Sean “Diddy” Combs has reportedly contacted his family as he remains jailed in New York on federal sex-trafficking charges.
A source told People magazine that Combs, 54, has briefly talked to his family — including his children — via phone. Combs has three minor children, including twins with model Kim Porter, who died in 2018.
“He is very concerned about his kids and their wellbeing,” the source said.
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A second source told People that Combs’ children are “in a state of crisis and shock” following his arrest last week. He remains jailed without bond pending trial, which has not yet been scheduled.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. He was arrested outside a Manhattan hotel on September 16, following months of mounting abuse and sexual assault allegations.
In March, federal authorities raided Combs’ homes in Holmby Hills, California, and Miami. Reports indicated that the raid was connected to an ongoing sex trafficking investigation.
The reported raids also occurred four months after R&B singer Cassie Ventura accused him of sex trafficking and abuse. In a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, she alleged that Combs drugged her and forced her to have sex with other men. The pair settled the lawsuit a day after its filing.
However, in May, a video surfaced showing Combs assaulting Ventura at a California hotel in 2016. After the video was released, Combs put out a video expressing remorse for his behavior. That video is mentioned in the criminal charges filed this week against Combs.
Two more accusers came forward a week after Ventura’s lawsuit. One of the women claimed Combs drugged and raped her at Syracuse University in New York in 1991. Combs denied those allegations before a third accuser, Liza Gardner, levied similar allegations against him.
In that case, Gardner claimed Combs and singer-songwriter Aaron Hall drugged and raped her and a friend following an Uptown Records event in 1990. Gardner said she was 16 at the time of the incident. She also accused Combs of choking her a day after the assault.
Days after footage of the 2016 assault was publicized, two more women filed lawsuits against Combs. One of those women was April Lampros, a student at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology who reportedly met Combs in 1994. Lampros accused Combs in the lawsuit of sexually assaulting her on four instances between the mid-1990s and the early 2000s.
Lampros claimed Combs promised to mentor her and connect her with executives in the fashion industry. Instead, Combs allegedly forced her to drink before raping her in a hotel room. Lampros recalled another instance in which Combs forced her to perform oral sex on her in a parking garage while a parking attendant watched.
Reports indicated that Combs has been accused of committing or facilitating sexual abuse in at least eight lawsuits. He has denied those allegations.
