Usher's Shocking Diddy House-Sharing Experience: RnB Sensation Endured 'Wild' and 'Crazy' Days Living With Rapper — When He Was Only 14
As the fallout from Sean 'Diddy' Combs' arrest continues, new light has been shed on Usher's claims about what really went down when he was living with the music mogul 30 years ago.
RadarOnline.com can reveal the RnB singer, who was just 14 at the time, allegedly experienced some "wild" and "crazy" moments when asked about "chicks and orgys" while bunking with the rapper.
Usher responded: "Not really...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. There were very curious things taking place and I didn't necessarily understand it."
Usher's comments took place during an interview with Howard Stern in 2016.
He talked about living with Combs in the spring of 1994 when his manager L.A. Reid, now 68, thought it would help him "see the lifestyle" – even though he was only 14 at the time.
Stern, now 70, asked the singer, now 45, whether Combs' "place was filled with chicks and orgies nonstop".
The Howard Stern interview came 12 years after Usher first spoke about living with Combs, now 54, and being introduced to "a totally different set of s---, sex, specifically".
Usher told Rolling Stone: "Sex is so hot in the industry, man. There was always girls around. You'd open a door and see somebody doing it, or several people in a room having an orgy. You never knew what was going to happen."
Usher was not the only young star to spend time with Combs to learn more about being a star.
In a YouTube video from 2009, Combs claims he was "given custody" of Bieber for the 48 hours.
The disgraced music mogul, who was 40 at the time, continued: "I have been given custody of him. You know, he's signed to Usher and I had legal guardianship of Usher when he did his first album. I did Usher's first album.
"For the next 48 hours, he's with me. And we're gonna go full. Buck full crazy."
Amid the accusations against Combs, fans took to social media and branded the video "disturbing" and "creepy" and suggested it was evidence the rapper "groomed" the young Baby singer.
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As RadarOnline.com reported, Usher's comments have resurfaced as Combs' "freak-offs" make headlines following his arrest on Monday night in Manhattan.
Combs was charged with one count each of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and transportation to engage in prostitution in a 14-page indictment unsealed in the Southern District of New York Tuesday.
In the indictment, prosecutors claim Combs allegedly coerced women to participate in "freak offs" – described as "highly orchestrated performances" – which prosecutors also claim he "arranged, directed, masturbated during, and often electronically recorded".
He would then allegedly use the recordings as "collateral to ensure the continued obedience and silence of the victims", threatening their "careers and livelihoods, including if they resisted participating in Freak Offs", according to the indictment.
Assistant District Attorney Emily A. Johnson called Combs "a serial abuser" who had demonstrated a "pattern of abuse" for years.
Combs was denied bail on Tuesday after offering $50million in real estate as collateral.
On Wednesday, he was denied bail for a second time.
His team offered a modified bail agreement in which he would live alone at his Miami mansion with 24/7 security, no cell phone or internet and a monitored guest list while he prepares for trial.
Combs and his family have also surrendered their passports and the disgraced rapper claims he will sell his private plane.
Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr. said: "There is no condition or combination of conditions to ensure he will not obstruct justice or tamper with witnesses."
Combs was remanded to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn and will remain behind bars until his trial.
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