Diddy’s mother allegedly hosted “sex parties” at his childhood home. The accusation was made by Tim Patterson, Diddy’s childhood friend, in the new Peacock documentary “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy”
Achildhood friend of Sean “Diddy” Combs says in the Peacock documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy that the disgraced mogul’s mother, Janice Combs, threw parties throughout his young life that “desensitized” him to sex.
Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy hit Peacock on Tuesday. It includes interviews with dozens of people throughout Combs’ life, including multiple childhood friends, professional colleagues, his former bodyguard, an intern, and a makeup artist for his former girlfriend.
Combs in Custody and Facing Multiple Lawsuits
Combs, 55, is currently incarcerated in Brooklyn while awaiting his May sex trafficking trial. He is also the subject of over 30 lawsuits accusing him of sex crimes—allegations he denies.
Peacock Documentary Shines a Light on Diddy’s Childhood
A recent Peacock documentary explores Sean “Diddy” Combs’s early life, focusing on his mother Janice and the environment in which he was raised.
Tim “Dawg” Patterson’s Account
Tim “Dawg” Patterson recalls living with Sean and Janice Combs in their Harlem home. Patterson believes Combs’s alleged sexual issues “go back to childhood.”
“On the weekend, we partied in the house, and we did that a lot,” Patterson said. “He was around all types of alcohol, he was around reefer smoke. Drug addicts around, lesbians around, homosexuals, he was around pimps, pushers. That was just who was in our house.”
“That’s what we were privy to. This is what we were fed. Was it desensitizing us? I’m sure it was. Were we aware of it? No, that was just Saturday night,” Patterson added.
Expert Commentary
Dr. Carolyn West, a domestic violence and sex trafficking expert featured in the documentary, explains how a “very sexualized environment” can shape an individual’s boundaries and understanding of what’s acceptable.
“If you grow up in a very sexualized environment, that’s going to shape [your] sexual template in terms of what are appropriate boundaries and what’s acceptable,” West says. “When you have a lot of unresolved trauma, the trauma doesn’t go away just because you have all that access to wealth and power and no guardrails. The trauma is there, still unresolved, and you just have more resources to do more damage with.”
Combs’ Legal Team Responds
In a statement to Newsweek in early January, Combs’ attorneys criticized the documentaries for featuring unverified claims and “baseless conspiracy theories” presented without sufficient evidence.
“In the case of the Peacock documentary in particular, the motivations and credibility of those being interviewed must be questioned,” the statement reads. “Many claim to have knowledge but lack any connection to the truth, while their wild, unfounded theories are cut and sensationalized to appear factual.”
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Upcoming Documentary: The Fall of Diddy
A separate docuseries titled The Fall of Diddy will premiere on ID Discovery over two nights starting January 27 at 9 p.m., with episodes also available for streaming on Max.
Peacock Documentary Sheds Light on Diddy’s Mom and Childhood
The documentary delves further into Tim “Dawg” Patterson’s experiences living in the Combs household, offering more details about the influences and environment that may have shaped Combs’s upbringing. Patterson reiterates the presence of alcohol, drugs, and various adult behaviors in the home, suggesting these factors could have played a role in Combs’s later alleged behaviors.