Introducing 'Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy'

Sean Diddy Combs seemed to have it all. More than a rapper, producer, reality star, and entrepreneur, he was a kingmaker, a true mogul.
He flaunted his fame and fortune hosting lavish parties with A-list celebrities in Beverly Hills, the French Riviera, and the Hamptons. The Diddy parties were parties that everybody went to.
Every celebrity, every influencer, everybody that wanted to be at the most lit party wanted to go to Diddy's party. Diddy is definitely the most powerful and influential person in hip-hop music, or one of them.
And I would actually even argue to say not just hip-hop, but in the music business in general. Like, for 30 years, he was on top of his game.
Born in Harlem and raised in a suburb outside the Bronx, Diddy was even awarded the key to New York City in 2023. Welcome to New York! But just one year later, Sean Combs had no keys.
He was locked up in a notoriously dangerous and decrepit federal detention center in Brooklyn. I'm Brian Buckmeyer, an attorney and ABC News legal contributor.
Diddy's downfall has captivated this country. For decades, there were whispers of violence and abuse.
Then, a lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, with shocking allegations. He used illegal substances and threats of violence to force Ms.
Ventura into repeated unwanted sexual encounters

with male sex workers.

Diddy settled a day later with no admission of guilt.

A few months later, the feds made their move.

In a dramatic turn of events,

federal investigators raiding two homes

owned by hip-hop mogul Sean Diddy Combs.

And newly surfaced security footage showed the public a side of Combs that most people had never seen before. Disturbing video that shows Sean Diddy Combs kicking, shoving, and dragging his ex-girlfriend.
Combs now faces federal racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges, allegations he denies. Mr.
Combs is a fighter. He's gonna fight this to the end.
He's innocent. Dozens of his alleged victims are now coming forward.
Some are suing him, alleging sexual assault and forced drug use. Others are ready to speak out about what they say Combs was really like.
And I just had to bite my tongue and let somebody disrespect me in ways that I never imagined. I was at the top of my game, and he knocked me off.
I'm glad that he is locked up. Combs' legal team says he's never sexually assaulted anyone, adult or minor, man or woman.
As Sean Combs awaits his federal trial, we'll trace the steps of his remarkable rise to the top of music, fashion, and entertainment, only to have it all come crashing down. And we'll follow the twists and turns of the case, as the man who dubbed himself a bad boy for life now faces the possibility of being locked up for life.
This is Bad Rap, The Case Against Diddy, a new series from ABC Audio coming March 25th.

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