Attorneys for disgraced rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs claim federal investigators posed as prison guards to search through his cell for evidence in the case against him.
The accusation was made as appalling new allegations are set to be levied against Diddy in a documentary next week, including the former editor-in-chief of Vibe Magazine, Danyel Smith, who claims Diddy threatened to kill her.
Smith told of her alleged experience as part of the upcoming Investigation Discovery docuseries The Fall of Diddy, alleging Diddy flew into a rage when she refused to show him an early preview of a magazine cover he was appearing in.
After Smith rejected the request, she claimed that Diddy ‘said he’d see me dead in a trunk if I didn’t show it to him.’
She said Diddy only apologized after she threatened to go to law enforcement, but said in the days before he ‘he had come up to the Vibe offices with two tough guys, looking for me.’
Smith continued to work with Diddy on numerous occasions over the next decades, and said in the upcoming documentary that while she tried to be ‘cordial’ with him – a stance she now appears to regret, saying: ‘It’s very hard not to feel complicit – I wish that things were different.’
Diddy has languished in a Brooklyn jail for months after he pleaded not guilty to a wave of criminal charges, with a slew of further alleged victims since coming out of the woodwork with allegations about the rapper.
His attorneys slated the soon-to-be released documentary in a statement to People, saying the several documentaries and shows that have come out since his arrest in September, saying they ‘are rushing to cash in on the media circus’ around his case.
Shocking new allegations against Diddy are set to be made next week, including former editor-in-chief of Vibe Magazine Danyel Smith (pictured together in 2006) claiming the rapper threatened to see her ‘dead in a trunk’ in 1997
Smith claimed Diddy made the death threat after she refused to show him an early preview of a 1997 cover for Vibe Magazine (pictured) that he was appearing on
It comes as Diddy’s attorneys claim federal investigators posed as prison guards to search through his cell at Metropolitan Detention Center (pictured) for evidence in the case against him
In Diddy’s attorney’s claims about federal agents searching his jail cell, they alleged that the search was directed by supervisors from the Southern District of New York, which is prosecuting the rap mogul.
They said in a filing obtained by DailyMail.com that the search of his cell and seizure of his belongings was ‘illegal’, including ‘privileged notes.’
The search was ‘for evidence, not contraband’, the filing claims, ‘and it is clear the purpose was to gather evidence for the prosecution, not police any potential threats to (the jail’s) security.’
‘Mr. Combs has never received so much as a write up in his four months in BOP custody, despite the government’s constant decries of his alleged obstruction from MDC and supposed violation of policy,’ the filing read.
The investigator who searched his cell was ‘an agent of the prosecution team’ who ‘admits he listened to Mr. Combs’s calls, including with his counsel, and all those recordings, including the ones with attorneys, were furnished to the U.S. Attorneys’ Office’, it is alleged.
‘(The investigator) has been spying on the defense team all along,’ the filing concludes.
Diddy has languished in a Brookyln jail for months after he pleaded not guilty to a wave of criminal charges, with a slew of further alleged victims since coming out of the woodwork with allegations about the rapper
Smith continued to work with Diddy on numerous occasions after the alleged death threat, and said recently that it is ‘very hard not to feel complicit – I wish that things were different’
Smith’s allegations against Diddy, which she first revealed in a July 2024 personal essay published in the New York Times Magazine, were among several shocking claims in the new ID documentary.
In one claim, a former student at Howard University in the 1980s, who remained anonymous, alleged that she witnessed Diddy whipping and beating another woman.
‘I am absolutely nervous about sharing what I’ve seen him do to another human being. He’s powerful and he’s scary,’ she said.
‘The night began with me in my dorm room. We heard someone yelling and screaming so we pushed up the window just enough to get a little idea of what was going on.’
She said Diddy, a fellow student at the time in 1988, ‘was screaming get your ass downstairs, come downstairs right now.’
‘And when she came downstairs timidly and scared and really not knowing what to do, he started beating on her,’ the student continued.
Further allegations this week include a former college colleague who claimed they witnessed Diddy beating another woman with a belt, which his attorneys branded ‘pure fiction’
‘Whipping her with a belt, and she’s taking it…. So, we’re yelling get off of her, stop hitting on her, leave her alone. He’s yelling back, might your f****** business. He pushes her back into the doorway of the dorm.
‘We don’t know what’s going on in that space, we can’t see. Whatever he’s doing takes a few minutes before he actually stops whatever he’s doing and then he leaves her alone.
‘It’s very important to tell that young woman’s story because he was never held accountable.’
In response to the allegations made in the documentary, Diddy’s attorneys condemned the show and said producers didn’t give them a fair chance to respond.
‘The producers failed to provide sufficient time or details for his representatives to address unsubstantiated claims, many from unidentified participants whose allegations lack context,’ the statement to People read.
‘By withholding this information, they made it impossible for Mr. Combs to present facts to counter these fabricated accusations. This production is clearly intended to present a one-sided and prejudicial narrative.
‘As we’ve said before, Mr. Combs cannot respond to every publicity stunt or facially ridiculous claim. He has full confidence in the facts and the judicial process, where the truth will prevail: the accusations against him are pure fiction.’
