The embattled rapper recently marked his fifty fifth birthday in jail and has since shared his gratitude together with his children for standing by him through his mounting legal troubles.
Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested on September 16 and charged with sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to interact in prostitution.
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Christian Combs Takes Over Diddy’s Instagram Account
Diddy’s son Christian has disclosed that he will likely be in control of his father’s Instagram account amid the hip-hop mogul’s stint in jail.
In a video shared on his dad’s account on Wednesday, Christian made the revelation, saying, “Right away, I’m taking up my pop’s Instagram.”
The 26-year-old rapper noted that he’s managing his father’s account to share uplifting messages and experiences together with his dad’s tens of millions of followers.
“We gon’ be posting videos, spreading good energy, and taking ya’ll down memory lane of all of the positive things he did. So, stay tuned and watch this, let’s go!” he added.
He concluded in his post, “We love you, pops, completely satisfied birthday.”
Christian later shared the music video for Diddy’s 1997 hit “All About The Benjamins.”
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“My Pops motivation to creating music is all the time to make us dance and feel good HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPS !!!,” he wrote within the caption.
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Fans Calls Out Christian Combs For Managing His Dad’s Page
Several fans took to the comment section of Christian’s post to share their thoughts about his announcement.
“The Diddy party got a brand new host,” a fan sarcastically said, while one other wrote, “Aw hell naw, we don’t need memory lane.”
A 3rd person noted, “You progress and talk like ya dad and never in way.”
“Your mom could be sick that you simply’re supporting him. She probably prayed for at the present time he could be stopped,” a fourth critic remarked.
Amid the criticisms, some people made sure to pen their support for Diddy and Christian.
“Much respect for this man even tho there had been some things that impacted many, but still at the tip, he a sort person,” a fan said of Christian.
One other wrote, “C’mon baby, let’s go! Family over every part!”
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Diddy Turned 55 Behind Bars
Diddy recently needed to rejoice his fifty fifth birthday at his Brooklyn MDC jail, where he has been locked up since he was arrested in September following a grand jury indictment.
In accordance with a report, the rapper’s birthday meal schedule suggested the celebration was unlike anyone he’s had before attributable to the standard of the food.
The Revolt co-founder also got a call from his children for his birthday celebration.
“I like y’all, I like y’all a lot,” Diddy told his children once they called to sing him “Joyful Birthday.”
“I am unable to wait to see y’all. I just wish to say that I’m pleased with y’all, especially the women. I mean, all y’all only for being strong,” he added, per Page Six.
The rapper then thanked the children for being by his side and supporting him through his trying phase.
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“I got the most effective family on this planet. [It’s] my birthday. I’m completely satisfied. Thanks,” he said.
His Legal Team Requested A Gag Order Against Witnesses
Diddy’s attorneys recently asked a judge for a gag order against grand jury witnesses after certainly one of them made some scandalous remarks about sex tapes, which the rapper’s legal team said were “outrageous” claims.
In a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian filed on Sunday, Diddy’s team, led by attorneys Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, requested an instantaneous gag order that might “restrain extrajudicial statements by potential witnesses and their counsel” following what they described as a “deluge of improper pretrial publicity that’s undermining Mr. Combs’ right to a good trial and the integrity of the grand jury proceedings.”
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In accordance with USA Today, the letter read, “Over the past several days, a grand jury witness and his attorney have given multiple interviews – including outside the courthouse immediately following his apparent grand jury testimony – making false and outrageous claims, including that the witness possesses videos of Mr. Combs involved within the sexual assault of celebrities and minors.”
The Witness, Courtney Burgess, Claims He Has The Rapper’s Sex Tapes
Courtney Burgess has been making headlines, claiming he has or has seen disturbing videos of Diddy “victimizing” at the least eight of his celebrity friends, which Diddy’s lawyers said were unfaithful and defamatory.
Last Thursday, Burgess and his attorney, Ariel Mitchell, appeared before a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan to testify for a grand jury.
He revealed that a grand jury had subpoenaed him after claiming he had sex tapes from Diddy’s parties and the true memoir of Kim Porter, Diddy’s late ex-girlfriend and mother of 4 of his kids.
The witness claims the videos got here from a flash drive owned by Diddy’s ex-partner, the late Kim Porter, who allegedly obtained the footage from hidden cameras within the rapper’s home.