Aubrey O’Day Was ‘In Tears’ as She Watched Netflix’s New Diddy Documentary
Netflix’s bombshell documentary about Sean “Diddy” Combs has left even those who knew the disgraced hip-hop mogul shaken.
“My God,” singer and reality TV star Aubrey O’Day wrote on her Instagram Story on December 2. “I’m in tears watching how this all came to be.”
Aubrey O’Day opens up about her experiences with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Aubrey O’Day was pulled into Diddy’s orbit when she joined the cast of the competition show Making the Band. That eventually led to her joining girl group Danity Kane. But what seemed like a golden opportunity quickly turned into a nightmare, O’Day says in Sean Combs: The Reckoning, which premiered Tuesday.
In the four-part docuseries, O’Day opens up about her experiences with Combs. That includes her claim that the Bad Boy Records founder sent her sexually explicit emails during her time on Making the Band. She also alleges that she was kicked out of Danity Kane for declining to “participate sexually” with Combs. At the end of episode 4, she also discusses a disturbing 2005 incident where a witness says she saw Diddy and another man assaulting O’Day, who was unconscious. She doesn’t remember the incident and says she doesn’t want to know what really happened.
“Does this mean that I was raped? … I don’t even know if I was raped and I don’t want to know,” she says.
Diddy threatens Netflix over ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’
O’Day’s allegations about Combs are just one shocking part of the docuseries, which was directed by Alexandra Stapleton and executive produced by Diddy’s rival Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. Diddy: The Reckoning also explores how an ambitious kid from the Bronx went from record company intern to music mogul and his possible role in the still-unsolved murder of Tupac Shakur.
There’s also candid footage of Diddy’s speaking with his legal team just days before his September 2024 arrest on sex trafficking charges. Jurors in Diddy’s recent criminal trial also open up about why they acquitted him on most of the more serious charges against him. (He is currently serving 50 months in prison after being found guilty of two prostitution-related offences.)
Combs has repeatedly denied that he was involved in Shakur’s death, as well the various allegations of rape and sexual assault. His legal team has sent a cease and desist letter to Netflix demanding it not release the series, which they claim contains “stolen footage.”
Sean Combs: The Reckoning is streaming on Netflix.
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