50 Cent’s vow to Donald Trump over potential Diddy pardon; accuser sues Harvey Weinstein

Rapper 50 Cent has weighed in on Donald Trump’s claim he would consider giving Sean “Diddy” Combs a pardon if found guilty, as one of the music mogul’s accusers sued Harvey Weinstein. Warning: Graphic

Rapper 50 Cent will contact Donald Trump to deter him from considering a pardon for disgraced hip-hop mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, according to a social media post.

President Trump previously said that he would be open to pardoning Combs if he is found guilty at his ongoing federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial.

“Nobody’s asked. But I know people are thinking about it. I know they’re thinking about it. I think some people have been very close to asking,” Mr Trump, 78, said during an Oval Office press conference with Tesla billionaire Elon Musk.

Salma Hayek and 50 Cent attend the launch of the 2025 Issue of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit last month in New York City. Picture: Getty Images

“First of all, I’d look at what’s happening, and I haven’t been watching it too closely, although it’s certainly getting a lot of coverage,” Mr Trump said of the blockbuster trial unfolding in Manhattan Federal Court.

50 Cent, who was name-dropped during Combs’ trial last week over their longstanding beef, vowed not to let Mr Trump issue a pardon in an Instagram post.

“He said some really bad things about Trump, it’s not ok. I’m gonna reach out so he knows how I feel about this guy,” the In Da Club rapper wrote.

“Donald doesn’t take well to disrespect, and doesn’t forget who chooses to go against him,” he doubled down in a second post.

50 Cent, Kanye West, Sean Combs and Jay Z perform onstage at Madison Square Garden in 2007. Picture: Getty Images

“While working tirelessly to make America great again, there is no room for distraction. He would consider pardoning anyone who was being mistreated, not Puffy Daddy,” he wrote.

Combs had griped to his former manager Chris Lighty about his feud with 50 Cent after the two rappers left an MTV press event, Combs’ ex-assistant Capricorn Clark told jurors in court Tuesday.

“I don’t like all the back and forth … I like guns,” Clark recalled Combs telling Lighty in an elevator leaving the event.

50 Cent – who famously took nine bullets during a 2000 shooting in Queens – responded to Combs’ alleged veiled threat with mocking faux fear.

50 Cent has been feuding with Sean Combs for years. Picture: Getty Images

“Wait a minute PUFFY’s got a gun, I can’t believe this I don’t feel safe,” the New York City native posted on Instagram later Tuesday. “LOL.”

The tale from Clark adds yet another wrinkle to the hip-hop stars’ beef, which began nearly 20 years ago.

50 Cent released a diss track — The Bomb — in 2006 that accused Combs of knowing who killed rapper Christopher Wallace, better known as the Notorious B.I.G.

He has since gleefully roasted Combs over the torrent of accusations that erupted after the Mo Money Mo Problems singer’s ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura dropped a bombshell lawsuit outlining alleged abuse and degrading “freak-off” sex parties.

The Candy Shop hip-hop legend — besides razzing his rival’s alleged love of lubricants — is producing an as-yet-unreleased Netflix documentary about the sexual assault accusations against Combs.

He has said the proceeds will go toward victims of sexual assault and rape.

Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty.

DIDDY ACCUSER IN WEINSTEIN TRIAL CROSSOVER

One of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sexual assault accusers is now suing convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein for the same crime.

Crystal McKinney filed a lawsuit against the film producer in New York’s Manhattan Federal Court on Friday, alleging Weinstein lured her and her friend to his hotel room in 2003, according to documents obtained by People Magazine.

The former model claimed that Weinstein, who is currently behind bars awaiting a retrial for his sex crime convictions, set up a meeting with her to chat about “business opportunities” in the film industry.

Initially, McKinney and her unnamed friend allegedly met with Weinstein, 73, at a nightclub before he invited them back to his room at the Ritz-Carlton Battery Park Hotel in NYC for a private conversation.

McKinney claimed the Shakespeare in Love producer “piled” booze on them before leaning into touch her chest.

According to the suit, she and her friend went to the toilet, where Weinstein later came in with his privates exposed.

Producer Harvey Weinstein 10 years after the alleged assault which has been claimed by former model Crystal McKinney. Picture: AFP

McKinney claimed the producer made her and her friend engage in sexual acts with each other before he allegedly raped them.

Weinstein’s lawyer, Imran H. Ansari, denied the claims in a statement to Page Six on Sunday.

“Harvey Weinstein categorically denies the outlandish and fantastical claims made against him by Crystal McKinney in her complaint,” Ansari said.

“Made late in time and suspiciously on the heels of her complaint against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Mr. Weinstein is ready to refute and defend against the salacious claims, that are believed to have been made with an opportunistic motive.”

McKinney also accused Combs, 55, of assaulting her that same year in a lawsuit filed last May.

McKinney accused the rapper of sexually assaulting her in 2003 following a Men’s Fashion Week event in New York City.

According to the lawsuit, she was 22 years old when she met the mogul at the celebrity hotspot Cipriani.

McKinney alleged she and several of Combs’ friends went back to his studio for drinks and to smoke marijuana.

She described the joint as “very powerful” and recalled becoming delirious, alleging it was laced with other drugs.

Sean "P Diddy" Combs at City Hall, New York in 2003, around the time model Crystal McKinney said the music producer allegedly assaulted her. Picture: Supplied

McKinney claimed Combs, who is currently on trial for sex trafficking and other charges, then allegedly ordered her to the toilet, where she claimed he forcefully came onto her and moved her head toward his private area. (Combs pleaded not guilty to the charges.)

He then allegedly told her to “suck it” and made her give him oral sex.

McKinney described the alleged situation, saying she lost consciousness while walking away and later woke up in a taxi.

McKinney is seeking damages, claiming she attempted suicide the following year and suffered from depression.

While Combs didn’t speak out about McKinney’s lawsuit, his lawyers have previously denied other allegations of sexual assault.

“No matter how many lawsuits are filed — especially by individuals who refuse to put their own names behind their claims — it won’t change the fact that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or sex trafficked anyone — man or woman, adult or minor,” the Bad Boy Records founder’s legal team previously stated.

“We live in a world where anyone can file a lawsuit for any reason. Fortunately, a fair and impartial judicial process exists to find the truth, and Mr. Combs is confident he will prevail in court.”

Parts of this article first appeared in the New York Post

Originally published as 50 Cent’s vow to Donald Trump over potential Diddy pardon; accuser sues Harvey Weinstein