DIDDY DO IT?
Accuser charges Combs tore page from Epstein’s sex slave playbook
HIP-HOP honcho Sean “Diddy” Combs — who’s notorious for wooing America’s top celebrities and deep-pocketed power brokers — was branded the new Jeffrey Epstein in a bombshell lawsuit accusing the rapper of masterminding a sprawling sex-trafficking ring!
Sources claim there are shocking similarities between the music mogul, 54, and disgraced billionaire Epstein, a convicted pedophile who died under mysterious circumstances more than four years ago at age 66 while in a federal pen awaiting trial for peddling flesh.
In a 73-page federal lawsuit filed in February, producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones — who lived with Combs while working on Diddy’s The Love Album Off the Grid — alleges his former boss displayed a fetish for younger girls as well as a penchant for outfitting his homes with secret spy cameras, which was one of extortionist Epstein’s trademark tricks!
“[He] engaged in the same activities as Mr. Epstein,” declares Jones’ suit. “In fact, Mr. Combs [and his codefendants] may have done worse.”
The Sean John fashion founder’s mansions in Los Angeles and Miami were raided by heavily armed Homeland Security agents on March 25 in connection with a possible sex trafficking investigation in New York. Lawmen seized multiple guns, phones and electronics.
Shortly afterward, the feds busted Combs’ buddy Brendan Paul, booking him on possession of suspected cocaine and suspected marijuana edibles. At the time of the arrest, 25-yearold Paul, who lawmen suspect may be a drug mule, was boarding one of the performer’s private planes in Florida at MiamiOpa Locka Executive Airport. The surprise law enforcement sweep followed a slew of civil lawsuits against Diddy alleging sex assault and other heinous acts. The accusers include + R&B singer Cassie Ventura, a former girlfriend of Combs, who says her exbeau subjected her to a brutal decade-long campaign of sexual abuse and violence that began when she was 19. Her suit was quickly settled for undisclosed terms.
+ A gal identified only as Jane Doe who claims the rapper drugged and sexually assaulted her on camera in 1991.
+ An additional Jane Doe who says Combs and another guy took turns attacking her during the early 1990s.
+ A fourth unidentified woman who claims Combs, an executive from his label Bad Boy Records and a third dude drugged and gang-raped her at the Grammy winner’s New York City recording studio when she was just 17.
Meanwhile, the suit from Jones accuses the All About the Benjamins rapper of overseeing a “widespread and dangerous criminal sex trafficking organization” and silencing his victims with nondisclosure agreements! Jones also claims Combs was so drug-crazed his chief of staff Kristina Khorram insisted the household help — from
butlers to housekeepers — carry a stash of his favorite substances, such as cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana gummies, in case he craved a hit!
In his sensational filing,
Jones charges Khorram also procured prostitutes and other gals for Diddy, much like Ghislaine Maxwell did for fiendish financier Epstein years before the 62-year-old madam was convicted and shipped to the slammer for two decades for sex trafficking!
“Kristina Khorram is the Ghislaine Maxwell to Sean Combs’ Jeffrey Epstein,” Jones boldly barks.
Combs has not been criminally charged and denies all wrongdoing personally and on behalf of his staff. The scandal-scarred star has also labeled the invasive federal probe a “witch hunt!”
However, a Hollywood insider dishes, “It doesn’t look good for Diddy. The sheer number of allegations — and the similarities between them — make him look very guilty, at least in the court of public opinion.”
Insiders say Combs began relentlessly trading on the success of his rap career in 2003 to cultivate relationships with the wealthy and powerful — in the same way Epstein used philanthropy and his money management rep to attract unwitting A-listers. Combs has a decades-long friendship with That ’70s Show stud — and investment
whiz — Ashton Kutcher, 46, which dates back to their days at MTV. He’s good pals with actor Cuba Gooding Jr., 56, who Jones says assaulted him aboard Combs’ yacht!
Diddy also allegedly rubbed shoulders with Prince Harry and boasted he was so close to then 15-year-old Justin Bieber that he’d been “given custody” of the singing sensation. Combs also lived with Usher, now 45, during the 1990s when the R&B crooner was no older than 15 years old! In addition, Combs cozied up to Shark Tank hotshot Mark Cuban, 65, and successfully lobbied to design uniforms for the businessman’s NBA team, the Dallas Mavericks. He rubbed elbows with Diageo execs after partnering with the booze biz on a vodka brand — and also tapped movie hunk Mark Wahlberg, 52, to launch a water beverage! But that’s not all. The ambitious entrepreneur convinced 74-year-old Ray Dalio — founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Capital Partners — to mentor him!
Combs also rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange with Estée Lauder heir William Lauder, 63, his business partner on the fragrance Unforgivable. Though none of those wellheeled execs or celebrities are accused of any improper behavior, the insider dishes, “Diddy was everywhere. The only question is whether he had a more sinister motive in palling around with such people.”
Regardless, sources say many of Combs’ A-list contacts are circling their personal wagons — and avoiding the star — as the scandal heads toward a chilling climax!