Over the years, Sean “Diddy” Combs has been known for hosting some of the most extravagant bashes. From infamous white parties held at his homes in the Hamptons, Los Angeles, and Miami to small gatherings on a yacht in Saint-Tropez, this fallen music mogul spent the late 1990s and early 2000s on a celebrity-packed tourney. He quickly gained worldwide recognition for his extravagant activities. It was a gathering where excessive alcohol, drugs and nudity were frequent.
Since his arrest last month on multiple sex trafficking charges, more and more details have emerged about what actually happened at those parties.
Celebrity photographer Selma Fonseca, who reportedly attended “20 to 30” Diddy parties throughout her career and broke the news of his romance with Jennifer Lopez in 1999, gave an exclusive interview with FOX News Digital. He then revealed what he witnessed firsthand. It was a warning to the children in attendance, warning that it was a “nerve-wracking” moment she didn’t see coming.
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“I mean, all his parties were amazing: great food, great music, drinks, entertainers, people with fire,” Fonseca said, adding that celebrities like Ashton Kutcher, Lopez, Paris Hilton and Mariah He talked about the parties he often attended. Carey, Usher, Jay-Z, etc. No one is involved in Didi’s criminal case.
“It was like a mini-circus,” she added. “LeBron James said, ‘There’s no party like a Diddy party.’ There was a lot of champagne and you could drink whatever you wanted.”
Fonseca first met Didi at a birthday party in 1998. A year later, Diddy invited Fonseca to a white party at his home in the Hamptons.
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“He had just bought that house in the Hamptons and he threw a white party where he and J-Lo were photographed kissing on the balcony,” she recalled. Ta. “And there were rumors that they were dating, so I broke the news that they were dating, but no one had any proof.”
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As a photographer who has published two books about his career as a renowned photojournalist, Fonseca experienced first-hand how a typical didi party unfolded from start to finish.
“He was walking around and saying hello to everyone, you know what I mean? He was always out doing something, talking on the microphone or in the DJ booth,” she said. I remembered.
“There were no VIP areas that were cordoned off,” she said. “In East Hampton, it was like everyone was a VIP. He let some people into the living room, and he also had a bedroom on the second-floor balcony. So people couldn’t come inside. , but not everyone was allowed inside.”
Fonseca said he had “never been inside” because he had “never been invited”, but that he did not fully understand what was going on inside at the time.
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“I never saw anything out of the ordinary, just that the cast was always very sexual and very sexy,” she said. “There were geishas walking around. Women in very revealing costumes walking around dancing on pedestals. But it seems like that’s just something he wanted to entertain people. . I’ve seen naked people at his parties.
“We don’t know if there was anything unusual going on,” she added. “But wherever there are rich and famous people, there are sex workers around… there are sex workers everywhere. They are very discreet,” Fonseca argued.
In an indictment filed in court last month, officials said Combs and numerous unnamed associates of Combs Enterprises used blackmail to “lure female victims into Combs’ orbit, often under the guise of romantic relationships.” He claimed to have used tactics.
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According to the indictment, the suspect then “used force, threats of force, and coercion to induce the victim to engage in prolonged sexual activity with a commercial male sex worker,” the indictment says. “I called you.”
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The “freak offs” were “elaborately produced sex performances arranged and directed by Combs, during which he masturbated and were often electronically recorded.”
Fonseca said she had not seen the alleged “weirdo” but said it was not unusual for women to walk around naked.
“As people were drinking, things got a little weird,” she continued. “Sometimes people would take off their clothes and go into the pool. That was normal in a way.”
Ms. Fonseca recalled that Didi was a very hands-on host, always available to offer drinks to guests.
“He always had this tray with him and was encouraging everyone to get their shots,” she said.
“Ecstasy was really popular at the time,” she added. “So how can anyone know if you took a drink or a pill?”
Most of the time, Diddy’s parties start out innocently enough, with the children of various celebrities often in attendance. But when parents were told to put their children to bed, “the kids went crazy,” Fonseca said.
In a video obtained by Fox News Digital, Diddy can be heard advising parents to “put the kids somewhere and let everyone else be okay.”
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“We fed you, we gave you something to drink, now it’s time to enjoy life,” Didi said. “This is a celebration of life. This is a legendary white party. And kids, kids, you’ve got an hour left. Make the kids more comfortable, because then you have to go.” This is it.’ Because this is something you want to go to when you grow up. Now, get on your feet and get rid of the kids within an hour. ”
Fonseca said she never felt “in danger” but had a “nerve-wracking” moment at one of Diddy’s parties in 2006.
“Didi was in the VIP area and I saw a girl next to him that I had never seen before,” she said. “I took a picture with the girl and he said to his bodyguard, ‘Go get her camera.'” The bodyguard came over and said, ‘Show me the picture.’ Fonseca insisted.
“Didi looked at the pictures and I waited. He was having fun pouring in the shots. Eventually he gave me my camera back,” Fonseca said. He pointed out that he had not deleted anything.
“I took a picture with the girl and he told his bodyguard to go get her camera.”
“He never asked me for a camera,” she added. “I had been photographing this guy for 20 years. It was scary, but he knew better.”
When Ms. Diddy’s Los Angeles and Miami homes were first searched this year in connection with a federal human trafficking investigation, Ms. Fonseca said she didn’t know what to think.
“I wasn’t really surprised, but at the same time I was surprised because I hadn’t seen anything,” she said. “I was around this guy many times backstage at awards shows. I mean all the time. I probably saw him more than once a month.”
Diddy was arrested and charged with racketeering conspiracy. Sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. Transportation for engaging in prostitution. If convicted, he could face a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and up to life in prison.
Combs appeared in Manhattan federal court and pleaded not guilty. Not only was Mr. Combs denied a proposed $50 million bail, he was sent to prison immediately after the hearing.
Prior to the U.S. Attorney’s press conference in September, Combs’ attorney said he would fight for the rapper’s release.
“He’s in good spirits. He’s confident,” Combs’ attorney Mark Agnifilo said outside the courthouse on Sept. 17. “He’s approached this head on, and that’s the way he’s dealt with every challenge in life. And he’s not.” He plans to plead not guilty, and with the full confidence of his lawyers, I I look forward to a long fight. To Mr. Combs.
“I’m going to fight like hell to get him released, and he deserves to be released,” Agnifilo said, adding, “Because of what he’s done and what he came here voluntarily. ” he added.
In TMZ’s documentary “Diddy’s Downfall: An Indictment,” Agnifilo said Diddy was “very committed” to telling the truth.
“I don’t know if I can get him off the stands,” Agnifilo said in the documentary. “I think he’s very passionate about telling his story. And I think he’ll tell every part of the story, including what you see in the video. So it’s up to both of us. I hope it will be explained.”
Fox News Digital’s Lauryn Overhultz and Tracy Wright contributed to this post.