Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of groping ‘Making the Band’ contestant and threatening to eat flesh

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Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs has been accused of groping a contestant on his reality television series Making the Band. Last week, a new documentary called The Making of a Bad Boy aired on Peacock, which told the story of Combs’ profession and youth by means of interviews with individuals who knew the Dangerous Boy boss carefully.

Within the documentary, former Dangerous Boy artist Sara Rivers accused Combs of threatening her and her bandmates whereas she was on the present between 2002 and 2004.

“When he got angry with one of my band members, he said, ‘You make me so mad I want to eat your flesh,’” she recalled. “And then he said to another one of my band members, he said, ‘You’re rolling your eyes, I could go get a crackhead and pay them $20 to smack the shit out of you.’ Who says that? That’s crazy.”

She additionally accused him of groping her, including, “He touched me in a place that he shouldn’t have. That was inappropriate. I felt intimidated. I felt like, ‘Oh my god, what the heck just happened just now?’ I’m definitely nervous because, like I said, I haven’t said anything for so long and it’s built up. It’s been 20 years of going through my mind. This has happened, that’s happened, this was stopped. Mentally draining.”

Rivers was a member of the group Da Band alongside Dylan Dilinjah, Chopper Younger Metropolis, Babs, Ness, and Freddy P. They launched one album, Too Scorching for TV, in 2003, which peaked at quantity two on the Billboard 200 chart. Their singles, ‘Tonight’ and ‘Bad Boy This, Bad Boy That’, reached quantity 45 and 50 on the Scorching 100, respectively.

Diddy’s authorized crew have denied the claims in The Making of a Dangerous Boy. “This documentary recycles and perpetuates the same lies and conspiracy theories that have been slung against Mr Combs for months,” the assertion learn.

“It is disappointing to see NBC and Peacock rolling in the same mud as unethical tabloid reporters. By providing a platform for proven liars and opportunists to make false criminal accusations, the documentary is irresponsible journalism of the worst kind.”

For assist, recommendation or extra data concerning sexual harassment, assault and rape within the UK, go to the Rape Crisis charity website. Within the US, go to RAINN.

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