nothing more than a transparent

attempt to garner headlines."

In fact, TMZ has learned
there are some big problems

with Rodney Jones' lawsuit.

For one, it was filed by an
attorney named Tyrone Blackburn,

who is under the microscope of
a federal disciplinary committee

in New York.

A judge who ordered
that committee

to look into Blackburn's
tactics said the lawyer

had shown a pattern of filing--

and this is a quote--

"cases in federal court
to garner media attention,

embarrass defendants with
salacious allegations,

and pressure defendants
to settle quickly."

Another big problem--

Jones included in the
lawsuit a screengrab

he claimed was Diddy's producer
and close friend Stevie

J having sex with another man.

But apparently, it
wasn't Stevie J.

The photo is
definitely not myself,

you know what I'm saying?

This lie has been
ongoing for a long time.

A guy from the LGBT community,
a porn star, he raised his hand.

He said, that's my dirty work.

That ain't my work.

That's cool if dudes do that.

But that's not my thing.

I like to embrace a nice
woman with, you know.

I wasn't mad.

It's just like, for the hard
work I put in for these 30 years

in this industry, this is what I
got to resort to watching this?

My kids got to see this?

My mom got to see this?

It seemed much more like
a tell-all rag book than

it did an actual civil lawsuit.

When you combine how bizarre the
lawsuit looked with his attorney

being a little bit sketchy
in terms of the kind of cases

he takes up, it
felt like it could

be a bit of revenge combined
with legitimate concern.

With all the allegations
and a federal investigation

that seems to be
closing in on Diddy,

you'd think it's over for him.

But don't count
him out just yet.

Diddy has dodged bullets
before, and lots of them.

This is not Combs'
first run-in with the law.

He was arrested in April for
assaulting a record executive.

Combs testified
before a grand jury this week.

Combs was
arrested at the university's

Acosta Athletic Training
Complex for assault.

He also had run
ins with the law, accused

of assaulting a photographer.

He's been having controversy
since the early '90s.

And he's never been convicted
of any serious crimes.

He's been-- lots of allegations,
lots of accusations.

His first bout with
trouble was way back in 1991.

Diddy co-promoted an
event in New York City.

The number of
folks who showed up

was nearly twice the
capacity for the venue,

resulting in a stampede that led
to nine deaths and 29 injuries.

The things
I deal with can

no way measure up to the pain
that the families deal with.

And I just pray
for the families.

And I pray for the children
that lost their lives.

Diddy was at the
center of a violent incident

again in December 1999.

And this time, one of the
biggest stars on the planet

would be pulled into the fray.

Police say Lopez
and Combs were picked up,

along with his
bodyguard and driver,

fleeing a shooting in
a Manhattan nightclub

that left three people injured.

Diddy was dating
Jennifer Lopez.

One night, he took her out
to a New York City nightclub

when all hell broke loose.

So essentially, J.Lo
and Diddy were out,

partying with a couple of
his friends, their friends,

Shyne, another rapper.

And an altercation ensued.

Shots were fired.

I feel terrible that
people were hurt that night.

Puffy is
talking about the shooting

inside Club New York in the
wee hours of Monday morning.

Three people were shot.

None of them received
life-threatening injuries.

Police say after the shooting,
Puffy and his equally famous

girlfriend, actress-singer
Jennifer Lopez,

fled in a Lincoln Navigator.

Three people were
shot and injured.

Diddy, J.Lo and
a bodyguard named

Anthony Wolf Jones
were later arrested,

charged, and hauled into jail.

Mr. Combs feels
very confident.

Mr. Combs is not guilty.

He is focused.

He wants the trial to start.

And he is confident
that when it's over,

he'll be standing
out here, telling you

that he's just been acquitted.

Diddy was found not guilty.

Shyne was convicted of assault
and reckless endangerment.

He served nine years in prison.

But questions linger.

Was it actually Diddy
who pulled the trigger?

And did Shyne just
take the fall?

I literally watched
them pull out the guns.

I had a clear point of view.

I mean, for God's sake,
I got shot in my nose.

I was facing them directly.

I watched everything occur
and have described it,

you know, vehemently to
all parties involved.

I have nine bullet fragments
remaining in my face.

Diddy arrested for making
terrorist threats at UCLA.

It involves his son.

It involves a very
famous football coach

and an altercation that ended up
with Diddy holding a kettlebell.

And the question,
was he trying to hit

this coach with a kettlebell?

Or was he trying
to defend himself?

The one thing you
got to do is you have

to be there for your kids 110%.

So as a father, if you
feel-- or a mother--

anybody can relate
to if you feel

like you have to
go and straighten

something out for your child.

Was there a
kettlebell involved?

I went there to communicate.

Diddy was charged with
three counts of assault

with a deadly weapon, one count
of making terrorist threats,

and one count of battery.

But the DA wound up
dropping the case.

He kind of just
has a way of getting

out of very tough situations.

And he's been doing
so for decades.

Rapper and
songwriter Mark Curry

worked with Diddy
for nearly a decade

and says Diddy definitely
has an ugly side.

I've seen Puff have anger
spazzes on producers, females.

I'm a savage!

Whatever I want,
I'm going to get!

Whatever I want, I have to get!

A&Rs,
people who work for him,

so not just the females.

It's guys, producers.

I seen him spaz.

Curry remembers a particularly
nasty incident between Diddy

and the mother of four of
his children, Kim Porter.

You saw him get
physical with Kim?

I didn't see him
get physical with Kim.

But I know situations
where, let's say if Kim said

she fell on the boat and
broke her nose, and I say,

that's not actually
what happened.

She went into it.

She just got a broke nose.

I think her and Puff
went to home together.

And then next thing you know,
she had the Band-Aid on.

So you already
know what happened.

So she didn't-- she
slipped and she fell.

No, I don't think that
because they was just

arguing real big last night.

He was really mad.

Kim Porter died of
pneumonia in 2018.

But she was just one of
a long list of women who

were allegedly abused by Diddy.

Ex-girlfriend Gina Huynh went
public with this story in 2019.

He, like, stomped on my
stomach, like, really hard.

And I-- like, took the
wind out of my breath.

I couldn't even--
I couldn't breathe.

But he kept hitting me.

And I was like, pleading to
him, like, can you just--

can you stop?

I can't breathe.

And he, like, stopped
for a little bit.

He, like, grabbed my
hair from the back

and, like, was, like,
punching the back of my head

because he was just
avoiding my face

when he was, like, hitting me.

Diddy's attorney calls
Huynh's allegations quote

"false and unsubstantiated."

If Puff put his
hands on a female,

he would do it
behind a closed door.

And when the door opened,
you would be like, wow,

somebody has on a bandage.

Did you ever see
anything like that

where somebody came out of a
room looking injured or upset

like that?

Yeah.

You go in the room, you
walk in, you come out not

looking the way you went in.

Diddy's legal team tells TMZ,

"Mr. Curry's statements about
what he thinks probably occurred

between Mr. Combs and
Ms. Porter are pure

speculation and not
based on any personal

observations or knowledge."

More money, more problems.

It's just the way it is.

Hey, we're coming
back to you, Billy.

I'm the
D to the A to the DDY

I know you'd rather see
me die than to see me fly

I call all the shots,
rip all the spots

Rock all the rocks,
cop all the drops

Before the latest
allegations came to light,

Diddy was known
as one of the most

powerful and successful stars in
music, his rags to riches story,

extraordinary

Sean Combs had a rough
childhood growing up in Harlem.

His mother worked with
kids with special needs,

his father, a drug dealer.

Diddy was exposed to
crime and violence early on.

When he was just
three years old,

his father was shot and
killed while sitting

in a car in New York City.

But did he maintains his drive
for success came from his dad.

That swag landed
him an internship

at a record company at age 20.

And he quickly started
moving up the ranks.

What's up?

My name is Puff Daddy.

This is my new artist,
The Notorious B.I.G.

And we're here at
the Outkast picnic,

just getting our
swerve all the way on.

He was driven.

He was passionate.

He was motivated.

He knew what he wanted
out of the gate.

We making music
strictly for the streets.

We appreciate y'all support.

And it's all good.

He knew that he was
going to be on top.

He has his struggle
of an upbringing.

And then he comes out, and
he's this ferocious beast.

And he wants to just
dominate the industry.

Don't push us
cause we're close to the edge

We're trying not
to lose our heads

Ah-ha, ha, ha, ha

He had his first
number one hit on the Billboard

hip-hop charts in 1997 with
Can't Nobody Hold me Down

and would go on to earn
the top spot 10 more times.

Well,
come on, take it low

You can even do it slow

You can even do it slow

Either way you want to go

Either way you want to go

Just take that to the floor

Drop something, move something,
shake your tail feather

I take pride in being one of
the, you know, most successful

producers in hip-hop history.

I have the most number
ones as a hip-hop artist.

Add to
that three Grammys,

and in 2023, the MTV Video
Music Awards Global Icon Award.

And nobody
deserves to be called

an icon more than this
man, Diddy Puff Daddy love.

All I am is a man
with ambition to be the best

When I failed, it just
gave me the vision--

But conquering the music
world wasn't enough for Diddy.

He became a one-man
marketing machine.

Your collection is great.

- You're watching--
- Revolt.

- Revolt.
- Revolt.

Revolt.

It's a revolution

Ciroc is for the culture.

I feel like he always knew
in the back of his mind,

like, his end goal
was to be a mogul.

All this has made
Diddy very, very rich.

His estimated net worth
close to $1 billion.

Big smile, Diddy.

Oh, my God.

Diddy has lived a
life of extravagance--

multiple homes, planes.

Black excellence.

Yachts,
cars, and of course--

--those legendary parties.

I would hang out and
watch him throw parties.

Sure, he famously threw,
like, his white party.

He would throw a party.

One point, I went
to Philly, followed

him all the way to Philly.

He threw a party.

And he said, yo,
playboy, this party costs

a million and a half dollars.

They're actually
fun parties, a lot

of famous people, star studded.

You'd be sometimes amazed
by some of the people

that you see there.

Some of the
people who attended

the parties have said that
there was a lot of sex

during these parties.

And that kind opens the door
to some of the allegations

that we've been reading about.

What about that?

So there was a lot of sex.

But it didn't
happen at the party.

It was after parties, not
necessarily at the party.

Now, what time would your
party start, let's say?

Like 9:30.

- Really, that early?
- Yeah.

I could make that.

Yeah.

But I think--

I think of you of starting
a party at like midnight.

Like, what time will it go till?

That's a different
type of party, though.

Uh-huh.

No, I mean, the after party.

No, I know about them.

There have always
been whispers

and rumblings about Diddy.

The whisperings and
rumblings, though, weren't

about criminal activity.

They were simply about
his party lifestyle.

They were about his
social activities

and maybe even his
sexual activities.

There's always been whispers
and rumors and innuendo.

But, like many
things in Hollywood,

it was on a need-to-know basis.

Those who knew, knew.

And many fans and
everyday people,

especially before social media,
were completely in the dark

about what was going on.

What's up, boss?

How's it going, sir?

Nice to see you.

Easy.

Over time, however,
we've come to see

more, hear more, and know more.

Aubrey O'Day sounded
the alarm for years

that Diddy was a dangerous man.

She was dismissed as
disgruntled and bitter.

A lot of people now think Aubrey
was telling the truth all along.

After Cassie filed her
lawsuit, you said, "Been trying

to tell y'all for years."

What were you trying
to tell people?

That Diddy was
not a safe human

and that you should be
careful if you're planning

on entering any type of
relationship with him,

from business to personal.

And this was based on
your personal experience.

Yes.

Did he ever mistreat you?

Yes.

Have you ever seen
Making the Band?

Yeah.

"Did he ever mistreat you?"
is the funniest question

I think I've ever heard.

Of course.

Aubrey worked under Diddy
for close to five years

as a member of the girl
group, Danity Kane.

Hey y'all,
look over this way, please.

Undress
me with his eye

Hold on.
Hold on.

Hold on.
Hold on.

Hold on.

And she was famously fired
from the group by Diddy

on Making the Band.

You want to show
all your skin.

You want to be naked.

If you are not
happy and you hate me,

then why do you have me here?
- I don't have to have here.

That's one thing that
we can make clear.

Why do you have me here?

That's thing we
can make clear.

I don't have to have you here.
- But I'm asking you.

I'm trying--

I want to know, why
do you have me here?

Because every time, it's
just, I'm such a problem.

Check this out.
You clear on that.

You understand now.

I'm asking myself, why
do I have you here?

'Cause I'mma tell you like
this, I don't like her energy.

I don't like her
style and direction

where she's going with it.

I don't like what
she does to the brand

when she's wilding out
there, being overly raunchy,

promiscuous.

So there's nothing
else to talk about.

Would you like to go with her?

Because she's not going
to be in Danity Kane.

The mistreatment
is enough to have

changed the course and
direction of my entire life.

The mistreatment
was enough for me

to have to spend a
good amount of time

in the hands of professionals
to learn what grooming is

and unlearn the grooming.

The treatment was so bad in
some regards that I'm not

ready to speak about it yet.

But I will.

Are you talking verbal,
physical, or both?

That's not a question that I'm
prepared to dive into right now.

But I can say
this, as that seems

to be a question that a
lot of people love to ask.

Does it matter?

I've been in physically
abusive situations.

The verbal ones
hurt me way more.

The abuse was significant enough
to change the course of my life.

I don't work these
amount of years

to have you talk to me this way.

I'm not meaning
to disrespect you.

So I don't want you
in the group no more.

OK.

Because I don't want to even
have to have this conversation.

On Making the Band
alone, we experienced

intimidation tactics.

We experienced body
shaming, beat downs.

And then when we thought we
were absolutely nothing--

and I'm talking from sleep
deprivation to bunkers.

It was very like training
us to be good soldiers.

Do you feel that he was
looking for young people who

never had a frame of
reference, like you,

where it would be easier to
do whatever you say he did?

I can't tell you his
intentions because I don't

live inside that man's brain.

I never plan to.

And I pray I never go anywhere
close to what that is.

Everything is just
always about Diddy.

And whatever Diddy's
narrative is over there,

you're being told
it from every angle.

And you meet a person that
is an excellent groomer.

What happens is
they start to let

you know what's wrong with you.

That starts to make you
question the things that you

believe about yourself.

Can I ask a question?

What do you want to
look like, though?

Do you want to look
like a Playboy Playmate?

Do you want to look like you--

Puff, I'm done
with all of that.

No, no, no.

What do you want to
look like, though?

OK, I'll tell you.
I'll tell you.

What do you want to look like?
You like big hair, though.

- I don't like big hair.
- You do like big hair.

You like big hair.

Puff, you need to stop your
generalizations about me.

You like a look-- you like
a lot of makeup and all that.

His narrative of me,
promiscuous, problematic,

all that rah rah, you know,
the bad-- all the negatives,

that's why the only offer I had
after being fired on national

television in front of
the world as a child

came from Hugh Hefner.

And it was to do the
cover of Playboy.

But I had to work very
hard to get anyone

to give me an opportunity.

I notice you have a
Danity Kane necklace on.

I'm just wondering how you
process Danity Kane, which,

in so many ways,
gave opportunities,

but is so connected to Diddy.

Does that make you sad?

Can you distinguish between
Diddy and your success there?

Or is it all just
so intertwined?

Complex question--
quickest answer--

if you do enough work on
yourself, you can get to a place

where you will be
able to distinguish

yourself from abusers
and toxic situations.

Anyone out there that has gone
through that or is in that right

now, please, hear me, resonate
with me in this moment.

You can distinguish
every piece of it.

You can separate them.

And you can pick what parts
you are going to carry

with you into your future.

So I wear this necklace
for my ladies out there.

I think it's because we were
surrounded by a team of men.

And I don't know
that any of those men

ever had our best
interests at hand.

Last September, Diddy did
something to counter some

of the rumors he was a monster.

I read that you are
going to actually give back

the publishing rights to a bunch
of artists on your label, which

is incredible because
it's happening at a moment

that, actually, those rights are
going for a very high dollar.

And many people would keep
that money for themselves.

Yes, us, as a
people, have to look

within and do the right thing.

So it was just the
right thing to do.

And it's reform for
the industry and reform

for just us as people.

Well, you're
an incredible human.

When TMZ ran the
headline-- and I

have a screenshot of it because
I do want to call you out.

I received the publishing deal.

I know what it says.

I know how much money
it was giving me.

I'll tell you, 330 cents.

$300.30 for a full release
of all claims against

Diddy and many other players.

Never can disparage Diddy
on any social media site,

on any podcast, on any format.

Never have any rights to any
claims again over any type

of wrongdoings with your music
or with any of these parties

listed.

Once you sign it,
in fact, it said,

you can never mention the
existence of this contract

ever again.

What do you think was
behind him making a move

to return rights for so little?

At this point in
time, what do you

think his motivation was there?

I think you would
probably be making

moves to keep as many
people quiet as possible.

When I went to look at
the publishing deal,

it said anything but, I'm being
made whole financially again.

In fact, it asked me to not be
able to have access to my story

and my experience anymore.

It asked me specifically
to stay silent

and never speak
poorly about a human.

So then I realized
something really bad

is coming because this isn't
a man that was reformed.

I'm just not who I am before.

I'm something different.

So my new name is Love.

Do you know what the word
"love" means to everybody?

We live and die to find
a human on this Earth

that will genuinely love us.

The man took the most beautiful,
precious, unreachable words,

livable lifetime words, and
put it in his fucking name,

had his publicist send you a lie
or a reformation of the truth.

And everybody maybe
signed it and can't talk.

I don't know why no one else
is coming forward and talking

about this, frankly.

How do you
describe yourself?

I'm vivacious, eccentric,
and I'm a Scorpio.

What's one
misconception about you?

There are no
misconceptions about me.

There's no doubt the
conversations around Diddy

have changed significantly
since Cassie's lawsuit came out.

And things that may have
seemed innocent in the past

are now being looked at in
an entirely different way.

You know, where we're hanging
out and what we're doing,

we can't really disclose.

But it's definitely a
15-year-old's dream.

A video of Diddy
with a then-15-year-old

Justin Bieber surfaced.

It was taken while Bieber
was visiting Diddy's home.

And given all the
new allegations,

it seemed, well, a little weird.

He signed to Usher.

I'm signed to Usher.

I had legal
guardianship of Usher

when he did his first album.

Yes.

I did Usher's first album.

I don't really-- I don't have
legal guardianship of him.

But for the next 48
hours, he's with me.

So, yeah, and we're going
to go fool, butt fool crazy.

We're going crazy.

Speculation as to what
he saw at Diddy's home

ran rampant on social media.

Did P. Diddy groom a
very young Justin Bieber?

And people say it
almost looks like Justin

Bieber didn't want to be there.

It looks like it was
completely scripted.

And P. Diddy looked
completely suspicious.

I think it's clear
that Justin Bieber

definitely looks uncomfortable.

Watching it gives
me, personally,

a very weird pit in my
stomach, especially watching it

through the lens of all of
the accusations against Diddy

right now.

A few days later, a
second bizarre video

emerged of Diddy and Justin that
just added fuel to the fire.

Selling out arenas
and everything,

starting to act different, huh?

You ain't been calling
me and hanging out

the way we used to hang out.

Well, I mean, you haven't--

I mean, you tried to
get in contact with me,

you know, through all
my, you know, you know,

partners and whatnot.

Mm hmm.

But you never
really got my number.

Right, OK.

Want my number?

Then another video resurfaced
and raised eyebrows--

Usher talking to
Howard Stern about what

he saw when he moved in with
Diddy when he was just 13.

His manager sent him there
to learn what life as a star

was all about.

I went there to
see the lifestyle.

- Right.
- And I saw it.

And it was-- but I don't know if
I could indulge and understand

what I was even looking at.

Biggie Smalls was there.

Biggie Smalls was there,
Lil' Kim, Craig Mack.

All these people
are hanging around.

Yeah, man.

Faith Evans, Jodeci,
Mary J. Blige.

And your parents were OK?

They ain't know
nothing about this shit.

Oh.

I was having a good
time, you know what I mean?

But Usher later
expressed concern

about what he was exposed to
when he was living with Diddy.

I mean, I'm 13 years old.

I'm not here to party with you.

I don't want to go to the clubs.

Matter of fact, I'm too
young to even be in here.

Why you got me in clubs?

There were a lot of things I
seen and a lot of positions

that I think I was
put in where I had

to make very, very tough
decisions in my life

about who I would be.

Usher and Bieber
have not commented

on the latest allegations.

But other artists have
taken Diddy to task.

50 Cent, who's tangled with him
for years, tweeted, "It's not

Diddy do it, it's Diddy done."

He's corny.

He's Uncle Tom.

That's who Curtis is.

He want to see the Black man
go down before anybody else,

know what I'm saying?

He's just sore.

He's just sore because his
baby mother is with Puff.

Don't be sore.

Don't be a hater.

You know what I'm saying?

Get greater.

So with him, he's just a troll.

Mary J. Blige, a friend
of Diddy's for 30 years,

posted, "Unfortunately,
a lot of you

all met me when I
lacked boundaries

and was a people pleaser.

Let me reintroduce myself.

I burn bridges as needed,"
apparently referring to her

own experience with Diddy.

Diddy has befriended
some of the biggest names

in entertainment for decades.

Yet, none of those stars have
come out to defend him, not one.

That may say less about Diddy
and more about Hollywood.

Hollywood is
eerily and noticeably

quiet about all of the
Diddy controversy right now.

And I think it's a very
simple reason for it.

And that is, people
in glass houses

don't want to throw stones.

Even Ashton Kutcher, who met
Diddy when they both had shows

on MTV and was one of
his closest friends,

hasn't uttered a peep.

The radio silence around
this case, in my opinion,

is highly unusual.

Even if you look at, say, R.
Kelly, who's someone who is very

much maligned and
should be, given

what he's been convicted of, he
did have supporters early on.

Diddy has none.

It's crickets.

A lot of these cats, they
don't have-- first of all,

they don't have the heart.

Second of all,
it's like, I can't

be seen standing next to
him while that's going on.

I don't want people
to look at me funny.

So you got those that just
won't come near it because they

don't want to be affected.

And that's just the way it is.

There are a lot
of people who are

probably implicated in his
events, in his activities.

Even if they're not
criminally guilty,

they just might have
been at a party.

They may just have
been hanging out.

And if he gets attached to
something that is considered

awful or outside the boundaries
of what you're allowed to do,

then no one wants to be
connected to him at all.

Is there another reason
why other people aren't

speaking out in his defense?

I think a lot of people are
just trying to understand--

understand what
is and what's not.

You know?

Another reason people aren't
coming to Diddy's defense--

Diddy was allegedly
obsessed with recording

everything that went on
in his homes, everything.

If they have 250 cameras
they took out his house,

they have a whole bunch
of images or footage

of things that were going
on around his house.

A lot of people might be
running from that tape.

I don't think it's only
celebrities going to be shook.

He had politicians in there.

He had princes in there.

He also had a couple
of preachers in there.

Diddy is a powerful person.

You don't get to
be a billionaire

without being powerful
and without being

connected to powerful people.

So Diddy knows
politicians, entertainers,

philanthropists, academics.

You name it, he's
connected to them.

And so if we start unraveling
the thread of Diddy's networks,

you're going to find
a lot of people.

And like Jeffrey Epstein, some
of them might be implicated.

Do you find it a little
hypocritical that there are

a lot of people who are
so silent now, who are so

quick to canceling others
when they're not involved

or even remotely associated?

There is an
interesting contradiction

that we are witnessing
in real time right now.

There are people who are
very quick to cancel people,

people who are very
quick to say, lock

them up, throw away the key.

At the same time,
those very same voices

are saying nothing about Diddy.

Now, it's not because
their morals have changed.

It's not because their
philosophy has shifted.

It's a much more simple
answer than that.

They're scared because they're
tied up with him some way,

somehow.

I think there's a
possibility that people

may fear that somehow
he makes it out of this.

And if he does, he's probably
taking a long list of anybody

that's speaking on things.

And maybe also
because everybody's

done things that they
wouldn't want people to know

and they fear that involving
themself in a conversation

like that puts them at risk.

Cassie scared a whole
lot of fucking men.

There's people wrapping up
their business nice and tight

now because there are many more.

And some people
just aren't talking

because they're
afraid of retaliation

from Diddy's adversaries.

TMZ was scheduled to do an
interview with one of Diddy's

former employees for this
documentary, one who was

actually going to defend him.

But they backed out,
stating in a text,

"I'm worried Diddy
has many enemies.

I'm afraid that if I give my
thoughts on what I experienced,

I may be ruled a target.

I have a comfortable
and cozy life.

Not sure if I want
to disrupt it."

But Diddy does
have some defenders

who aren't afraid to speak out.

And one of them is someone
you would never, ever expect.

Responsibility
for the so-called feud

between East Coast and
West Coast rappers,

a feud that allegedly led to
the murders of Tupac Shakur

and Notorious B.I.G. Rap artists
and producers call for an end

to the rivalry and the violence.

But how long will
the peace last?

Only time will tell.

Diddy and rap executive
Suge Knight have

been arch enemies for years.

East Coast versus West
Coast, Diddy's Bad Boy Label

based in New York and
Suge's Death Row Records

based in LA, a rivalry
that was incredibly bitter.

Any artist out there
want to be an artist

and want to stay
a star and don't

want to have to worry about the
executive producer trying to be

all in the videos, all
on the records, dancing,

come to Death Row.

I know that it--

what?

Are they crazy?

I was like, wow.

And I was like, you know,
I could blow this thing up

right now, you know?

And sometimes, it
got downright violent.

A rivalry
so bitter that it's

led to the death of two of
rap's most successful artists.

So you'd think
Suge Knight would

be reveling in all the
allegations against Diddy,

right?

Wrong.

I talked to him on the phone
from a California prison

where he's serving 28 years
for a fatal hit and run.

And what he told
me blew me away.

I got to say, I am shocked
at what you just said.

I thought you were
going to almost

kind of dance over
his troubles now,

just because of your history.

And the grace you're showing
toward him and his family--

I don't know-- it's kind
of remarkable to me, given

the history of you two guys.

What changed with you?

There are so many allegations
now of sex trafficking and drugs

and all sorts of things.

Did this just come
from out of the blue?

Or was there kind of a
buzz that some of this

might have been going on
with Diddy for a while,

if any of it's true?

Do you think that the silence
of people in the music business

and in entertainment generally
over what's going on with Diddy

right now, with all of the
allegations and lawsuits,

do you think that
silence is really kind

of rooted more in fear,
that they're afraid,

oh, my god, I have
associations, too?

Because that's sort of
what you just alluded to.

One person who could
literally hold the key

to Diddy's future and freedom is
a young man named Brendan Paul.

Brendan was the only person
arrested and charged on the day

of those raids back in March.

Authorities say they found
cocaine and marijuana

candy in his luggage
at the airport

where Diddy was questioned.

According to Rodney
Jones' lawsuit,

Brendan is Diddy's
drug mule, who

allegedly acquires
and distributes

Mr. Combs' drugs and guns.

Jones also claims Brendan
was responsible for paying

prostitutes for the
freak-off parties.

I'm particularly
interested in Brendan Paul

because he's 25 years old.

And he's allegedly the one who's
obtaining drugs for P. Diddy.

It's interesting,
such a young guy--

I don't know if that indicates
that P. Diddy's organization is

as large or as complicated
as perhaps the Feds would

need to make it out to be.

Only two years out of
college, Brendan became

part of Diddy's inner circle.

On social media, he's seen
celebrating at Diddy's

latest album release party.

Brendan's one of
Diddy's assistant.

We used to play ball
together, kick it.

Producer, has an artist.

He's a pretty cool dude.

He and Diddy, you know,
he was Diddy's assistant.

I mean, he was with
him all the time.

So they had a cool
little, you know,

relationship, a cool
little brotherhood.

Brendan was
released the day after

his arrest on a $2,500 bond.

His attorney has refused
to comment on the case.

But given his
proximity to Diddy,

authorities are no
doubt interested in what

he saw behind closed doors.

The Feds are going to be
looking for anybody close

to P. Diddy or whoever
their targets are

in this investigation to
essentially turn on the people

that they're most focused on.

So they're going to be
looking to cut deals.

They're going to be looking
to grant immunity deals.

They will be looking
for those people

around the center of the orbit
to turn on their targets.

The Feds have
their work cut out for them,

especially if they want to
get Diddy on the more serious

charge of sex trafficking.

Sex trafficking, when
looking at adults involved

in a crime of that nature, the
Feds are required to actually

prove that there's
force or coercion that's

involved in addition to the
commercial situation that's

going on.

So in addition to
just payment, they're

going to need testimony and
evidence that these individuals

were actually forced or coerced
to engage in these sexual acts

or the ongoing sexual
business that they're

alleging occurred here.

I have heard the stories
regarding Diddy having

prostitutes that willingly
want to go with him

across state lines.

But there's a couple of
things that need to be

looked at in regards to that.

Was there a power dynamic?

Were they fearful?

Was something making
it so that they

felt that they needed
to or else there

would be consequences for not?

It just takes one of them to be
doing this against their will

for that to be
human trafficking.

One thing that
could help the Feds--

Cassie Ventura can
still be compelled

to testify against
Diddy in federal court,

even if she agreed not to talk
as part of the settlement.

Witnesses can be
forced to cooperate.

They can be subpoenaed
and brought in.

And that's something that the
Feds have the power to do.

That goes beyond just the
idea that perhaps he's

settled lawsuits, for
example, with Cassie.

She can still be subpoenaed.

She can still be brought
in and essentially

made to tell the truth,
and if she doesn't, face

her own consequences.

In fact, as those raids at
Diddy's home were going down,

Cassie's lawyer posted
on X, "We will always

support law enforcement when
it seeks to prosecute those

that have violated the law.

Hopefully, this is the beginning
of a process that will hold Mr.

Combs responsible for
his depraved conduct."

I think he's going to have a
very difficult time getting out

of this one because
you've got the magnitude

of the federal government
now that is coming in.

And so, in my opinion, it's
going to be near impossible

for him to get out of.

Everybody, put your
glasses up in the air.

Let's take a toast
to Sean Combs.

If you would have asked me 20
years ago what Diddy's legacy

was, I would have said,
he was one of the stewards

of one of the most important and
beautiful moments in hip-hop.

If you would have asked me 10
years ago what Diddy's legacy

was going to be, I would
say he was the template

for the billionaire rap star.

Now, in the aftermath of all
of these allegations, all

these rumors, all
these innuendos,

I don't know what Diddy's
legacy is going to be.

It's really still
an open question.

Everyone who interacts with
him has their own version

of how they would describe him.

To some people, he's a saint.

To some people,
he is their hero.

To some people, he is a monster.

I think it's just all about
how people interact with him

and what they've experienced
and witnessed being around him.

What would I want people
to know about Diddy?

That, you know, he's like any
other man, loves his mother,

loves his children, takes
care of a ton of people,

gives jobs to a ton of people.

Even when the scenario was going
on, when all this is going on,

people still call him,
asking him for stuff.

And he's still there for people.

It's like, you know,
he's a good dude.

Are we all perfect?

Nah, none of us.

Spread love.

I love y'all.

Love, love, love, love.

Savage!

I'm a savage!

Without y'all, I wouldn't
be on this stage.

Ba, ba, ba, Bad Boy.

I done seen this dude shake
back from some stuff, right?

So I'm not going
to count him out.

You know what I'm saying?

I'm not going to
make a prediction.

But I'm going to say, you know,
I ain't going to count him out.

Anyone on this
Earth has the ability

to be both good and bad, have
done good things and bad things.

So it's hard to just
say, this is a bad guy,

or this is a good guy.

I don't even want to be
forced into that place.

For all my friends
that love to throw

the word "karma" around,
my response was always,

yeah, good luck.

Karma is a poor man's excuse.

I know a lot of bad people.

And they're not seeing karma.

They're getting
better and better.

They're getting more and more.

I witnessed it for years.

I never thought
I would see this.