Ray J has claimed he is aware of of a number of celebrities who’re so frightened of their ties to Sean “Diddy” Combs that they’ve been providing accusers money to remain quiet as a part of a “catch and kill” scheme.
The R&B singer, who’s associates with the fallen music mogul, advised a brand new TMZ documentary that high-profile names have been reaching out to him after allegations began swirling that celebrities might have been a part of Combs’ so-called “Freak-Off” intercourse events.
“I’m hearing about artists paying victims to keep their names out of it,” the 43-year-old alleged in “TMZ Presents The Downfall of Diddy: Inside the Freak Offs.”
“Here’s what I do know, people do catch and kills all day… for the regular world, somebody has a truth, somebody pays you to keep it quiet and hopefully that money you got paid secures your happiness while you watch the lie continue to succeed.”
Requested if he knew of cases the place girls have been coming to celebs with an ultimatum, Ray J instructed it was the unnamed stars truly going to alleged victims in a bid to chop them off first.
“Here’s the other way around that… ‘I’ll give you money, please don’t talk’,” he claimed of what the celebrities are allegedly doing.
Ray J, who as soon as starred in a intercourse tape with Kim Kardashian, insinuated that the high-profile names are reaching out to him due to his friendship with Combs — they usually concern he may very well be the rationale their names doubtlessly get leaked.
“That’s exactly what I’m saying,” Ray J mentioned when requested he if believed others considered him as a attainable “vessel” for leaks.
“And I don’t even know why I just said it, but I said it, so what. Now they’re gonna be mad.”
The singer refused to reveal names, or what behaviors the celebrities allegedly engaged in, saying as an alternative, “I’ve said too much.”
It comes after Combs, who has pleaded not responsible, was slapped with federal intercourse trafficking costs in September.
The federal indictment in opposition to him detailed troubling allegations that Combs manipulated alleged victims and plied them with medicine to take part in “Freak-Offs” — violent intercourse classes that have been generally recorded in opposition to contributors’ will.
Some have since alleged they witnessed celebrities on the sex-fueled events.
Since his arrest, a flurry of civil lawsuits have additionally been filed in opposition to the Unhealthy Boy Information founder alleging abuse relationship again many years.
Combs’ attorneys have repeatedly derided the authorized actions as “clear attempts to garner publicity.”
Combs, who is ready to face trial subsequent Might, is being held with out bail in federal custody in Brooklyn.
His attorneys didn’t instantly reply to The Submit concerning Ray J’s claims.