Diddy’s mother, Janice Combs, has broken her silence on her son’s arrest and mounting legal troubles.
In a substantial statement provided to Fort Lauderdale-based Attorney Natlie G. Figger on Sunday (October 6), Combs insisted people have been jumping to conclusions and not giving him the chance to defend himself. She also noted her son isn’t “perfect” and “made mistakes in his past.” Still, she doesn’t think he’s getting a fair shake.
“My son is not the monster they have painted him to be,” she said in part. “Watching the world make jokes and laugh at my son’s life crumbling before our eyes is something I can never forget. It is truly agonizing to watch the world turn against my son so quickly and easily over lies and misconceptions, without ever hearing his side or affording him the opportunity to present his side. These lies thrown at him are motivated by those seeking a financial gain, and not justice.”
Combs’ statement arrived days after a Houston-based attorney revealed he was representing 120 victims of Diddy’s alleged sexual misconduct. It follows the claim a sex tape involving Diddy and a male A-list celebrity is being shopped around to various networks.
Attorney Ariel Mitchell-Kidd, who’s representing several of Diddy’s alleged sexual assault victims, told News Nation she thinks it’s getting very close to becoming public, unless the A-lister purchases it and pulls “a catch and kill.” She also addressed the New York Post article that claimed the celebrity in the video is “horrified” to learn it’s up for sale.
“I received the New York Post article from the person who contacted me to sell the tape,” Mitchell-Kidd said. “I was not shocked by what I read in the article. The person who has the tape really doesn’t want to shop it around. They really want to help and wanted to directly sell it to that person, but it seems as if they are going elsewhere.”
She continued, “I really do feel bad about the person. Part of the reason I did come and say something […] I wanted to sound the alarm to that person that maybe they should do something about it. If I was them, I would do something about this. The only way to do anything is to do the catch and kill. That’s the only way it won’t come out.”
Diddy was arrested at Manhattan hotel on September 16. He pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. He remains behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.