Justin Bieber is very ‘upset’ by the fresh news about Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ arrest on sex-trafficking charges that he’s cut himself off from the world, according to reports.
Combs’, 54, was arrested in New York and hit with a prosecution accusing him of years of coercion and abuse while using blackmail and violence to control his victims.
He has also been accused of inducing female victims and male sex workers into drugged-up, sometimes days-long sexual performances referred to as ‘Freak Offs.’
According to a very reliable source, who is an insider, Bieber, 30, has been totally stunned by the desolating charges and is finding it hard to comprehend them – particularly given that he collaborated with Combs on a song a year ago.
The source said: ‘Bieber is so disturbed by the Diddy news and is unwilling to process it or discuss it so he has shut off.
‘So many people who helped to make him who he is were very close to Diddy and it has completely thrown him.
‘Justin hasn’t been responding on this since the home raids. He’s not going to’, the insider said.
The insider added that Bieber also profoundly laments having teamed up with the disgraced rapper last year, and couldn’t have ever done that had he known all these charges that have since become visible.
They continued: ‘He had a long break from Diddy when he believes most of this took place and he had distanced himself from him.
‘He was featured on Diddy’s most recent album, and had he known any of this, there is no way he would have done it.’
Bieber, who was just a child when he forged a friendship with Combs, featured on Combs’ track ‘Moment’, which appeared on his 2023 album ‘The Love Album: Off the Grid’.
Following the album’s release in October, Bieber reflected on his first encounter with Combs.
‘I remember going to my brother Diddy’s office to pitch him a song I wrote for him when I was like 14,’ he wrote on Instagram.
‘Sadly the song was trash haha and it would be a hard no from him.’
He continued: ‘Fast forward to a few years ago Puff asked if I would freestyle something for his upcoming love album. Wild full circle moment, love you @diddy.’
In Spring, old videos of Bieber and Combs reemerged soon after Country Security attacked the music tycoon’s properties in Miami and Los Angeles.
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One video saw Combs standing next to the young pop sensation, aged 15, while telling the camera: ‘He’s having 48 hours with Diddy, where we hanging out and what we’re doing we can’t really disclose.
Meanwhile, Combs pleaded not guilty on Tuesday and was denied bail, despite his legal team’s request for him to be released for $50 million and kept electronically monitored.
The artist is accused of using ‘power and prestige’ to lure and intimidate women under ‘pretense of a romantic relationship’.
