Usher Claims He Saw 'Crazy' Things At Diddy's Home At 14 In Resurfaced Interview
Usher claimed he saw some "very curious things" at Sean "Diddy" Combs' New York mansion when he lived with him at the age of just 14.
Usher's comments about his time living with the music mogul resurfaced on social media this week after federal agents raided homes belonging to Combs Monday as part of an ongoing investigation.
In his resurfaced 2016 interview with Howard Stern, Usher, now 45, alleged that former Epic Records CEO L.A. Reid flew him to New York to live with Combs, currently 54, in 1994 to "see the lifestyle" and experience what it meant to make it big in music.
Stern chimed in, saying that he expected the rapper's home to be "filled with chicks and orgying nonstop."
The "Yeah!" hitmaker initially responded, "Not really," before adding: "I got a chance to see some things ... I don't know if I could indulge and even understand what I was looking at."
"It was pretty wild. It was crazy," Usher added. "There were very curious things taking place, and I didn't necessarily understand it."
Asked if he would want his kids to have the "Puffy Flavor Camp" experience as well, Usher responded, "Hell no!"
Usher's comments raised eyebrows after Combs' Los Angeles and Miami homes were searched by officers with the Department of Homeland Security Monday allegedly in connection with an ongoing sex trafficking investigation.
Combs has been accused of rape, sexual assault and sex trafficking in five civil lawsuits filed in the past few months.
The rapper has denied all allegations against him.
The latest lawsuit against Combs was filed last month by producer Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones, who worked with the hip-hop star on his 2023 album, "The Love Album: Off the Grid."
Jones accused Combs of repeatedly sexually assaulting, harassing, drugging, and threatening him during their time working together.
The producer also claimed he recorded video footage and audio of Combs, his staff and other individuals "engaging in serious illegal activity."
He included in his lawsuit what he claimed were screenshots from parties at the Bad Boy Records boss' homes that included underage girls and sex workers.
Jones alleged that Combs gave drug-laced drinks to some of the girls.
An attorney for Combs vehemently denied Jones' allegations at the time, calling them "pure fiction" and "complete lies," according to a statement to NBC News.
A day after the raids conducted at his homes, Combs, through his lawyer, declared his innocence and slammed the federal agents' searches as an "excessive show of force and hostility."
"This unprecedented ambush -- paired with an advanced, coordinated media presence -- leads to a premature rush to judgment of Mr. Combs and is nothing more than a witch hunt based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits," Combs' lawyer Aaron Dyer said in a statement obtained by Entertainment Weekly Tuesday.
The attorney emphasized that neither Combs nor his family members were arrested or forbidden from traveling.
"There has been no finding of criminal or civil liability with any of these allegations," Dyer added. "Mr. Combs is innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name."
