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New documentary details Diddy’s alleged animal sacrifice

New documentary details Diddy’s alleged animal sacrifice

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Although he had never been to prison before the sex crimes he was accused of this year, Sean “Diddy” Combs has had run-ins with the law before – perhaps most famously, the nightclub shooting in 1999 for which he was present.

Now, in a new documentary, Diddy’s former bodyguard Gene Deal makes a stunning claim about the bizarre ritual the disgraced rapper allegedly participated in to ensure he wouldn’t be convicted.

The Combs family leaves the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York after a pretrial hearing for Sean “Diddy” Combs on October 10, 2024 in New York. Diddy was accused of racketeering,…


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After the shooting, the Bad Boy Records mogul, now 55, was charged with weapons possession and attempted bribery. He faced 15 years in prison if convicted. Rapper Jamal Barrow, aka Shyne, has long been rumored to have taken responsibility for the shots that were fired – and served 10 years in prison for it.

25 years after the crime, a documentary on Barrow, Honorable Shynecreated on Monday November 18. While watching the film, viewers were shocked to learn from Deal that the rapper allegedly sacrificed a bird on the morning the jury was to announce its verdict.

In the documentary, Deal claimed to have taken Diddy, formerly known as Puff Daddy or Puffy. meeting a man in Central Park that day.

“When Puff approached the guy, he just got down on his knees,” Deal said in the film. “The next thing I see is this smoke coming and going around Puff. I guess it was sage or something.” After praying and laying hands on Combs, Deal said, the man allegedly told the rapper to catch a bird in a cage he had brought to the meeting.

“Puff took this white bird and threw it in the air,” Deal said. “The bird just fell to the ground, boom, like it was a brick. I was like, ‘Oh, shit!’ …The bird is dead, man…the bird didn’t even move (Diddy) just flew away from him real fast Diddy’s legal team has yet to respond to these allegations. .

While Diddy was found not guilty in the nightclub shooting case, Barrow was found guilty of assault, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a pistol. He served 10 years in prison before being deported to his native Belize, where he now works as a politician.

Most recently, Diddy was arrested and charged on September 16 in a three-count indictment with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty and denied any wrongdoing. In addition to these accusations, Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee says his firm represents more than 120 alleged victims in new lawsuits filed against the music producer. Diddy’s legal team maintained that Combs was innocent of all charges.

If you or someone you know is a victim of sexual assault, do not hesitate to call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-HOPE (4673).

If you witness animal cruelty or abuse, you can call your local police station or animal control.