Nick Cannon’s previous feedback about Sean “Diddy” Combs and the allegations towards him have surfaced within the wake of the federal raids on his properties final month.
Earlier than Diddy’s Los Angeles and Miami homes have been raided by Homeland Safety Investigations on March 25, the embattled artist had been dealing with public, high-profile allegations of sexual abuse, intercourse trafficking, and quite a few different accusations leveled by a number of ladies — all of which he has vehemently denied.
Many accusations have been first made by R&B singer Cassie Ventura — identified by her mononymous stage title, Cassie — who sued Diddy and accused him of rape, amongst different allegations, in November 2023. Although the 2 settled the lawsuit inside 24 hours, it drew strains within the sand for a lot of who knew each Diddy and Cassie.
In a current episode of Cannon’s podcast Counsel Tradition — recorded earlier than the raids have been carried out — Cannon spoke with visitor Iyanla Vanzant and addressed the accusations towards Diddy and a few remarks he made final yr on the podcast Method Up With Angela Yee, through which he struggled to take a place when it got here to the allegations made by Cassie.
“I discover it tough once I’m requested about individuals I do know… They requested me about Puff and I answered it as actually as I knew how one can reply it. I do know these individuals. They don’t seem to be simply public figures to me,” Cannon defined.”
Whereas talking on Method Up, Cannon addressed one thing he’d written on social media about how he was “praying” for Cassie and “hoping for the most effective.” However he admitted the scenario was awkward for him due to his personal friendship with Diddy.
“We simply, like, the viewers, we sitting again praying and hoping for the most effective, however then on the identical time, when people — it is like a member of the family — if you hear one thing occurred, you are like, ‘Rattling,'” Cannon stated final yr.
Cannon added on the time, “As we watch it, we’re watching it in actual time, and we do not know how one can really feel as a result of one: we do not know the reality… we do not know every thing. And when it is revealed, it’s going to be revealed.”
Whereas addressing his feedback on his personal Counsel Tradition podcast, Cannon defined, “I used to be like, that is somebody who was damage, who was victimized… However then, when this query goes a little bit bit additional, ‘So what about Puff?’ It’s like, I don’t know how one can really feel about that.”
In accordance with Cannon, it was Diddy who “known as, checked on me, stood by me, stood up for me,” when he was going by way of his personal public controversy concerning antisemitic remarks he is since profusely apologized for.
Cannon defined that, resulting from Diddy’s previous assist, it made him not sure of how one can converse out in regards to the accusations. Cannon recalled, “I used to be like, ‘What do I owe you?'”
“So, I’ve to nearly do that dance about [it] when it comes up,” he added. “As a result of simply as a lot as I do know Diddy, I do know Cassie.”
The lawsuit filed by Cassie was settled shortly and “amicably,” Diddy stated in a press release to ET on the time, including, “I want Cassie and her household all the most effective. Love.”
“Simply so we’re clear, a choice to settle a lawsuit, particularly in 2023, is by no means an admission of wrongdoing,” Diddy’s lawyer, Ben Brafman, added in a press release to ET on the time of the settlement. “Mr. Combs’ determination to settle the lawsuit doesn’t in any approach undermine his flat-out denial of the claims. He’s completely satisfied they bought to a mutual settlement and needs Ms. Ventura the most effective.”
Regardless of the settlement, the lawsuit set off a litany of extra sexual misconduct allegations from quite a few different accusers.
As beforehand reported, it stays unclear if the slew of lawsuits that Diddy’s dealing with is tied to the federal investigation.
In a press release to ET, Diddy’s lawyer, Aaron Dyer, blasted the feds for its “gross overuse of military-level power” amid the execution of search warrants.
“There isn’t a excuse for the extreme present of power and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way in which his kids and workers have been handled,” Dyer continued. “Mr. Combs was by no means detained however spoke to and cooperated with authorities. Regardless of media hypothesis, neither Mr. Combs nor any of his members of the family have been arrested nor has their capability to journey been restricted in any approach. This unprecedented ambush — paired with a complicated, coordinated media presence — results in a untimely rush to judgment of Mr. Combs and is nothing greater than a witch hunt primarily based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits. There was no discovering of prison or civil legal responsibility with any of those allegations. Mr. Combs is harmless and can proceed to combat each single day to clear his title.”
At this level, the small print of the case federal investigators are at the moment constructing stay unclear, however a supply informed Rolling Stone final week that 4 Jane Does and one John Doe had already sat for interviews with investigators for a probe associated to an alleged intercourse trafficking and RICO case, and extra interviews have reportedly been scheduled.
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