Diddy sex trafficking probe: Young accusers draw 'eerie' parallels to Michael Jackson case

As Sean "Diddy" Combs awaits proceedings connected aggregate enactment trafficking charges, much allegations of maltreatment astatine the hands of the fallen euphony mogul proceed to surface. Last week, much than 100 accusers — 25 of whom were minors astatine the clip — reportedly came guardant alleging "rape, intersexual battle and intersexual exploitation" against Diddy. 

"When you speech astir the ages of the victims erstwhile the behaviour occurred, it's shocking," Houston attorney Tony Buzbee told reporters during a property league Oct. 1. "The youngest unfortunate astatine the clip of the occurrence was 9 years old. We person an idiosyncratic who was 14 years old. We person 1 who was 15."

"Although [Michael] Jackson was ne'er convicted of sexually abusing minors, the allegations remained agelong aft his death," erstwhile national authoritative Neama Rahmani, president of Los Angeles-based West Coast Trial Lawyers, told Fox News Digital. "Now determination are akin allegations of Diddy grooming and sexually abusing minors. The minors haven’t filed lawsuits, truthful the allegations haven’t been made nationalist yet, but their lawyer is reporting that determination are 25 insignificant victims, with the youngest being 9 years old.

"There are besides rumors of Diddy being connected with underage stars similar Justin Bieber, Usher and Aaron Carter," helium added. Bieber, Usher and Carter person ne'er accused Diddy of immoderate wrongdoing.

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Diddy's young accusers gully "eerie" parallels to Michael Jackson, according to experts.  (Getty Images)

"These rumors are unsubstantiated, but they are eerily akin to the Michael Jackson and Macaulay Culkin rumors, wherever 1 of the astir celebrated musicians successful the satellite utilized their wealthiness and powerfulness to summation entree to kid stars," Rahmani added. "Again, we’d person to spot the grounds first, but wealth and fame successful the amusement manufacture tin springiness abusers access. We’ve seen it clip and clip again with [Jeffrey] Epstein, R. Kelly, and others."

According to erstwhile transgression defence lawyer Adanté Pointer of Oakland-based Lawyers for the People, LLC, Diddy and Jackson "are entertainers, some person planetary audiences, immense wealthiness and are Black men accused of utilizing their powerfulness and power and wealthiness to sexually maltreatment minors."

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Michael Jackson faced aggregate kid molestation claims and had "similar" connections to underage rising stars specified arsenic Macaulay Culkin and Aaron Carter. "Absolutely not," Carter, who died from an overdose successful 2022, antecedently told VLAD TV erstwhile asked if helium had ever witnessed suspicious behaviour from Jackson.  (Getty Images)

However, says Rahmani, determination are "key differences" betwixt the 2 cases. 

"Diddy, done his lawyers, is admitting the intersexual enactment happened, astatine slightest with respect to the adults, but is arguing that it was consensual," he noted. "Some of the freak-offs were seemingly recorded, truthful Diddy whitethorn not person overmuch of a choice. Jackson, of course, ne'er admitted to immoderate intersexual contact. And a fig of celebrities came retired and publically supported Jackson. Diddy has astir nary enactment whatsoever."

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In 1993, the Los Angeles Police Department opened an probe into Jackson's alleged intersexual maltreatment of a household friend's son. The suit was yet settled owed to deficiency of evidence.

Jackson was ne'er recovered blameworthy of the accusations.  (Getty Images)

Ten years later, however, Santa Barbara authorities charged Jackson with 7 counts of kid molestation. Jackson denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty. The lawsuit went to proceedings successful 2005, and Jackson was acquitted of each charges.

Jackson, who died successful 2009 from a cardiac apprehension caused by a propofol and benzodiazepine overdose, was known to person adjacent ties to young antheral stars passim his career, including Culkin and Carter, who some vehemently denied seeing immoderate inappropriate behaviour from the King of Pop.

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"He ne'er did thing to me," Culkin, 44, told Esquire successful 2020. "I ne'er saw him bash anything. And particularly astatine this flash constituent successful time, I’d person nary crushed to clasp thing back. The feline has passed on. If thing — I’m not gonna accidental it would beryllium stylish oregon thing similar that, but close present is simply a bully clip to talk up. And if I had thing to talk up about, I would wholly bash it. But, no, I ne'er saw anything; helium ne'er did anything."

Michael Jackson and Macaulay Culkin spent a batch of clip unneurotic erstwhile Culkin was a minor. "He ne'er did thing to me," Culkin told Esquire successful 2020.  (Getty Images)

"Absolutely not," Carter, who died from an overdose successful 2022, antecedently told VLAD TV erstwhile asked if helium had ever witnessed suspicious behaviour from Jackson. "Nothing inappropriate. It doesn't marque consciousness to me. He was thing but bully and benignant and loving to me."

In the 2019 documentary "Leaving Neverland," Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who had antecedently denied Jackson molested them and supported him to authorities and successful Robson's case, some came guardant arsenic adults detailing the alleged maltreatment they endured arsenic children from Jackson. 

The lawsuits were dismissed successful 2021. 

As for Diddy's young accusers, lawsuits person yet to beryllium filed, and Combs' ineligible squad denied the allegations successful a connection provided to Fox News Digital past week. 

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As for Diddy's young accusers, lawsuits person yet to beryllium filed, and Combs' ineligible squad denied the allegations successful a connection provided to Fox News Digital past week.  (Scott Gries/ImageDirect)

"As Mr. Combs’ ineligible squad has emphasized, helium cannot code each meritless allegation successful what has go a reckless media circus," Combs' attorney, Erica Wolff, stated. "That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies arsenic mendacious and defamatory immoderate assertion that helium sexually abused anyone, including minors. He looks guardant to proving his innocence and vindicating himself successful court, wherever the information volition beryllium established based connected evidence, not speculation."

Buzbee claimed the alleged maltreatment began arsenic aboriginal arsenic 1991, with reported incidents happening into 2024. Victims, who are scattered astir the state successful states including California, Florida, Georgia and New York, came guardant aft Diddy was indicted by national prosecutors.

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Diddy was arrested and charged with racketeering conspiracy; enactment trafficking by force, fraud oregon coercion; and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution. (Prince Williams)

Diddy's apprehension has besides sparked unwanted attention for stars, similar Bieber and others, owed to his past connections to the Bad Boy Enterprises founder. 

In one clip shared connected Bieber's YouTube transmission successful November 2009, Diddy showed the youngster a Lamborghini helium planned to bestow connected the "Sorry" vocalist erstwhile helium turned 16.

Diddy's apprehension has besides sparked unwanted attraction for stars similar Bieber and others owed to past connections to the Bad Boy Enterprises founder. Justin Bieber erstwhile spent 48 hours with Diddy erstwhile helium was 15 years old. Bieber has ne'er accused Diddy of immoderate wrongdoing. (Getty images)

"He's having 48 hours with Diddy, him and his boy," Combs said. "They're having the times of their lives, similar wherever we hanging retired and what we're doing we can't truly disclose. But it's decidedly a 15-year-old's dream.

"I person been fixed custody of him. You know, he's signed to Usher, and I had ineligible guardianship of Usher erstwhile helium did his archetypal album. I did Usher's archetypal album."

"Let's spell get immoderate girls," Bieber told Combs erstwhile asked what helium wanted to do. 

"Man aft my heart," the rapper responded. "That's what I'm talking about."

During an interrogation with Rolling Stone successful 2004, Usher said Diddy "introduced maine to a wholly antithetic acceptable of s---, sex, specifically. … There was ever girls around. You’d unfastened a doorway and spot idiosyncratic doing it, oregon respective radical successful a country having an orgy." 

Usher, who moved successful with Diddy erstwhile helium was 14 years old, has besides received unwanted attention. Usher has ne'er accused Diddy of immoderate wrongdoing. (Getty Images)

During an interview with Howard Stern successful 2016, Usher admitted determination were "very funny things taking place" that helium didn't "understand."

"It was curious. I got a accidental to spot immoderate things," Usher said. "I went determination to spot the lifestyle, and I saw it. And it was. … But I don't cognize if I could indulge and recognize what I was adjacent looking at. It was beauteous wild. It was crazy."

Diddy was arrested and charged with racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud oregon coercion; and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution. He faces a minimum of 15 years down bars and a maximum condemnation of beingness successful situation if recovered guilty.

Combs appeared successful Manhattan national court, wherever helium pleaded not guilty. Not lone was Combs denied the projected $50 cardinal bail, helium was sent to jailhouse instantly aft the hearing.

Sean "Diddy" Combs was indicted connected racketeering and enactment trafficking charges successful New York Sept. 16. (Shayan Asgharnia)

The ineligible squad representing the embattled rapper filed a bail entreaty connected Tuesday greeting arsenic the ineligible lawsuit involving him progresses.

The appeal, which was obtained by Fox News Digital, asked the justice to o.k. a pretrial release.

"Sean Combs requests that this Court bid his merchandise connected due bail conditions, and bid his contiguous merchandise pending disposition of this entreaty nether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 9(a)(3)," the filing states.

In the document, Combs' lawyer argued that releasing him would not airs a menace to the community.

"Mr. Combs should beryllium released because, careless of the government’s untested allegations, the projected conditions volition reasonably guarantee his quality and the information of the community," the lawyer reasoned.

According to the tribunal documents, Combs "was not released pending trial, adjacent though helium offered to comply with restrictive conditions that would person prevented immoderate conceivable hazard of formation oregon danger."

In the appeal, defence lawyers argued the tribunal "rejected a plainly capable bail package, and violated its obligations nether the Bail Reform Act."

Combs' appeared successful tribunal Thursday, wherever his proceedings was scheduled for May 5, 2025. In court, prosecutors besides pointed to the possibility of a superseding indictment.

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Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz, Tracy Wright, Andrea Margolis and Stephanie Giang-Paunon contributed to this report.