Nick Cannon is the most recent celeb opening up about attending Sean “Diddy” Combs’ events.
“I’ve even been to at least one once I was a child … 16-17 [years old],” he stated on “The Breakfast Membership” radio present.
“I reside my reality. I bear in mind standing exterior … making an attempt to get right into a Puff get together out right here in New York,” Cannon, 44, added.
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Nick Cannon and Sean “Diddy” Combs attend a celebration at Diddy’s Den in 2008. (Getty Pictures)
Though Cannon solely confessed to innocently dancing on the events, he famous the Diddy occasions he attended weren’t the “freak offs” allegedly thrown by the rapper, who pleaded not responsible final month to federal fees of intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
“The Masked Singer” host described how troublesome it was to get into one in every of Diddy’s events and in contrast it to the “One Extra Probability” music video by Infamous B.I.G., who was a Unhealthy Boy artist.
Initially of Infamous B.I.G.’s music video, a protracted line is seen ready exterior a crowded get together.
“How the ‘One Extra Probability’ video seemed … that was actual stuff out right here. Individuals standing on the door. … Unhealthy Boy events was official within the late ‘90s,” he added.
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Diddy’s friendship with Nick Cannon started almost 20 years in the past. (Getty Pictures)
“Everyone will get scared to speak … as a result of they obtained one thing to cover. … I ain’t obtained nothing to cover. … I used to be in there Harlem-shaking, doing all of that stuff. Nevertheless it wasn’t — c’mon now.”
Reps for Cannon didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
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Nick Cannon defended his friendship with Sean “Diddy” Combs after a lawsuit was filed by Combs’ ex-girlfriend, Cassie, and later dismissed. (Getty Pictures)
The “All That” alum’s feedback come after the music mogul was arrested and charged with intercourse crimes.
Diddy was arrested Sept. 16 and charged the next day with racketeering conspiracy; intercourse trafficking by pressure, fraud or coercion; and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. The rapper entered a not responsible plea hours after an indictment was unsealed detailing his alleged intercourse crimes.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs pleaded not responsible to federal fees. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg, Getty Pictures)
Authorities allege Diddy ran a prison enterprise by means of his companies, together with Unhealthy Boy Leisure, Combs Enterprises and Combs World, amongst others. He used “firearms, threats of violence, coercion and verbal, emotional, bodily, and sexual abuse” to satisfy his sexual wishes, in line with the unsealed indictment obtained by Fox Information Digital.
Diddy and his workers would “intimidate, threaten, and lure feminine victims into Combs’ orbit, usually underneath the pretense of a romantic relationship. Combs allegedly then used pressure, threats of pressure and coercion to trigger victims to have interaction in prolonged intercourse acts with male business intercourse employees, which Combs known as, amongst different issues, ‘freak offs.'” Combs usually supplied IV fluids to his victims after “freak offs” to assist them get well from bodily exertion and drug use, in line with the indictment.
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Throughout a court docket listening to Thursday, Decide Arun Subramanian scheduled Diddy’s trial for Could 5. The prosecution expects the federal government’s case to take three weeks to put out, whereas Diddy’s authorized staff estimated needing one week to argue the rapper’s protection.
The U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace additionally famous that the investigation is ongoing and pointed to the potential for a superseding indictment, which may lengthen the trial.
Fox Information Digital’s Tracy Wright contributed to this report.
