Janice Smalls Combs, the mom of Sean “Diddy” Combs, has launched a press release in protection of her son as he faces gross expenses of intercourse trafficking, racketeering and sexual abuse.
The rapper and businessman was taken into custody at a Manhattan resort on Monday, September 16 after having been indicted by a grand jury.
“I come to you today as a mother that is devastated and profoundly saddened by the allegations made against my son, Sean Combs. It is heartbreaking to see my son judged not for the truth, but for a narrative created out of lies,” Janice stated in a message shared by her lawyer Natlie G. Figgers.
She continued:
“To bear witness [sic] what appears to be like a public lynching of my son earlier than he has had the chance to show his innocence is a ache too insufferable to place into phrases.
“Like every human being, my son deserves to have this day in court, to finally share his side, and to prove his innocence.”
Diddy’s mother went on to clarify that she was “not here to portray [her] son as perfect because he is not,” including: “He has made mistakes in his past, as we all have” and saying:
“My son may not have been entirely truthful about certain things, such as denying he has ever gotten violent with an ex-girlfriend when the hotel’s surveillance showed otherwise.”
Certainly, in Could, CNN obtained surveillance footage from 2016 that featured Diddy grabbing Cassie Ventura outdoors of an elevator… tossing her to the bottom… and kicking her quite a few instances.
“It’s so difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life,” Combs stated in response again then, including by way of Instagram:
“Generally you gotta do this. I used to be f-cked up. I imply I hit all-time low however I make no excuses. My habits on that video is inexcusable.
“I take full responsibility for my actions in that video.”
As a part of the indictment towards Diddy, in the meantime, authorities say the mogul organized “Freak Offs,” or “elaborate sex performances” throughout which girls have been compelled via “force, threats of force, and coercion, to cause victims to engage in extended sex acts with male commercial sex workers.”
Based on this authorized doc, amongst provides seized by authorities from Diddy’s houses earlier this yr have been 1,000 bottles of child oil.
Diddy accused by authorities of arranging, directing, masturbating throughout and infrequently “electronically recording” the Freak Offs — whereas additionally transporting industrial intercourse staff “across state lines and internationally.”
Simply completely gross and horrible in each manner.
Again to Janice, who went on as follows:
“Generally, the reality and a lie grow to be so intently intertwined that it turns into terrifying to confess one a part of the story, particularly when that fact is outdoors the norm or is just too sophisticated to be believed.
“Because of this I consider my son’s civil authorized crew opted to settle the ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit as an alternative of contesting it till the top, leading to a ricochet impact because the federal authorities used this resolution towards my son by decoding it as an request for forgiveness.
“Not being totally simple about one situation doesn’t imply my son is responsible of the repulsive allegations and the grave expenses leveled towards him.
“Many individuals who were wrongfully convicted and later exonerated had their freedom taken from them not because they were guilty of the crimes they were accused of, but because they didn’t fit the image of what this society considers to be a ‘good person.’”
And she or he concluded:
“Watching the world make jokes and snort at my son’s life crumbling earlier than our eyes is one thing I can always remember. It’s really agonizing to look at the world flip towards my son so rapidly and simply over lies and misconceptions, with out ever listening to his facet or affording him the chance to current his facet.
“These lies thrown at him are motivated by these in search of a monetary achieve, and never justice. These people noticed how rapidly my son’s civil authorized crew settled his ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit, in order that they consider they will obtain a fast payday by falsely accusing my son.
“False allegations of sexual assault thwart true victims of sexual violence from getting the justice they deserve.”
Diddy has pleaded not responsible to the fees after he was denied bail twice. He was remanded to Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn till his trial.
