Sean “Diddy” Combs is plotting revenge from behind bars with a poison pen tell-all that sources say will unmask the A-list turncoats who threw him under the bus after attending his drug-fueled “Freak Offs.”
The blockbuster book has the potential to reveal which celebs not only attended the raunchy rapper’s sleazy parties, but also stuck around for the sexual shenanigans that followed.
“For years, Puff sat there and watched as these [A-listers] helped themselves to his harem,” says one insider.
“Some of those same people either threw stones or just ran for cover when the feds dropped the hammer on him. Now he’s looking to settle scores.”
As the world knows, the Bad Boy Records founder was sentenced on Oct. 3 to 50 months in prison with credit for approximately 14 months served on two lesser charges of violating the Mann Act, which prohibits the transport of people for purposes of prostitution over state lines.
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Those sex workers, it was revealed at trial, were flown to 56-year-old Diddy’s location for drug-fueled, days-long orgies known as “Freak Offs” that often followed his star-studded bashes.
A long list of celebs, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Bieber, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, Usher, Jay-Z and Beyoncé reportedly attended the bashes. There is no evidence that any of them participated in the “Freak Offs.”
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“These are all people who built careers alongside him,” a source said. “But when it mattered most, they all disappeared. It’s the ultimate Hollywood snub.”
Sources say Diddy wants to use the memoir as a plea for pity, painting himself as a victim in hopes it will elicit the public sympathy that can grease the skids for him to launch a comeback.
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The scandal-scarred mogul reportedly survived an attempt on his life by a knife-wielding inmate inside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, although he’s reportedly been transferred to a federal lock-up in Fort Dix, N.J.
“He’s not journaling his feelings — he’s scripting his redemption,” says one insider who notes Diddy’s plotting to paint his imprisonment as a tale of triumph over tragedy. “This isn’t therapy — it’s strategy.”
An industry insider warns: “Expect a drip-feed of prison horror stories. He’s already framing himself as the misunderstood martyr.”
“Every page will scream: ‘I suffered, I survived, I deserve another shot.’”