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Join Telegram ChannelSean “Diddy” Combs' famous friends are likely “cleaning up their social media” after the disgraced music mogul was accused of sex trafficking.
As Tony Buzbee — the lawyer representing more than 100 accusers filing complaints against Combs — prepares to file a sexual assault lawsuit, the lawyer said he has “no doubt” that the celebrities were trying to “distance” oneself from the singer.
“I have no doubt that there are people right now who know they were involved in some way in all of this – who are now cleaning up their social media, who are digging through their memories, who are deleting their texts, probably deleting photos and trying to distance themselves from this,” Buzbee told Law & Crime.
“And we know who they are, or we will find out who they are,” he added. “It’s not going to happen overnight, but I think we’re the tip of the iceberg here.”
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Friends of Sean “Diddy” Combs are “cleaning up” social media after his indictment, according to Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee. (Photo by Scott Gries/ImageDirect)
Combs' famous friends are reportedly settling with the victims outside of court to ensure they are not named in impending lawsuits, according to Buzbee. The Texas-based lawyer plans to sue several celebrities who allegedly helped the musician cover up sexual abuse committed during his parties.
“If you were at one of these parties, if you will, and you had been there before, or you knew what was going to happen, that is, you knew that a particular drug was being used in drinks, which caused people to be coerced and “You took advantage of – and you were there in the room, or you participated, or you watched this happen and didn't say anything, or you helped to cover it up, in my opinion, you have a problem,” Buzbee said during an appearance on TMZ Live.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs was charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and transportation to engage in prostitution in the indictment unsealed last month. (Munawar Hosain)
“I have no doubt that there are people right now who know they were involved in some way in all of this – who are now cleaning up their social media, who are digging through their memories, who are deleting their texts, probably deleting photos and trying to distance themselves from this.”
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Some celebrities have already moved in, he said.
“In every case, especially cases like this, we collect our data, gather our evidence, do our due diligence, spend time with the victim, and then, because it's in the best interest of the victim victim, we try to resolve these issues without filing a public lawsuit, and we have done that before,” Buzbee said.
“We've done it with a handful of people, many of whom you've already heard of, and we'll continue to do it.”
Sean Combs' Los Angeles home was raided by Homeland Security officials in March as part of a human trafficking investigation, Fox News Digital confirmed at the time. (Getty Images)
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Buzbee represents 120 victims, some of whom were minors at the time of the alleged sexual abuse. The youngest accuser was 9 years old, and another alleged accuser was 15 years old.
Buzbee claimed the alleged abuse began as early as 1991, with reported incidents occurring as late as 2024. The victims, scattered across the country in states including California, Florida, Georgia and New York, came after Combs was indicted by federal prosecutors.
Combs' legal team denied the allegations made by Buzbee in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.
“As Mr. Combs' legal team has emphasized, he cannot respond to every baseless claim in what has become a reckless media circus,” said Combs' attorney, Erica Wolff. “That said, Mr. Combs categorically and emphatically denies as false and defamatory any allegations that he sexually abused anyone, including minors. He looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court, where the truth will be established on the basis of evidence, not speculation.”
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Sean “Diddy” Combs appears before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky after prosecutors filed three criminal charges against him in Manhattan federal court. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)
Combs was charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and transportation to engage in prostitution in an indictment unsealed Sept. 17. If convicted, he faces a minimum of 15 years in prison or a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Authorities alleged Combs ran a criminal enterprise through his companies, including Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises, and Combs Global, among others. He used “firearms, threats of violence, coercion and verbal, emotional, physical and sexual abuse” to gratify his sexual desires, according to the unsealed indictment obtained by Fox News Digital.
Combs and his employees “intimidated, threatened, and lured female victims into Comb’s orbit, often under the guise of a romantic relationship.” Combs then allegedly used force, threats of force, and coercion to get the victims to engage in prolonged sexual acts with male sex workers that Combs called, among other things, “Freak Offs.”
Combs' lawyers denied the allegations and maintained the rapper was innocent.
Sean “Diddy” Combs has pleaded not guilty and sits between his lawyers, Marc Agnifilo, left, and Teny Garagos, in Manhattan Federal Court last month. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
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If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org
Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report.