THEY live in a £30m mansion, enjoy exotic holidays, drive high-end sports cars, and dream of being Hip hop stars like their famous dad..
Rapper P Diddy’s sons Christian and Justin Combs are so privileged they wear gold diamond-encrusted crowns and are treated to lavish 16th birthday parties attended by celebrities like singers Nicki Minaj and Lil’ Kim.
But the family’s kingdom could come crashing down as all three men find themselves in legal trouble.
Son Christian, 26, – known as King – faces claims of sexual assault while partying on a yacht chartered by his dad in December 2022, just days before Diddy held a star-studded New Year’s Eve party aboard the vessel, attended by the likes of rappers Joe Budden and Travis Scott.
His half-brother Justin, 30, faces allegations he and his dad covered up the shooting of a pal in a Los Angeles recording studio in September 2022.
The brothers were also briefly handcuffed and detained as part of a raid by Homeland Security agents on 54-year-old P Diddy’s Los Angeles estate in March, amid a slew of sexual assault allegations against the star, including trafficking young women.
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The family have hired ex mobster John Gotti Junior’s former lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman to investigate the ‘excessive use of force’ in the raids.
Lichtman has previously represented Gotti, acting boss of the Gambino crime family in the 90s, as well as drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, who led the international crime syndicate, the Sinaloa cartel.
P Diddy’s ex, R&B singer Cassie Ventura accused him of rape and a decade-long campaign of abuse after she signed to his label, Bad Boy Records, in 2006.
Diddy, whose real name is Sean John Combs, settled the case out of court the day after Cassie filed her lawsuit.
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The claim against Christian comes from yacht hand Grace O’Marcaigh, 27, who was hired for “a wholesome family excursion” that, she says, turned “hedonistic”.
She claims to have witnessed the Combs family party with a “constant rotation of suspected sex workers” who were taking drugs.
In a lawsuit, Grace claims drinks, including hers, may have been spiked and that Christian pressured her to do tequila shots before groping her legs, breasts, bottom and private parts.
There is allegedly audio recorded by music producer Rodney Jones – known as Lil Rod – in which Grace tells Christian to stop touching her legs.
The legal action was filed by attorney Tyrone Blackburn, who represents Lil Rod.
Jones claims the music mogul repeatedly sexually assaulted and groomed him for sex from September 2022 to November 2023.
He also accuses Diddy, once known as Puff Daddy, and son Justin of a “massive” cover up of their involvement in a shooting.
Lil Rod claims that the rapper or his son shot Justin’s friend, identified only as a 30-year-old named ‘G’, in a recording studio bathroom after a row. It’s said G has since vanished.
Jones claims he heard multiple gunshots after a “heated conversation” in the toilet before Combs and Justin walked out of the bathroom.
He says he found G lying on the floor curled up, holding his stomach and bleeding out of his leg or hip area.
Jones alleges that P Diddy instructed him to tell police the rapper had nothing to do with the incident – and that G was hit by a drive-by assailant outside the building.
P Diddy’s legal team have denied all the allegations against him and his sons.
My dad is my best friend – he pushes me to be greater
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Lawyer Aaron Dyer said the claims against Christian were “lewd and meritless” adding: “This complaint is filled with the same kind of manufactured lies and irrelevant facts we’ve come to expect.”
Lil Rod’s lawyer Tyrone Blackburn was recently criticised by a New York judge for improperly filing lawsuits in federal court in an attempt to garner “sensational headlines.”
Prince Harry was horribly dragged into the case when Lil Rod claimed Diddy’s “affiliation” to the royal and other stars gave him and his associates ‘legitimacy’.
There was no suggestion Prince Harry did anything wrong – or had any knowledge of wrongdoing by others.
Justin’s mum, acclaimed stylist Misa Hylton, was left furious after her son was handcuffed during last month’s raid on P Diddy’s home.
She shared footage on Instagram saying: “Enough is Enough!! Did Justin need several laser beams from firearms pointed at his chest?? Did Christian need a gun pointed at the back of his head while he was handcuffed?? How many times have we seen young UNARMED BLACK MEN not make it out of these types of situations alive??”
Christian’s mum, model Kim Porter, died of lobar pneumonia, aged 47, in 2018, and the family faced cruel fake speculation that P Diddy was somehow behind her death – even after a coroner ruled she died of natural causes.
Crown princes
P Diddy’s children have led a luxury life mere mortals can only dream of.
They spent their childhood’s bouncing between P Diddy’s £30 million Beverly Hills mansion, £10.7m home in Alpine, New Jersey, and £2.9m place in East Hampton.
They drive top-end cars and fly around the world in private jets.
Christian, who goes by the name King, signed up to Diddy’s record label when he turned 18.
Bad Boy Records, founded by P Diddy in 1993, is one of the most successful hip-hop and R&B labels in the world, with multiple platinum and gold releases by the likes of the Notorious B.I.G, Faith Evans and Janelle Monae.
Christian is also a model, securing a deal with IMG last year, and in 2018 walked for Dolce and Gabbana.
He is fond of wearing crowns – as is brother Justin – and in 2018 paired a gold headpiece with a jewel-encrusted suit for the Met Gala.
In 2014, Diddy threw Christian a ‘Swervin’ 16’ party at an exclusive Los Angeles nightclub where performers included Kendrick Lamar and French Montana. The guest list included stars like Khloe Kardashian and singer Faith Evans.
Justin Combs, who once co-hosted TV show The Catfish, had an even bigger sweet 16 celebration at a New York club in 2010 where his dad arranged for Nicki Minaj to be his ‘date’.
He was introduced to the crowd when red drapes lifted to reveal him sitting on a throne wearing a gold crown while dressed in a Dolce and Gabbana tux with Adidas shelltoes.
The lavish affair was featured in season 9 of MTV series My Super Sweet 16 with rappers Lil’ Kim and Trey Songz in attendance.
What is P Diddy accused of?
P Diddy has faced a slew of claims which include:
- Cassie, Diddy’s longtime girlfriend, sued him in November 2023, claiming she endured “a cycle of abuse, violence, and sex trafficking” until their relationship ended in 2018. Diddy and Cassie settled the suit the day after it was filed.
- Diddy was hit with two more lawsuits a week later. Joi Dickerson accused Diddy of drugging and raping her and filming the attack when she was a 19-year-old college student in January 1991.
- A second accuser in a separate lawsuit claimed that Diddy and another man sexually assaulted her and a friend in 1990 or 1991 then showed up at her apartment and beat her several days later.
- Diddy was sued again in December by a woman who claimed he and two men gang-raped her in 2003 when she was 17 years old.
- In February 2024, Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones, who helped produce Diddy’s most recent album, claimed that the mogul sexually harassed, drugged, and threatened him from September 2022 to November 2023 as they worked together.
Supercars at 16
P Diddy bought him a £240,000 Mercedes Benz Maybach motor, despite the fact he hadn’t passed his driving test.
Last year Justin avoided jail time after being found driving under the influence in Beverly Hills.
He was given three years probation after running a red light.
Brother Christian drives a red Ferrari and was involved in a crash with a Tesla in 2020 but luckily escaped unharmed.
Both boys have gushed about their dad.
Christian credits P Diddy with his sense of style and work ethic.
He said: “We’re alike in a lot of ways, especially our work ethic. Every day you gotta keep progressing. If you get nothing done, then you’re backtracking. My dad actually helped me with waking up early, he gets on at me about that.”
Justin said his dad is “always motivating me and pushing me to be greater”, adding: “It’s crazy because it’s like my dad but also my best friend at the same time. So it’s very unique and I really appreciate it.”
P Diddy has seven kids with four women.
He and Misa Hylton had Justin in the early 90s before he went on to have a relationship with Kim Porter.
He adopted Kim’s son Quincy, 31, before they went on to have Christian and twins D’Lila Star and Jessie James in 2006.
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Just before the twins were born, Diddy cheated on Kim with Sarah Chapman who gave birth to Chance Combs the same year.
In 2022, Diddy announced the arrival of a baby girl Love Sean Combs, who he is thought to share with a cyber security expert called Dana Tran.
