Sean Combs’ mother, Janice Combs defended him in a statement through her attorney on Sunday.
Janice said her son is not perfect and has “made mistakes in the past, as we all have,” but he is not guilty of the allegations against him.
“It is heartbreaking to see my son judged not for the truth, but for a narrative created out of lies,” she said in the statement, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.
“To bear witness to what seems to be like a public lynching of my son before he has had the opportunity to prove his innocence is a pain too unbearable to put into words. Like every human being, my son deserves to have his day in court, to finally share his side, and to prove his innocence.”
Combs’ legal problems began in November 2023 when ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura sued him for sexual assault throughout their decade-long relationship. He settled the lawsuit the next day.
Janice acknowledged that her son lied about physically assaulting Cassie.
“My son may not have been entirely truthful about certain things, such as denying he has ever gotten violent with an ex-girlfriend when the hotel’s surveillance showed otherwise,” she said. “Sometimes, the truth and a lie become so closely intertwined that it becomes terrifying to admit one part of the story… This is why I believe my son’s civil legal team opted to settle the ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit instead of contesting it until the end.”
Janice said settling the lawsuit so quickly resulted in “a ricochet effect as the federal government used this decision against my son by interpreting it as an admission of guilt.”
Sean Combs faces 120 lawsuits from clients of Houston attorney Tony Buzbee. He says many of his clients were raped after being drugged as far back as 1991.
Combs is locked up in solitary confinement at a federal detention center in Brooklyn, while awaiting trial.
