Since information of Diddy’s authorized troubles first started to emerge, there started to be on-line hypothesis as as to if or not Justin had been impacted as his earlier collaborator. The 2 met within the early days of Justin’s profession, with {the teenager} importing a video titled “JUSTIN BIEBER’s 48 HRS with DIDDY!!” in 2009. In it, Diddy stated, “The place we hanging out and what we doing, we will not actually disclose, but it surely’s positively a 15-year-old’s dream.”
A 2011 interview additional resurfaced, by which Diddy referred to himself because the 17-year-old’s “good friend” and stated, “And he is aware of higher than to be speaking concerning the issues that he does with massive brother Puff on nationwide tv. Every thing ain’t for everyone.”
Earlier right now, TMZ was first to interrupt the information {that a} consultant for Justin had issued an announcement starting, “Though Justin will not be amongst Sean Combs’ victims, there are people who have been genuinely harmed by him.”
“Shifting focus away from this actuality detracts from the justice these victims rightfully deserve,” they added, with the assertion later being obtained by Individuals and E!.
After Diddy was arrested final September, a supply advised Individuals that Justin was “conscious” of the allegations however centered on his spouse and child, noting, “It’s not something that he desires to deal with, although.”
BuzzFeed has reached out to representatives for Diddy and Bieber for remark.