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Words by Nikki Peach [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-76442286-copy.jpg” title_text=”GettyImages-76442286 copy” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”107px” custom_padding=”||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The rapper and entrepreneur Sean Combs has had many names in his run of fame: Puff Daddy, P Diddy, Sean John\u2026<\/p>\n Now, just known as \u2018Diddy\u2019, he is facing up to the fact that his life has changed forever, going from a series of A-list parties with some of the most famous and influential people in the world, to a possible life sentence. <\/p>\n Combs\u2019 reputation took a colossal hit on 16 September when he was indicted on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He also faces multiple allegations of sexual assault and abuse, including from his ex-girlfriend Casandra \u2018Cassie\u2019 Ventura who claims she was trafficked, raped and beaten on several occasions over a ten-year period. The rapper, 54, is currently awaiting trial in the notorious Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, New York (where Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019) and has twice been denied bail. If found guilty, Combs will face life imprisonment. He has denied all allegations made against him and his attorney says he plans to plead not guilty to all federal charges.<\/p>\n With Combs\u2019 reputation in tatters, and potentially more allegations yet to be unearthed, the countless A-list stars who have attended his infamous parties over the years are now likely to be distancing themselves from the man who once held court in Hollywood. <\/p>\n Combs\u2019 rise to fame was unlike anything that\u2019s been seen before. After a tough start in life where his drug dealer father was shot dead when he was a toddler, Combs prided himself on his hustle, working multiple jobs until he first joined Uptown Records as an intern in 1990 before establishing his own label, Bad Boy Records in 1993. Over the years Combs has worked with everyone from The Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans, Jay-Z, Lil\u2019 Kim and Usher to Mariah Carey and Aretha Franklin. He is also the chairman and CEO of Combs Enterprises with investments in music, fashion, fragrance, beverage, marketing, film, television and media industries \u2013 all of which contribute to his estimated $400 million net worth.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n He has also hosted an endless list of famous faces at his White Parties over the years, including Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber, Jennifer Lopez, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Brand, Paris Hilton, Ashton Kutcher and Megan Fox. To say he was renowned for his VIP guest lists would be an understatement.<\/p>\n While none of these people have been implicated in the upcoming court case, nor have been associated with any of the allegations against Diddy, there is a sense of \u2018unease\u2019 in Hollywood right now, according to a Los Angeles source. They tell Grazia, \u2018Being invited to a Diddy party was a badge of honour in his heyday. Everyone was lining up to attend those bashes and brag about what an incredible time they had under his roof.\u2019<\/p>\n And on the surface, they sound fun. Rumour has it guests were served \u2018champagne from heaven\u2019 by models dressed as angels, they were asked to dress in all white \u2018to strip away everyone\u2019s image\u2019. Models danced on podiums, partygoers drank in swimming pools and magicians roamed between the various secluded areas, with parties continuing until the early hours of the morning – or often for days at a time. But a darker side to these parties has emerged over time. Former music industry insider Tom Swoope has claimed that the parties were separated into \u2018tiers\u2019 of access, with \u2018general admission\u2019 and an \u2018inner sanctum\u2019 where drugs and sex were reportedly available. <\/p>\n One claimant, Adria Sheri English, who worked as a go-go dancer at Diddy\u2019s Hampton parties in 2004 and 2005, alleges, female workers were encouraged to drink from \u2018specific bottles\u2019 which were \u2018laced with drugs\u2019. The rapper\u2019s attorney has said, \u2018Mr Combs is confident he will prevail against these baseless claims in court.\u2019<\/p>\n However, when Combs\u2019 house was raided by Homeland Security in March, they seized 1,000 bottles of lubricant and baby oil. This is something rapper 50 Cent joked about on The Drew Barrymore Show, claiming that he never attended Combs\u2019 parties because he felt there was \u2018an uncomfortable energy connected\u2019 to them.<\/p>\n Other celebrities did not seem to agree. In a 2014 episode of Keeping up with the Kardashians, Khloe had just returned from one of Diddy\u2019s parties and said, \u2018half the people there were butt naked\u2019 later saying \u2018when you think of a good time, you think of Puff\u2019. In a 2016 interview with Howard Stern, Usher said there were \u2018very curious things taking place\u2019 during the \u2018Puffy Flavour Camp\u2019 parties. And appearing on Hot Ones in 2019, Ashton Kutcher was asked if he had any Diddy party stories to share and said, \u2018I\u2019ve got a lot I can\u2019t tell.\u2019<\/p>\n As the beating heart of these elusive and lavish affairs, Combs once declared, \u2018I am the Great Gatsby\u2019. He said during one TV appearance: \u2018You\u2019re gonna hear about my parties. They\u2019re gonna probably be arresting me, doing all types of crazy things just cause we wanna have a good time.\u2019 A prophetic statement. Now, Combs awaits trial, a date for which has not yet been confirmed. 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<\/strong><\/p>\n‘When Combs\u2019 house was raided by Homeland Security in March, they seized 1,000 bottles of lubricant and baby oil’<\/h2>\n