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Elon Musk’s friendship with Sean “Diddy” Combs resurfaced on Wednesday after the billionaire questioned “how many people in music & entertainment knew about” Combs’ alleged serial sex abuse.
Reacting to a report about more than a hundred sexual abuse claims against Combs – including an allegation that the rapper abused a boy who was just nine years old – Musk questioned, “How many people in music & entertainment knew about this?”
Social media users were quick to respond with reports of Musk’s own relationship with Combs, who he reportedly bragged about being “good friends” with.
In their new book Character Limit, authors Kate Conger and Ryan Mac alleged that Musk boasted about his friendship with Combs to Revolt CEO Detavio Samuels after Samuels expressed concern over racism on X, formerly known as Twitter, under Musk’s ownership.
“I don’t know if you know this, but Puff is an investor in Twitter,” Musk reportedly told Samuels, using a nickname for Combs. “You know, he’s a good friend of mine. We text a lot.”
In August, Combs was confirmed to have been an investor in the social network under Musk.
Combs allegedly invested more than $10 million into Musk’s purchase of the platform and was photographed sitting next to Musk at a Dave Chappelle show in May 2022.
The rapper was arrested last month after being indicted for sex trafficking and racketeering charges. Combs was subsequently placed on suicide watch in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center as CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig predicted he could spend the rest of his life in prison if found guilty of the charges.
