90s rap icons speak out on Diddy’s arrest as he remains behind bars

Rap stars LL Cool J and Flavor Flav person spoken retired pursuing Diddy’s apprehension for a bid of charges.

Earlier this week, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, 54, was arrested astatine a edifice successful New York and aboriginal charged with enactment trafficking, racketeering, and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution.

The euphony mogul has pleaded blameworthy and is presently remanded to Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center after being denied bail twice.

Addressing the situation, peers LL Cool J, 56 – existent sanction James Todd Smith – and Flavor Flav, 65 – existent sanction William Jonathan Drayton Jr. – were reluctant to spell into immoderate affectional detail.

They attended the Black Music Action Coalition gala successful Los Angeles connected Wednesday, conscionable 2 days aft Combs’ apprehension and wherever stars including Usher were honoured.

Speaking to Sky News on the reddish carpet, LL Cool J was asked if helium had immoderate thoughts connected Combs’ detainment oregon erstwhile allegations, to which helium replied: ‘No.’

He added: ‘I consciousness for his children, the remainder I can’t talk on, that’s what we’ve got a tribunal strategy for. But I consciousness for his kids.’

Combs is simply a begetter to 7 children: Quincy, Justin, Christian, Chance, D’Lila, Jessie, and Love.

He shares his brood with 4 antithetic women, with his eldest being a 33-year-old lad and youngest a one-year-old daughter.

When Flavor Flav was asked astir the charges, helium said: ‘You cognize what, I’mma archer you, erstwhile anybody asks maine my sentiment connected Diddy, you cognize what my sentiment is? I person none.

‘I ain’t got nary answers for a Diddy question. None.’

Their comments travel aft it emerged that Combs is connected termination watch.

According to People’s sources, the determination is simply a preventative measurement arsenic helium is successful daze with his intelligence authorities unclear.

The US Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections describes termination ticker arsenic ‘supervisory precautions taken for suicidal inmates that necessitate predominant observation’.

Meanwhile, Combs has denied the allegations against him, with his ineligible representative, Marc Agnifilo, besides stating that the instrumentalist is innocent.

He vowed to ‘fight similar hell’ to get him retired connected bail, TMZ reported. 

His lawyers argued that helium should beryllium spared jailhouse portion helium awaits proceedings and suggested a $50million (£37.5million) enslaved with physics monitoring, play cause tests, a visitant log, the surrender of his passport, and nary interaction with women.

Combs was denied bail connected Tuesday and again connected Wednesday.

The Judge explained that helium was acrophobic that Combs’ merchandise connected bail could impact the case.

‘My bigger interest deals with the information of obstruction of justness and the information of witnesser tampering,’ Judge Andrew Carter said. ‘That is simply a existent interest that I person here.’

The hip-hop mogul is down bars for alleged sex trafficking involving drug-fuelled orgies known arsenic ‘freak-offs’.

When his Los Angeles mansion was raided successful March, constabulary reportedly seized supplies intended for usage successful orgies, including drugs and much than 1,000 bottles of babe oil.

The existent tribunal lawsuit against him follows a twelvemonth successful which several women filed lawsuits against him, including Cassie, his ex, who said helium utilized his authorization to orchestrate a ‘manipulative and coercive romanticist and intersexual relationship’, which helium strenuously denied.

One time aft the suit was filed successful New York, the brace settled the case for an undisclosed amount.

More lawsuits emerged successful December past twelvemonth earlier accusations of grooming surfaced successful February.

Then, successful May, CCTV footage was leaked of Combs assaulting Cassie Ventura successful the hallway of a edifice successful 2016.

A time later, he apologised: ‘I instrumentality afloat work for my actions successful that video. I was disgusted past erstwhile I did it. I’m disgusted now.’

By July this year, 8 lawsuits had been filed against him, with Combs maintaining his innocence throughout.

Combs volition present stay successful jailhouse until his trial.

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