P. Diddy has a long history of scandals. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most shocking Diddy scandals that have been largely forgotten in the wake of the recent accusations.
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00:00We're not far from where that night took place and you've never told the details about it.
00:06Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're counting down our picks for the most shocking Diddy
00:10scandals that have been largely forgotten in the wake of the recent accusations.
00:14Okay, so that whole situation happened, Puffy gets arrested.
00:18Yeah.
00:20Number 10. Losing the Diddy name.
00:23It seems like so long ago when the biggest controversy was his name,
00:33or lack thereof, we suppose.
00:35Back in November of 2005, a London-based music producer named Richard Dearlove sued Diddy,
00:40as he had been going by the same stage name since 1992.
00:44Even if you're not good at math, you can see that this is well before Puff Daddy changed
00:49his name to P. Diddy in 2001. He even dropped the P in 2005,
00:54becoming just Diddy and earning the ire of Diddy.
01:01Yeah, it's a little confusing and that's why Dearlove sued Combs, and won.
01:06He was paid over £100,000 in fees and damages,
01:09and Combs was banned from using the name Diddy in the UK.
01:15Number 9. Allegedly threatening Kirk Burroughs.
01:18What went wrong between you and Puffy? Because if I'm not mistaken,
01:22he made you give up your ownership in Bad Boy, right?
01:24And they had you in the room and they had bats and they made you give over your percentage.
01:28Back in 2003, Combs founded Bad Boy Records and worked with a business partner named Kirk Burroughs,
01:34who served as the company's president and general manager until 1997.
01:38Burroughs owned a 25% stake in the record label,
01:41but this partnership ended after Combs allegedly threatened him with a baseball bat.
01:46Burroughs sued Combs for $25 million, claiming that he was coerced to quit
02:00the company through threats of physical violence. Diddy, of course, denied the claims.
02:05We never got the full truth, however,
02:07as the statute of limitations had expired and the case was dismissed.
02:15Number 8. Assaulting Gerard Richnitzer.
02:26In August of 2007, Diddy became the target of another lawsuit,
02:30this one coming from 27-year-old Gerard Richnitzer. Diddy was allegedly talking
02:35to Richnitzer's girlfriend outside a Hollywood nightclub, prompting Richnitzer to intervene.
02:40When he did so, Diddy flew into a rage,
02:43shouting obscenities at Richnitzer before punching him in the face and sending him
02:47into a nearby car. Diddy's team denied the claims, stating that Richnitzer was never attacked,
02:56and that he just wanted to cash in on Diddy's fame. However,
03:00the rapper settled with Richnitzer out of court for an undisclosed sum.
03:07Number 7. Assaulting a Football Coach.
03:09Diddy was arrested yesterday for attacking the strength and conditioning coach
03:14Sal Elosi was the strength and conditioning coach for the UCLA Bruins,
03:18a college football team based out of the University of California, Los Angeles.
03:22Back in 2015, Elosi had a disagreement with Diddy's son, Justin Combs, who at the time
03:27was playing for the Bruins. According to the official report, Elosi kicked Combs out of
03:32practice owing to a lack of effort. Diddy then confronted Elosi in his office, physically
03:39attacking the coach and swinging a kettlebell at one of the interns. Police saw the security
03:43video and arrested Combs, charging him with battery and three counts of assault with a deadly
03:48weapon. The charges constitute a felony, but they were later dropped owing to a lack of evidence.
03:53He attacked the guy, allegedly, with a kettleball.
03:57Number 6. A Cheating Scandal.
03:59What's in the book?
04:00So, in the book, they, uh…
04:02Read some excerpt.
04:03For many celebrities, a cheating scandal is the absolute worst of it. But with Diddy,
04:08it's something we have long forgotten. Combs was with model Kimberly Porter for many years,
04:13and the couple had four children, including Porter's from an old relationship.
04:22In 2006, she gave birth to twin daughters, Delilah Starr and Jessie James. Unfortunately,
04:28it was also around this time that she learned a horrifying truth.
04:31Combs had been unfaithful and had fathered a daughter with a woman from Atlanta named
04:36Sarah Chapman. Chapman gave birth to their daughter while Porter was still pregnant with
04:40her twins. Porter learned the truth from a friend and later left Diddy owing in part to his infidelity.
04:46This is allegedly a book that was co-written by Kim Porter, the ex of Diddy who passed away.
04:53Number 5. The Assault of Cindy Rueda.
04:56Sean P. Diddy Combs is allegedly being sued by his former chef, Cindy Rueda,
05:01who is claiming sexual harassment, hostile work environment, and wrongful termination.
05:06There have been so many abuse allegations as of late that some people may have forgotten
05:10about Diddy's former chef, Cindy Rueda. She first made the news in 2017 when she
05:15sued Diddy for sexual harassment and unpaid work.
05:18And that same year, another situation happened with Diddy's personal chef.
05:25According to legal documents, Rueda complained about the harassment to the estate director,
05:29but was subsequently threatened, framed for theft, and fired as a result.
05:33Diddy eventually settled with his former chef in February of 2019 for an undisclosed sum.
05:39It would be one of the first of many accusations, a snowball effect for the ages.
05:44She worked overtime on multiple occasions and was never compensated with the proper
05:48coins. And she was also set up for wrongful termination.
05:52Number 4. Allegedly Hiding a Shooting.
05:59The feds hate me.
06:00In February of 2024, Diddy was sued by producer Rodney Jones, claiming sexual assault.
06:07But that's not why we're here. What some may have forgotten, or not even known about,
06:11is that Jones filed an additional complaint about an alleged shooting.
06:15According to the lawsuit, Jones was working inside L.A.'s chalice recording studio when
06:19he heard gunshots.
06:20I need new tissue, whose clock should I clean next?
06:22Pops still, he's in police handcuffs. Guilty, will he step up?
06:26He saw Diddy and his son Justin leave a bathroom,
06:29and inside the bathroom was a man bleeding from a gunshot wound.
06:33Jones' story clashes with that of the LAPD, which claims that a shooting never occurred
06:38at the studio and that Diddy is not a suspect. However, Jones has publicly declared this a,
06:43quote, massive cover-up.
06:45Me, being a former investigator, I think little Rod was trying to save face on certain things.
06:52Number 3. Attacking Steve Stout.
06:57It was 1999, and Nas just released a music video for his song Hate Me Now.
07:04Puff Daddy was featured on the track, and the video showed the rapper being crucified.
07:09However, Diddy demanded his scenes be cut from the public release. They did so,
07:14but the wrong edit was accidentally sent to MTV,
07:17and the channel broadcast the version with Puff Daddy's crucifixion.
07:21Soon after, Combs burst into the office of Nas' manager, Steve Stout,
07:31and physically assaulted him with the help of some bodyguards. He was subsequently sued by Stout.
07:36Combs pled guilty to harassment and was ordered to attend anger management.
07:40He also settled with Stout out of court to the tune of $500,000.
07:44Do you know how much Steve got paid off?
07:47He got paid off what?
07:49Millions?
07:51You could say that.
07:52Yeah? You could say that?
07:53Yeah.
07:53Number 2. Violating labor laws.
08:00Not content with music, Diddy expanded his horizons and started a clothing label in 1998
08:05called Sean John. However, it wasn't long before the controversies began. In 2003,
08:11the company was accused of violating labor laws and basic human rights at a factory in Honduras.
08:16The reports claimed that employees were subjected to mandatory pregnancy tests,
08:21worked overtime without pay, subjected to daily body searches,
08:24and were forced to obtain passes for the locked bathrooms.
08:28The new collection is great. You can call me Sean, Harold.
08:31Okay, Sean.
08:32Matter of fact, you can call me Sean John.
08:34Their wages were also not sufficient, with workers being paid sweatshop wages.
08:39Former employee Lita Eli Gonzalez said,
08:42We live inhumane lives. A succinct statement for a horrible reality.
08:47Guys, he's on us. Execute Diddy Dash.
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09:06Number 1. The shooting trial.
09:08To me, more of a blip on my journey to where I was going.
09:15Diddy's list of controversies has grown so enormous that most people have forgotten about
09:19his highly public shooting trial. It stems from an incident that occurred on December 27,
09:241999, when Combs was accused of shooting a gun inside a Manhattan nightclub.
09:29And this comes about from the victim that was shot
09:33recently going public saying that Puffy is the person that shot me.
09:37Another rapper named Shine, who was attending the club with Combs,
09:40was also accused of shooting two bystanders. Combs faced up to 15 years in prison,
09:45but he was ultimately acquitted thanks to the help of superstar lawyers Benjamin Brafman
09:50and Johnny Cochran, the same man who helped O.J. Simpson get acquitted. Shine was not so lucky,
09:56as he was found guilty of first-degree assault and given 10 years in prison.
10:00And you were on your way, even you were quoted as saying,
10:04you thought you were going to be a billionaire rap star, and you ended up behind bars.
10:10Can you think of any more scandals? Let us know in the comments below.
10:14You know, Puffy, you can't be doing that.
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