Sean “Diddy” Combs is embroiled in a new wave of serious allegations as a six-month Rolling Stone investigation uncovers troubling claims of violence and sexual harassment against the Bad Boy Records founder.
The report, built on interviews with over 50 people connected to Diddy throughout his career, reveals a pattern of alleged abusive behavior dating back to his days as a student at Howard University in the late 1980s.
One of the earliest incidents described in the report involves Diddy allegedly using a belt to strike a woman repeatedly. An unnamed source detailed the severity of the attack, indicating that the music mogul “whupped her butt — like really whupped her butt.”
Further allegations include a violent confrontation with the late Def Jam executive Shakir Stewart in 2000. According to sources, Diddy assaulted Stewart during L.A. Reid’s wedding in Italy, reportedly breaking a chair over his head and leaving him bleeding on a hotel floor.
Stewart tragically took his own life in 2008, while Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Kim Porter, who shares three children with him, passed away from pneumonia in 2018.
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The disturbing claims don’t end there. In 1994, Diddy allegedly attacked a woman in the Bad Boy Records office, an incident so severe that two employees had to intervene after hearing her screams and the sound of breaking glass.
In another account from 2001, a graphic designer who worked for Bad Boy claimed Diddy sexually harassed her during a party celebrating his acquittal in a high-profile 1999 nightclub shooting incident. The woman recounted how Diddy approached her, began massaging her shoulders, and made inappropriate comments.
She later learned that he had allegedly propositioned her boss for sex on her behalf, leaving her feeling unsettled for years. The report also sheds light on Diddy’s relationships within the hip-hop community, suggesting that he was jealous of The Notorious B.I.G.’s friendship with 2Pac and sought to hinder their bond, according to photographer Monique Bunn.