Prince Harry’s name appears in US court documents related to the lawsuit against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, as revealed by Daily Mail on Tuesday. The music mogul is under federal investigation following lawsuits by at least three women and one man for alleged sexual assault and sex trafficking.
Record producer Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones, one of those who filed the €27 million ($30 million) lawsuit against Diddy, claimed in his statement that the defendant’s “affiliation” with Prince Harry and other celebrities in the past gave “legitimacy” to him and his associates.
There is no other suggestion of irregularity on the part of the prince beyond that consideration of one of the plaintiffs and the Duke of Sussex’s alleged relationship with Diddy. Still, the lawsuit claims the producer’s guests were attracted to Diddy’s “sex trafficking parties” because of the rapper’s “access to celebrities such as famous athletes, political figures, artists, musicians, and international royal dignitaries.” British, like Prince Henry. The son of Charles III is only mentioned that once in the 73-page document.
There is graphic evidence of a single meeting between Prince Henry and Diddy, and in that photograph Kanye West and Prince William also posed with them. The image was taken during a post-show party to thank those who participated in Lady Di’s memorial concert at Wembley Stadium in 2007. Still, the lawsuit only names Prince Harry as the “legitimizer” of Diddy and not Guillermo.
As part of the investigation into Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, the police entered the producer’s home and properties supposedly under his name, or connected to it, in Los Angeles, Miami and New York. Combs’ work is considered instrumental in transforming hip hop into a major global commercial force, but his career has been tainted with several allegations of violence and sexual violence.
This brief, and initially innocent, mention of Prince Henry in the papers of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs recalls, saving the distance, the alleged involvement of Prince Andrew of York, Henry’s uncle, in the Epstein case. The brother of Charles III lost the honors of the British royal house after reaching a private extrajudicial financial settlement with Virginia Giuffre, who had denounced him for alleged sexual abuse when he was a minor.
