Hollywood’s biggest stars, whether they like it or not, are being dragged into the spotlight following Sean “Diddy” Combs’ arrest, including his ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez, who was photographed in bed with him and Aaliyah in a resurfaced photo.
With the hip-hop mogul’s recent arrest on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, the past is catching up with him and haunting those who once knew the fallen artist.
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ recent arrest on sex trafficking and racketeering charges has put an unforgiving spotlight on his past relationships and social circle. The accused rapper and his ex Jennifer Lopez were photographed snuggled up in bed with Aaliyah, Andre Harrell and others.
“Has anyone considered that JLO is traumatized by Diddy and that’s why she can’t stay married?” someone commented.
Jennifer’s first husband, Ojani Noa, has previously spoken out about the jealousy he felt when she spent time with Diddy while they were married. “I called Jen and asked her why she was going out on dates with him, and she said, ‘It’s just business. It’s what I’m told to do,’” she once told the Daily Mail.
“I was jealous and shouted at him: ‘But you’re married!’” The pop diva married Ojani in 1997, but their marriage lasted less than a year.
“Now the divorce from Ben Affleck makes more sense,” one person commented on the resurfaced photo.
The “Let’s Get Loud” singer then dated Diddy for about two years before breaking up in 2001.
“I was in this relationship with Puff where I was constantly crying and going crazy and losing control; really, my whole life was turned upside down,” she told Vibe magazine in 2003, as quoted by Entertainment Weekly.
Although she never caught him in the act, she said she was sure he was cheating on her with other women.
“I never caught him, but I just knew,” she said at the time. “He would say he was going to a club for a few hours, and then he wouldn’t come back that night.”
On Tuesday, September 17, Diddy was ordered held without bail after being charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation for participation in prostitution.
The 54-year-old tycoon pleaded not guilty to the charges in federal court in New York.
“I never caught him, but I just knew,” she previously said of her relationship with the “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper. “He would say he would go to a club for a few hours and then not come back that night.”
Prosecutors requested the rapper’s detention, arguing that he “poses a substantial and continuing danger to the community, has consistently engaged in obstructive acts and poses a serious flight risk,” CBS News reported.
The hip-hop mogul is accused of being part of a criminal organization that engaged in or attempted to engage in sex trafficking, kidnapping, forced labor, arson, bribery and other crimes. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said multiple victims were involved. “The indictment alleges that from at least 2008 to the present, Combs abused, threatened and coerced victims to gratify his sexual desires, protect his reputation and conceal his conduct,” Williams said at a news conference Tuesday.
“As alleged in the indictment, in order to carry out this conduct, Sean Combs directed and participated in a racketeering conspiracy that used the business empire he controlled to carry out criminal activities.”
