A consultant for Justin Bieber has issued a press release denying that he was a sufferer of Sean “Diddy” Combs.
The assertion follows the beginning of Combs’ federal intercourse trafficking trial in Manhattan earlier this week and addresses current on-line hypothesis stemming from resurfaced movies and feedback from Bieber’s youthful years that some followers on-line took as indicators that one thing inappropriate might need occurred between the 2.
Now, although, Bieber’s rep has instructed TMZ that “Justin just isn’t amongst Sean Combs’ victims,” including, “there are people who have been genuinely harmed by [Combs]. Shifting focus away from this actuality detracts from the justice these victims rightfully deserve.”
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TMZ additionally reported that “a number of sources in Justin’s life” denied that any type of abuse occurred, with some additionally downplaying the regarding content material within the aforementioned movies. As they defined it, moments like when Combs instructed a digital camera that he and a 15-year-old Bieber have been “gonna go buck full loopy” for “48 hours” in 2009 — or when he mentioned on Jimmy Kimmel’s present in 2011 that Bieber “is aware of higher than to be speaking about issues that he does with Massive Brother Puff on nationwide tv” — have been nothing greater than “performative” media appearances.
The sources mentioned that Bieber was truly nearer with Combs’ sons, Quincy and Justin, than with Combs himself.
Posecutors in Manhattan opened Combs’ trial this week by detailing allegations that spanned 20 years — together with ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura’s alleged account of violent assault and compelled humiliation — and previewed further witnesses, because the protection conceded that home violence occurred however maintained that each one encounters have been consensual.
As for Bieber, he has been laying comparatively low since splitting along with his longtime supervisor Scooter Braun in 2023, however is reportedly eyeing a comeback (regardless of rumors that he’s combating medicine).