Shawn's mother

The mother of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs released a statement Sunday defending her son. Criminal charges And he is currently in federal custody in New York facing multiple sexual misconduct charges

Combs, 54, was arrested at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn Since pleading not guilty Sept. 17 to federal charges of sex trafficking, conspiracy to commit racketeering and engaging in prostitution.

In a statement released through her lawyers, Janice Smalls Combs said that “it feels like publicly beating my son before he has a chance to prove his innocence.”

He then noted that his son had “made mistakes in his past” and referenced an episode caught on security video that showed Combs attacking singer Casey, his ex-girlfriend, in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. Combs apologized For the incident, called his behavior “inexcusable” and he took “full responsibility” for his actions.

In November, Casey, whose legal name is Cassandra Ventura, filed a case accusing Combs of rape and abuse during their relationship; He denied the allegations. they are A settlement is reached the next day

The indictment against Combs refers to an incident caught on hotel security cameras. According to the complaint, Combs tried to bribe a hotel security guard, who intervened in the incident to keep them calm.

“My son may not have been completely truthful about some things, such as denying that he was ever violent with an ex-girlfriend when hotel surveillance showed otherwise,” Janice Smalls Combs said in the statement. “Sometimes, truth and lies become so closely intertwined that it becomes scary to admit a part of the story, especially when that truth is out of the ordinary or too complicated to believe. That's why I trust my son's civil legal team. To fight to the end Instead I decided to settle the ex-girlfriend's case, causing a ricochet effect with the federal government interpreting this decision as an admission of guilt against my son.”

She added that it has been “painful” to see people making jokes about her son's condition “because of the false and misconceptions”.

At the end of the statement, he asked fans and the public “not to judge him before you've had a chance to hear him out.”

“My son is not the monster they paint him to be,” she says. “I can only pray that I live to see him tell his truth and be vindicated.”

In the indictment, prosecutors allege that since 2008 Combs was part of a criminal organization that engaged in or attempted to engage in sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, obstruction of justice and other crimes.

Prosecutors accused Combs of using his business empire as a criminal enterprise to cover up his alleged abuse of women at events Combs referred to as “freak offs.”

“'Freak offs' sometimes last for days at a time, involve multiple commercial sex workers, and often involve a variety of drugs, such as ketamine, ecstasy and GHB, which Combs distributes to victims to keep them compliant and compliant,” the US Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York told reporters when the indictment was released.

October 1, Texas attorney Tony Buzbee said he Representation 120 Accused who have come forward with new sexual misconduct allegations against Combs. Buzby said he expects the lawsuit to be filed within the next month. Buzby described the victims as 60 men and 60 women, and 25 were minors at the time of the alleged misconduct.