Justin Bieber breaks his silence on the Sean Combs case

Washington, (EFE) – Justin Bieber has broken his silence on the case of Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is currently on trial for sex trafficking. A spokesperson denied that the Canadian artist was among the victims of sexual abuse allegedly committed by the rapper and producer.

“Although Justin (Bieber) is not among Sean Combs’ victims, there are people who were truly harmed by him. Diverting attention from this reality detracts from the justice these victims deserve,” reads the brief statement sent to People magazine by a representative of the “Sorry” singer.

This statement marks Bieber’s first regarding Combs, with whom he collaborated professionally and with whom he apparently maintained a friendship, since the latter’s arrest last September.

Diddy was charged that same month with alleged sex trafficking and extortion, to which he has pleaded not guilty and for which he is currently on trial in a New York court.

Following Combs’ arrest, a source close to Bieber told People that the Canadian singer was currently focused solely on his family after the birth of his son, Jack Blues, a month earlier, and that, despite being aware of what was happening around the New York rapper, he had nothing to comment on.

For months, there has been speculation that Bieber, 31, was one of the victims of sexual abuse allegedly attributed to Diddy, with whom he formed an apparent friendship when he was still a minor.

This week, singer Cassie Ventura, Combs’s ex-partner for over a decade until 2018, testified in court about, among other things, the so-called “freak offs,” sexual encounters that Combs orchestrated between women—including Ventura—and male prostitutes while he masturbated.

Ventura’s 2023 lawsuit against Combs for physical and sexual abuse was settled out of court, but it also triggered the investigation into the 55-year-old rapper.