Tyrese Gibson took to social media on Wednesday to share a message of help for Sean “Diddy” Combs, amid the music mogul’s high-profile authorized woes and allegations of abuse and intercourse trafficking.
In a since-deleted publish on Instagram, Tyrese shared a black-and-white picture of Diddy, alongside a prolonged publish praising him for his “legendary events and occasions,” which drew sharp and prompt criticism from others on social media.
“What I can not do and what I will not do is downplay the laughter, the enjoyable, the power, the inspiration, the awards reveals, the studio classes, essentially the most legendary events and occasions I’ve ever attended in my life,” Tyrese wrote within the caption. “And I can also’t act as if my highschool again yard events all through south central LA wasn’t the craziest events ever due to the Dangerous Boy on a slew of hit report[s].”
“I do not condone nor do I help abuse, bullying, sexual assault or something that’s at the moment being alleged,” Tyrese continued, “however what I can not do is flip the blinds on how a lot this imply to me and all of us, and what he had achieved for the neighborhood of music and tradition.”
Tyrese went on to assert that he was merely saying what many others are too scared to say in help of Diddy.
“Don’t be concerned, I am the one one loopy sufficient to leap on the market and say what most of you need to say however you do not have the balls to take action,” wrote Tyrese, within the publish he rapidly eliminated after sharing. “As a result of it’s totally regular for folks to be going by a tough patch and all of us sit again and make a mockery of it, however I am not gonna to that.”
He added that’s he “praying for Diddy, his children, his household, his mom, and the entire alleged victims that is in the midst of making an attempt to easily have their voices to be heard.”
“I really like this brother he is been nothing however variety and beneficiant in the direction of me and that is the way in which I really feel,” Tyrese concluded. “Praying and praying for extra of a greater consequence of all of that is occurring. God bless you Diddy in case you ever must name me and simply want a listening [ear] I am right here right here bro.”
Tyrese’s message of help and appreciation comes simply days after federal brokers raided Diddy’s houses in Los Angeles and Miami in what Homeland Safety Investigations mentioned was a part of an ongoing investigation. It has been reported that the probe, being helmed by the Southern District of New York, is tied to intercourse trafficking allegations.
The raids got here 4 months after R&B singer Cassie Ventura sued Diddy and accused him of rape, amongst different allegations of wrongdoing. Although the rap mogul settled the lawsuit inside 24 hours, it set off a litany of extra sexual misconduct allegations from quite a few different accusers.
It stays unclear if the slew of lawsuits that Diddy’s dealing with is tied to the federal investigation.
In an announcement to ET, Diddy’s legal professional, Aaron Dyer, blasted the feds for its “gross overuse of military-level power” amid the execution of search warrants.
“There isn’t any excuse for the extreme present of power and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way in which his kids and staff have been handled,” Dyer continued. “Mr. Combs was by no means detained however spoke to and cooperated with authorities. Regardless of media hypothesis, neither Mr. Combs nor any of his relations have been arrested nor has their capability to journey been restricted in any manner. This unprecedented ambush — paired with a complicated, coordinated media presence — results in a untimely rush to judgment of Mr. Combs and is nothing greater than a witch hunt primarily based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits. There was no discovering of prison or civil legal responsibility with any of those allegations. Mr. Combs is harmless and can proceed to combat each single day to clear his title.”
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