The rise and fall of Sean “Diddy” Combs is dissected by more than 15 of his alleged victims and former employees in a new docu-series from “Quiet on Set” producer Investigation Discovery. “The Fall of Diddy,” a four-part special, features lengthy interviews in nearly hour-long episodes that build up to the first recorded allegations against Combs from Kat Pasion, a model the mogul dated shortly after splitting with Cassie Ventura in 2019.
Ventura’s 2023 lawsuit opened the floodgates for dozens of legal filings accusing Combs of sexually assaulting and threatening violence against his alleged victims. Danity Kane member D. Woods, former Vibe editor-in-chief Danyel Smith, producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones and Diddy’s former driver and chef are among the many interviewed.
Thalia Graves, who claims Diddy violently raped her in 2001 and then threatened her into silence, also speaks out in the docu-series, sharing her alleged encounter with Combs. Representatives for Combs issued a response included in the series of documents strongly denying all allegations against him, citing his “full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process.”
Combs remains in jail awaiting trial in May on charges of sex trafficking and extortion.
“The Fall of Diddy” will premiere over two nights starting on January 27 at 9 PM ET on ID. Here are five things highlighted in the docuseries:
Kat Pasion recalls Combs commenting “Surviving R. Kelly“documentary and accuse him of sexual assault.
In the final moments of the final episode of “The Fall of Diddy,” Kat Pasion is interviewed about her short-lived relationship with Combs in 2019. She notes that the beginning of their relationship was much like the beginning of Combs courting Ventura — “He tried to bring me in, make me comfortable and show me that he is a good guy, says Pasion. – It was very positive in the beginning.
She claims she and Combs watched “a bit” of the documentary “Surviving R. Kelly” together. As Combs left the room with the documentary still playing, Pasion claims he commented, “There’s a little bit of R. Kelly in all of us” and then walked out the door. “I didn’t really absorb the gravity of that statement until later,” she said.
Pasion also accuses Combs of forcing himself on her while under the influence of “tusi,” a recreational drug that contains a mixture of various psychoactive substances, also known as pink cocaine. She claims he threatened to have her deported back to Canada if he ever crossed her.
“This man is sick. He uses his resources and what he thinks he can do for you and thinks it can patch up and solve the horrible things he does to people because he thinks he’s God,” she said.
Combs’ former chef, Jourdan Cha’taun, and former bodyguard, Roger Bonds, claim that Combs confronted them about his assault on Ventura.
In Ventura’s 2023 filing, she identifies Roger Bonds by name, claiming he jumped in to stop Combs from attacking her in the back of a car in 2009 in Los Angeles. Bonds confirms this story, saying he took Ventura to the London Hotel in Los Angeles shortly after the assault.
He shared details of the alleged altercation in a private conversation with chef Jourdan Cha’taun (“I thought he was going to kill her,” Cha’taun recalled Bonds saying in 2009). When Combs found out the couple had been talking behind his back, they claim he angrily confronted them, telling them to “stay out of his business.”
Bonds, who was Combs’ bodyguard between 2003 and 2012, also confirmed that he saw several men at hotels with Combs and Ventura. This alludes to the “freak offs” mentioned in Ventura’s 2023 filing.
Ventura alleged that she was forced to participate in “freak offs” where she interacted without consent with male prostitutes on camera, took drugs and endured sexual assault.
“I’ve seen questionable things, but I never knew exactly what happened. There have been times when Cassie and Diddy just went to the hotel for the weekend, and I saw guys get off the elevator,” Bonds said.
Producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones talks about Combs assaulting and drugging him several times during the making of “The Love Album: Off the Grid,” and says he still hasn’t been paid for his work.
During the recording of Combs’ 2023 album, Jones claims that Combs sexually assaulted and drugged him several times, as he did in his trial against the mogul. In response to Jones requesting payment for his work on the album, Combs allegedly said, “You’re not taking any money from me, I’m Puff Daddy… I’m going to eat you.”
First-hand accounts of the 1999 New York nightclub shooting with Combs.
Wardel Fenderson was the driver behind the wheel of the getaway car with Combs and Jennifer Lopez and a bodyguard named Anthony “Wolf” Jones inside. Fenderson, interviewed on camera for the first time, says he was repeatedly offered up to $50,000 by Combs to claim ownership of a gun (allegedly a gun belonging to Combs and/or Wolf) that police found in Combs’ vehicle shortly after the shooting.
Additionally, Natania Griffin, a victim of the shooting involving Combs, described the moment she was shot and identified Combs as the shooter. “I have nine bullet fragments left in my face and head,” she says. “(Combs) took my peace of mind. He took my sense of security.”
