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Sean “Diddy” Combs has issued an announcement from jail, calling a damning memoir allegedly written by his late ex-wife Kim Porter, a pretend.
The 54-year-old music mogul and father of seven was arrested on 16 September and indicted on fees of intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. Regardless of having pleaded not responsible to the fees, he’s been denied bail twice and stays in jail.
Within the 60-page e book titled Kim’s Misplaced Phrases: A Journey for Justice, from the Different Aspect…, which is claimed to be stuffed with grammatical errors and spelling errors, quite a few graphic allegations are made concerning the incarcerated rapper’s sexual encounters, together with accusations of bodily abuse.
His lawyer Erica Wolf stated in an announcement: “The Kim Porter ‘memoir’ is pretend. Additionally it is offensive – a shameless try to revenue from tragedy.
“Not like the fabrications in his sickening ‘memoir’, it’s a longtime proven fact that Ms Porter died of pure causes. Might she relaxation in peace.”
Porter and Combs’ youngsters have additionally distanced themselves from the e book as they stated in an announcement, “We now have seen so many hurtful and false rumours circulating about our dad and mom, Kim Porter and Sean Combs’ relationship, in addition to about our mother’s tragic passing, that we really feel the necessity to converse out.”
In a 14-page indictment, prosecutors allege Combs coerced and drugged girls to take part in recorded “extremely orchestrated performances” of sexual exercise – which he referred to as “Freak Offs” – that will generally final days and sometimes included male business intercourse employees. Over 1,000 bottles of child oil and lubricant had been discovered at Combs’ property.
Combs’ lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, denied any allegations of wrongdoing, claiming his consumer is “an harmless man with nothing to cover.”
He stated: “Mr. Combs is a fighter, he’s going to struggle this to the tip.”
The music mogul was additionally lately hit with a $100m default judgment over an alleged sexual assault from a 1997 celebration in opposition to Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith.
Lenawee County Circuit Courtroom Choose granted the award to Cardello-Smith, an inmate who filed the lawsuit in opposition to Combs, accusing him of drugging and sexually assaulting him at a celebration 30 years in the past. Combs has strenuously denied all wrongdoing.
