Aubrey O’Day says former mentor Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a “soulless human”
Following Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs’ recent arrest on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation of sex workers across state lines, many of his former associates are speaking out. Most recently, one of his protegees, Aubrey O’Day, spoke about the mogul.
In the mid-2000s, Diddy appeared on the successful MTV show Making The Band, where he recruited singers, formed a group, and guided them through the music industry. The bands that won the show included Day 26, Da Band, and Danity Kane.
O’Day was a member of Danity Kane, and after Diddy’s arrest, the former star took to social media to express her happiness and allege that the Bad Boy founder has made people’s lives miserable for decades.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the vocalist wrote, “[Diddy] plays one of the dirtiest games there is around!” O’Day insists that his “behaviour could’ve been stopped” but said his arrest is a “win for all women.”
Speaking about the effect that Combs has had on her and others like her in the industry, O’Day passionately detailed, “His behaviour could have been stopped long before things like this broke our hearts to read. His abuse didn’t have to reach me & many others, including women, men, & minors who will forever traumatize an entire industry.”
Although O’Day didn’t mention anyone by name, her several posts insinuated that there may have been people around the Press Play creator who knew about his misbehaviour but chose to obscure it and look away at her expense.
120 new allegations have been levelled against Diddy, who has pled not guilty to all of the charges. Delving into her feelings about Combs, O’Day took it a step further on X and concluded, “He is a soulless human inside of a systemic problem within the entertainment industry that has been [run] by soulless people before he even hit the scene.”
O’Day alleges that Diddy was able to get away with his alleged behaviour due to his “charisma”. Combs denies all wrongdoing, and is currently at a detention centre in Brooklyn awaiting news of his trial after being denied bail.
Meanwhile, the music mogul’s mother recently leapt to his defence, and emphasised his right to a fair trial as a citizen of the US.
Janice Combs released a statement insisting that the public are getting carried away with a hysterical, false narrative. A sentence of the statement reads, “It is heartbreaking to see my son judged not for the truth, but for a narrative created out of lies!”
She proceeded to call the talk on social media a “public lynching” and asserted that despite the allegations, “Like every human being, deserves to have this day in court, to finally share his side, and to prove his innocence.”