Danyel Smith who was the previous Vibe editor-in-chief claimed in a report Wednesday that Sean Diddy Combs made a dying risk towards her in a dispute over the journal cowl for its April difficulty. His attorneys refuted such allegation calling it ‘pure fiction.’
The brand new Investigation Discovery docuseries, The Fall of Diddy, options Smith’s newest allegation. In a preview launched on January 23, she describes an incident during which she mentioned Combs demanded to see a canopy earlier than the corporate did a model of it. Following firm coverage and refusing, Smith mentioned Combs threatened over the cellphone that she’d be discovered “lifeless in a trunk.”
After the trade, Smith known as her legal professional, who contacted Combs. She says an apology fax arrived two hours later. Smith additionally accused Combs of getting gone to the journal’s workplaces, accompanied by two males searching for her.
Smith mentioned, “What I’ve solely not too long ago come to comprehend by way of members of the workers at the moment was that [Combs] had truly, within the days earlier than, come as much as the Vibe workplaces with two powerful guys on the lookout for me.”
The declare is not new. Smith beforehand informed the story of the alleged 1997 encounter in a July 2024 New York Instances Journal essay. However a supply near Combs disputes her model of occasions, asking why she was capable of proceed working with him professionally for thus a few years if he had actually threatened her.
The authorized staff representing Combs described the documentary as a ‘one-sided and prejudicial narrative’ meant to grab media protection particularly when he didn’t get a possibility to rebut.
Combs’ attorneys acknowledged to Individuals, “These documentaries are speeding to money in on the media circus surrounding Mr. Combs. The producers failed to offer enough time or particulars for his representatives to handle unsubstantiated claims, many from unidentified members whose allegations lack context.”
Presently incarcerated in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Heart, Sean Diddy Combs is underneath indictment on federal prices and different a number of civil circumstances filed towards him. He has entered not responsible pleas.
The Fall of Diddy premieres January 27-28 on Investigation Discovery and streams on Max.
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