File photo: Sean “Diddy” Combs attends the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Originally appeared on E! Online
It appears Sean "Diddy" Combs knew that one day his parties could get him in trouble.
Days after the rapper was taken into police custody in New York City and charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution, a video of Combs from 1999 has come to light in which he appears to predict that he would one day be arrested for his elaborate parties.
"You're gonna hear about my parties, they're gonna be shuttin' 'em down," Combs told Entertainment Tonight at the time. "They're gonna probably be arresting me, doing all types of crazy things just ‘cause we wanna have a good time."
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The Bad Boys Entertainment founder added, "They won't even give me a permit for the parties, man. They don't want me to throw the parties no more. But we ain't gonna stop, we gonna keep on having fun. Bringing people together for all walks of life."
During the interview, Combs discussed the gatherings and how he was looking to "bring up a different element into people's environment" which would help broaden their horizons. But according to him, "People get intimidated. It's a lot of people out there that feel intimidated by it."
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He noted that his reason for throwing the parties at the time was about, "breaking down racial barriers, breaking down generation barriers" and bringing together "people from all walks of life connecting and gettin' together."
And while the music mogul acknowledged that he was known for his legendary gatherings, he claimed that it didn't make him feel special that they were at one time the hottest ticket in town.
"It doesn't make me feel like a bigger person," he said. "It just makes me feel like I know how to throw a party."
In the federal indictment obtained by E! News following his Sept. 16 arrest, Combs is accused of having "abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct" for decades.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution during a Sept. 17 hearing, and was denied a $50 million bail package by a New York City Judge.
Recently, footage from Combs' New York City arrest was obtained by TMZ, which showed him enter the lobby at the Park Hyatt New York in midtown Manhattan with a large group, only to be quickly approached by federal agents who escorted him away and could later be seen walking him out of the hotel in handcuffs.
