ABC Special to Tackle Sean “Diddy” Combs Arrest, Allegations
More celebrities from Sean “Diddy” Combs’ inner circle are set to talk about the disgraced hip-hop mogul in a 20/20 primetime special from ABC to air Wednesday night.
Secret Life of Diddy — A Special Edition of 20/20, from ABC News Studios, will feature singer, rapper and actor Ray J in an interview to address recent criminal charges brought against Diddy, who remains in jail awaiting a trial.
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Also interviewed as part of the Oct. 9 special is Lizzette Martinez, who survived abuse by R. Kelly and will talk about an encounter she claims she had with Diddy.
Tiffany Red, a friend of Cassie Ventura, the rap and fashion mogul’s ex-girlfriend and herself a Grammy-winning producer and songwriter, will appear in an interview to address Ventura’s relationship with Diddy. In May, a 2016 video surfaced showing Combs physically assaulting Ventura. Ventura filed a lawsuit against Diddy detailing years of physical and sexual abuse.
That action quickly settled out of court, but led to other accusers, including Liza Gardner, Joi Dickerson-Neal and Crystal McKinney, bringing similar complaints. Combs has denied the allegations and largely said the accusers are looking for payouts.
But those legal complaints were eclipsed on Sept. 17 with the arrest of Diddy in Manhattan on charges that included sex trafficking, forced labor, coercion to engage in prostitution and narcotics distribution.
“Once a paragon of Black excellence, the allegations of violence and sexual assault could send Diddy to prison for the rest of his life with wide-reaching repercussions. New reporting and new details as the allegations of his alleged criminal enterprise, involving ‘freak offs,’ drugs and sex trafficking, continue to come to light,” ABC News Studio said in a statement about the primetime special.
Elsewhere, Investigation Discovery is in production on a docuseries exploring the rise and fall of Diddy. And Netflix nabbed 50 Cent’s docuseries about sexual assault allegations against the fallen rap and fashion mogul.
ABC’s Secret Life of Diddy – A Special Edition of 20/20 is executive produced by Muriel Pearson and David Sloan is senior executive producer.
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