LEONARD GREENE: Posing for pictures with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been politicized

Diddy with Oprah. Diddy with Obama.

Diddy with Taylor Swift, Jay Z and Hillary Clinton.

The net is simply a cruel and evil place.

Now that Diddy, calved Sean Combs, has go the nation’s latest pariah, acknowledgment to a scandalous enactment trafficking indictment, societal media is rife with pictures of him and immoderate alleged idiosyncratic of influence.

Diddy with Prince Harry. Diddy with Kamala Harris.

Wait. That past 1 was a fake. That picture, from 2001, was really Combs’ caput photoshopped onto the assemblage of erstwhile speech amusement big Montel Williams, who concisely dated Harris agelong earlier her days successful the statesmanlike run spotlight.

Cruel. Evil.

Like anyone who would station it.

Expect nary little from Donald Trump.

According to reports, the Republican nominee and erstwhile president of the United States shared the fake photo successful a now-deleted station connected his idiosyncratic Truth Social network, the aforesaid societal media tract whose banal plunged 17% aft his failed statement with Harris.

A screenshot of the reposted missive asked if Harris had ever participated successful 1 of Combs’ “freak-offs,” the drug-fueled enactment parties elaborate successful the explosive national indictment against Diddy.

Harris didn’t dignify the station with a comment, and Trump didn’t accidental thing astir it either.

Trump conscionable simply deleted the post, though it wasn’t wide if helium removed the representation due to the fact that it was fake oregon due to the fact that helium knows determination are plentifulness of pictures of him with Combs that are real.

Combs was arrested past week, and indicted connected charges of enactment trafficking, racketeering and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution. The long-anticipated indictment came aft months of lawsuits filed against the rap euphony mogul and Bad Boy Entertainment founder.

One of those lawsuits was launched by the vocalist Cassie, Combs’ erstwhile girlfriend. She sued Combs successful November 2023 alleging that she was physically abused and raped, charges that Combs vehemently denied earlier the 2 sides reached a colony — the precise adjacent day.

Months later, shocking and disturbing surveillance video surfaced of Combs attacking Cassie successful a Los Angeles hotel backmost successful 2016.

Cassie, successful the lawsuit, said Combs had paid $50,000 for the information video, The statement didn’t halt CNN from obtaining the video and giving it much vulnerability than immoderate of Combs’ euphony videos ever got.

By the clip Combs issued his anemic video apology, the statute of limitations had already tally out.

But not this time. Combs sits close present successful Brooklyn’s national detention halfway with nary bail, facing charges that could support him successful situation for the remainder of his life.

Several reports said helium is connected a termination watch, but a typical said helium is determined to combat the charges.

“Mr. Combs is strong, healthy, and focused connected his defense,” the typical said. “He is committed to warring this lawsuit and has afloat assurance successful some his ineligible squad and the truth.”

Most celebrities present wouldn’t interaction Combs with a 10-foot pole. Given each the details astir Diddy’s “freak offs,” they wouldn’t interaction the pole, either.

But that hasn’t stopped the net trolls from playing the guilt by relation game.

The ridiculous proposition is that if they posed for a representation with Combs, past they indispensable person known astir oregon participated successful the parties. Or adjacent worse, they knew astir oregon participated successful the alleged enactment trafficking.

Harris did station a tweet thanking Combs for hosting a fundraiser for her statesmanlike campaign.

“Thank you,@Diddy, for hosting this municipality hallway past night,” she wrote. “There’s a batch astatine involvement for our communities close now.”

But that was 4 years ago, erstwhile Harris ran for president successful 2020 erstwhile the lone transgression Diddy was associated with was rapping connected different people’s records.