Singer Ray J claims scared celebs are paying Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ alleged victims to stay quiet
R&B singer Ray J, who once starred in a sex tape with Kim Kardashian, claims high-profile celebrities are going to extreme lengths amid the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex scandal.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ friend and singer Ray J has claimed that celebrities who are so scared of their ties to the embattled mogul are offering hush money to alleged victims as part of a “catch and kill scheme”.
In a new TMZ documentary, the R & B singer alleges multiple high-profile names have been reaching out to him after allegations started swirling that they could have been part of Combs’ so-called “Freak-Off” sex parties.
“I’m hearing about artists paying victims to keep their names out of it,” the 43-year-old claimed in “TMZ Presents The Downfall of Diddy: Inside the Freak-Offs.”
“Here’s what I do know, people do catch-and-kills all day … for the regular world, somebody has a truth, somebody pays you to keep it quiet and hopefully that money you got paid secures your happiness while you watch the lie continue to succeed.”
When the 43-year-old was asked if he knew of instances where women were coming to celebs with an ultimatum, Ray J suggested it was the unnamed stars actually going to alleged victims in a bid to cut them off first.
“Here’s the other way around that … ‘I’ll give you money, please don’t talk,’” he claimed of what the celebrities are allegedly doing.
Ray J, who once starred in a sex tape with Kim Kardashian, insinuated that the high-profile names are reaching out to him because of his friendship with Combs — and they fear he could be the reason their names potentially get leaked.
“That’s exactly what I’m saying,” Ray J said when asked he if believed others thought of him as a possible “vessel” for leaks.
“And I don’t even know why I just said it, but I said it, so what. Now they’re gonna be mad.”
The singer refused to detail any names, or what behaviour the celebrities allegedly engaged in, saying instead, “I’ve said too much.”
Since Combs’ arrest, a flurry of civil lawsuits have also been filed against the rapper alleging abuse dating back decades — including that he raped a 10-year-old boy who was trying to make it as an actor or rapper in 2005.
Meanwhile, another person accused Combs of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 as two celebrities joined in at a VMAs after-party in New York.
DISTURBING NEW DIDDY ‘FREAK-OFF’ PARTY CLAIM
The latest allegations come as an aspiring singer claimed she once saw minors dressed up like “sexy” Harajuku Barbies at one of Combs’ alleged sex-fuelled parties.
Tanea Wallace alleged in the TMZ documentary she saw the minors, who she initially described as “little people”, surrounded by a wall of adults at the disgraced rapper’s Miami mansion back in 2018.
“I was at one of, I believe to be, one of P Diddy’s ‘Freak-Offs.’ 2018 I went to this ‘Freak-Off,’” Wallace alleged.
“I look to the right of me, and in the corner, I’m looking like, ‘Are those midgets?’ Because people were over them … it’s people trying to hide what they’re doing. They’re all huddled up.
“So I’m like, ‘What is that?’ But no, they weren’t [midgets]. They were little people … I don’t want to say too much. They were little people. So, use your common sense.”
Wallace, who said she was invited to the party by a Saudi prince who flew her in from Los Angeles, admitted she couldn’t clearly see what the minors and adults were doing.
However, she felt alarmed, describing it as a “grown-up party.”
When asked repeatedly to clarify what she meant by “little people,” Wallace stressed she didn’t want to get into trouble and only said they “weren’t supposed to be there.”
“It’s a shame,” Wallace replied when asked if some attendees were underage.
Wallace also recalled seeing groups of people engaging in sexual acts at the party, which she says continued until 7am. She alleged many appeared to be intoxicated or under the influence of drugs.
Her account of the party comes after the founder of Bad Boy Records faced federal sex trafficking charges in September.
Combs’ lawyers slammed Wallace’s allegations, telling The New York Post in a statement that they were “completely and categorically false.”
“Ms Tanea Wallace has no credibility and her claims about ‘freak offs’ and minors are completely and categorically false,” the statement said.
“As we’ve said before, Mr Combs cannot respond to every new publicity stunt, even in response to claims that are facially ridiculous.
“Mr Combs has full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process. In court, the truth will prevail: that the accusations against Mr Combs are pure fiction.”
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