Justin Bieber is said to be so deeply ‘disturbed’ by the news of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ arrest on sex-trafficking charges that he’s cut himself off from the world.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Combs, 54, was arrested on Monday in New York and hit with an indictment accusing him of years of coercion and abuse while using blackmail and violence to control his victims.
He has also been accused of inducing female victims and male sex workers into drugged-up, sometimes days-long sexual performances referred to as ‘Freak Offs.’
THE FEARS
Speaking exclusively, an insider said that new dad Bieber, 30, has been completely ‘thrown’ by the harrowing allegations and is grappling to make sense of them – especially given that he collaborated with Combs less than a year ago.
The source said of the fragile singer: ‘Bieber is so disturbed by the Diddy news and is unwilling to process it or discuss it so he has shut off.
‘So many people who helped to make him who he is were very close to Diddy and it has completely thrown him.
‘Justin hasn’t been responding on this since the home raids. He’s not going to.’
SOME REGRETS
The insider added that Bieber also deeply regrets having collaborated with the disgraced mogul last year, and would never have done so had he known the allegations that have since come to light.
They continued: ‘He had a long break from Diddy when he believes most of this took place and he had distanced himself from him.
‘He was featured on Diddy’s most recent album, and had he known any of this, there is no way he would have done it.’
Bieber, who was just a child when he forged a friendship with Combs, featured on Combs’ track Moment, which appeared on his 2023 album The Love Album: Off the Grid.
