Embattled American music mogul, Sean Combs, aka Diddy, has been implicated within the 1996 homicide of rapper Tupac Shakur.
The Bad Boys Records boss is accused of paying $1 million for Shakur’s assassination by suspect Duane “Keefe D” Davis, who was arrested for the homicide final yr, in new courtroom paperwork, in accordance with the U.S. Sun.
In the papers filed on Thursday (July 18), Diddy is known as 77 occasions by his varied pseudonyms: Puffy, Puff Daddy, Puff and his authorities title, Sean Combs.
“Defendant [Keefe] has asserted publicly that he solely informed on himself and wasn’t making an attempt to supply proof in opposition to anybody else in his conversations with police. However, this assertion belies this declare, as he prompt that Sean Combs paid Eric Von Martin 1,000,000 {dollars} for the killings,” the paperwork learn partly.
In one of many transcripts, Davis reportedly testified to Diddy’s involvement in 2Pac’s homicide.
Police requested Davis, “Puffy Combs….Does he play a task on this factor?…” and Davis replied, “Yeah, I believe he did.” Davis mentioned Diddy informed him and a bunch of about 45 individuals how he “would give something” for Knight’s “head” as a result of he was “scared” of him and likewise had an issue with Shakur after he had launched a diss monitor about him.
Prosecutors filed the paperwork in a bid to oppose Davis’ newest bail request. His $112,500 bail bond was rejected final month over issues concerning the supply of the cash.
However, it’s nonetheless unknown if Diddy might be subpoenaed or indicted as a part of the case.