Since information of Diddy’s authorized troubles first started to emerge, there started to be on-line hypothesis as as to whether or not Justin had been impacted as his earlier collaborator. The 2 met within the early days of Justin’s profession, with {the teenager} importing a video titled “JUSTIN BIEBER’s 48 HRS with DIDDY!!” in 2009. In it, Diddy stated, “The place we hanging out and what we doing, we won’t actually disclose, however it’s positively a 15-year-old’s dream.”
A 2011 interview additional resurfaced, wherein Diddy referred to himself because the 17-year-old’s “good friend” and stated, “And he is aware of higher than to be speaking concerning the issues that he does with huge brother Puff on nationwide tv. Every thing ain’t for everyone.”
Earlier in the present day, TMZ was first to interrupt the information {that a} consultant for Justin had issued an announcement starting, “Though Justin just isn’t amongst Sean Combs’ victims, there are people who have been genuinely harmed by him.”
After Diddy was arrested final September, a supply informed Folks that Justin was “conscious” of the allegations however centered on his spouse and child, noting, “It’s not something that he desires to concentrate on, although.”
BuzzFeed has reached out to representatives for Diddy and Bieber for remark.