Sean “Diddy” Combs’ mom has come to his protection amid a collection of authorized troubles involving accusations of sexual assault and intercourse trafficking.
Janice Small Combs launched an announcement on Sunday by her lawyer, Natlie G. Figgers, and on behalf of the Combs household, saying that whereas her son is just not good and has “made errors up to now, as all of us have,” he isn’t responsible of the allegations in opposition to him.
“It’s heartbreaking to see my son judged not for the reality, however for a story created out of lies,” she mentioned within the assertion, which was shared with The Hollywood Reporter. “To bear witness what appears to be like a public lynching of my son earlier than he has had the chance to show his innocence is a ache too insufferable to place into phrases. Like each human being, my son deserves to have his day in courtroom, to lastly share his facet, and to show his innocence.”
The assertion was launched 5 days after it was revealed that Combs will face lawsuits from 120 extra accusers along with the dozen he was already dealing with. Legal professional Tony Buzbee mentioned Tuesday that he represents a number of women and men who accuse Combs of intercourse crimes going again to 1991. Many accusers say they have been raped after being drugged, Buzbee mentioned.
The brand new accusations additionally come practically a 12 months after Combs settled a lawsuit from singer Cassie Ventura, his ex-girlfriend who goes professionally by her first identify, who accused him of rape and abuse. He denied the allegations, however then video surfaced in Could of him bodily assaulting her in a resort. Two days later, he mentioned he was “really sorry” for what occurred.
In her assertion, Janice acknowledged that her son lied in regards to the incident however supplied her reason why.
“My son could not have been fully truthful about sure issues, comparable to denying he has ever gotten violent with an ex-girlfriend when the resort’s surveillance confirmed in any other case,” she mentioned. “Typically, the reality and a lie turn out to be so carefully intertwined that it turns into terrifying to confess one a part of the story, particularly when that fact is exterior the norm or is simply too difficult to be believed. That is why I imagine my son’s civil authorized staff opted to settle the ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit as an alternative of contesting it till the top, leading to a ricochet impact because the federal authorities used this choice in opposition to my son by deciphering it as an act of contrition.”
Janice additional argued that simply because her son lied about that doesn’t make him responsible of the “repulsive allegations and the grave costs leveled in opposition to him.”
“Many people who have been wrongfully convicted and later exonerated had their freedom taken from them not as a result of they have been responsible of the crimes they have been accused of, however as a result of they didn’t match the picture of what this society considers to be a ‘good particular person,’” she continued. “Historical past has confirmed us how people could be wrongfully convicted on account of their previous actions or errors.”
Janice added that she’s been harm listening to all of the “jokes” being made at her son’s expense and that he’s not being given a chance to share his facet of the story.
“It’s really agonizing to observe the world flip in opposition to my son so rapidly and simply over lies and misconceptions, with out ever listening to his facet or affording him the chance to current his facet,” she mentioned.
She added that she thinks the allegations are coming from folks wanting cash within the wake of the Cassie settlement.
“These lies thrown at him are motivated by these searching for a monetary acquire, and never justice,” she mentioned. “These people noticed how rapidly my son’s civil authorized staff settled his ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit, in order that they imagine they will obtain a fast payday by falsely accusing my son. False allegations of sexual assault thwart true victims of sexual violence from getting the justice they deserve. To make issues worse, the federal authorities is now utilizing these lies to prosecute my son. This injustice has been insufferable for our household. The worst a part of this ordeal is watching my beloved son be stripped of his dignity, not for what he did, however for what folks select to imagine about him.”
Combs was arrested in mid-September following a grand jury’s indictment. He has been denied bail for intercourse trafficking and racketeering costs.
Learn Janice’s assertion in full:
Janice Smalls Combs, the mom of Sean Combs, by her undersigned counsel and on the behalf of the Combs household, releases the next assertion:
“I come to you at the moment as a mom that’s devastated and profoundly saddened by the allegations made in opposition to my son, Sean Combs. It’s heartbreaking to see my son judged not for the reality, however for a story created out of lies. To bear witness what appears to be like a public lynching of my son earlier than he has had the chance to show his innocence is a ache too insufferable to place into phrases. Like each human being, my son deserves to have his day in courtroom, to lastly share his facet, and to show his innocence.
I’m not right here to painting my son as good as a result of he isn’t. He has made errors in his previous, as all of us have. My son could not have been fully truthful about sure issues, comparable to denying he has ever gotten violent with an ex-girlfriend when the resort’s surveillance confirmed in any other case. Typically, the reality and a lie turn out to be so carefully intertwined that it turns into terrifying to confess one a part of the story, particularly when that fact is exterior the norm or is simply too difficult to be believed. That is why I imagine my son’s civil authorized staff opted to settle the ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit as an alternative of contesting it till the top, leading to a ricochet impact because the federal authorities used this choice in opposition to my son by deciphering it as an act of contrition.
You will need to acknowledge that none of us, no matter our standing, are proof against concern or errors. Not being fully simple about one subject doesn’t imply my son is responsible of the repulsive allegations and the grave costs leveled in opposition to him. Many people who have been wrongfully convicted and later exonerated had their freedom taken from them not as a result of they have been responsible of the crimes they have been accused of, however as a result of they didn’t match the picture of what this society considers to be a “good particular person.” Historical past has confirmed us how people could be wrongfully convicted on account of their previous actions or errors.
Watching the world make jokes and snort at my son’s life crumbling earlier than our eyes is one thing I can always remember. It’s really agonizing to observe the world flip in opposition to my son so rapidly and simply over lies and misconceptions, with out ever listening to his facet or affording him the chance to current his facet. These lies thrown at him are motivated by these searching for a monetary acquire, and never justice. These people noticed how rapidly my son’s civil authorized staff settled his ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit, in order that they imagine they will obtain a fast payday by falsely accusing my son. False allegations of sexual assault thwart true victims of sexual violence from getting the justice they deserve. To make issues worse, the federal authorities is now utilizing these lies to prosecute my son. This injustice has been insufferable for our household. The worst a part of this ordeal is watching my beloved son be stripped of his dignity, not for what he did, however for what folks select to imagine about him.
I ask his supporters, followers, colleagues, mates, and the general public, to not decide him earlier than you’ve had the prospect to listen to his facet. I urge you to consider those that have been wrongfully persecuted, to keep in mind that not everybody who has made errors in life deserves to have their complete existence judged by a single motion or a couple of errors. My son is just not the monster they’ve painted him to be, and he deserves the prospect to inform his facet. I can solely pray that I’m alive to see him converse his fact and be vindicated.”
Respectfully submitted on the behalf of Janice Smalls Combs and the Combs’ household,
The Regulation Workplace of Natlie G. Figgers, LLC. /s/ NATLIE G. FIGGERS, ESQUIRE
Florida Bar No. 1009125
Counsel for Ms. Janice Smalls Combs