Sean “Diddy” Combs’ mother defends her son in a statement

The mother of embattled hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs released a statement Sunday defending her son Criminal charges and multiple allegations of sexual misconduct he is currently facing while in federal custody in New York.

Combs, 54, was arrested at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since pleading not guilty Sept. 17 to federal charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and solicitation for prostitution.

In a statement released by her lawyers, Janice Smalls Combs said it was “unbearable” to witness a “public lynching of my son before he had a chance to prove his innocence.”

She then mentions that her son “has made mistakes in his past” and refers to an episode captured on security video that appeared to show Combs hitting singer Cassie, his former girlfriend, in a hotel hallway in Los Angeles in 2016 Angeles attack. In May Combs apologized for the incident and said his behavior was “inexcusable” and that he took “full responsibility” for his actions.

In November, Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit They accuse Combs of rape and abuse during their relationship. he denied the allegations. She reached an agreement the following day.

The charges against Combs relate to the incident recorded by the hotel’s security cameras. According to the indictment, Combs attempted to bribe a hotel security guard who intervened in the incident to silence him.

“My son may not have been entirely truthful about some things, such as denying he had ever been violent toward an ex-girlfriend, even though hotel surveillance showed otherwise,” Janice Smalls Combs said in the Explanation. “Sometimes truth and lies are so closely linked that it is scary to admit part of the story, especially when that truth is outside the norm or too complicated to be believed. This is why I believe my son’s civil rights team.” I chose to settle the ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit rather than fight it to the end, which created a ricochet effect as the federal government used that decision against my son by interpreted it as an admission of guilt.”

She added that it was “torturing” to see people joking about her son’s situation “because of lies and misunderstandings.”

At the end of the statement, she asks fans and the public “not to judge him until you’ve had a chance to hear his side.”

“My son is not the monster they made him out to be,” she says. “I can only pray that I am alive to see him speak his truth and be vindicated.”

In the indictment, prosecutors allege that since 2008, Combs was part of a criminal organization that engaged in or attempted to engage in sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, obstruction of justice and other crimes.

Prosecutors accused Combs of using his business empire as a criminal enterprise to conceal his alleged abuse of women at events that Combs referred to as “freak offs.”

“The ‘Freak Offs’ sometimes lasted for days at a time, involving multiple commercial sex workers and often involving a variety of narcotics such as ketamine, ecstasy and GHB, which Combs distributed to victims to keep them submissive and submissive.” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York told reporters as the indictment was dropped.

On October 1, Texas attorney Tony Buzbee said this was the case represents 120 accusers who have made new allegations of sexual misconduct against Combs. Buzbee said he expects lawsuits to be filed next month. Buzbee described that the victims were 60 men and 60 women and that 25 were minors at the time of the alleged misconduct.

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