A video of Sean “Diddy” Combs joking that you need locks on doors at parties to keep women there has resurfaced amid his arrest on racketeering and sex trafficking charges.
Conan O’Brien asked the embattled rapper-turned-mogul during a 2002 interview to explain the ingredients for a “killer party.”
“Women, beautiful women, of course,” Combs told the talk show host. “Beautiful men for the ladies, of course.”
When O’Brien suggested not having other men at the party, Combs replied, “There’s enough ladies to go around. You have to give the ladies what they need too. You have to take care of your women. You can’t force the situation.”
Combs, 54, went on to say you need “alcohols” and water because “a lot of ladies drink water at parties, so if you don’t have what they need, they’re going to leave. Got to keep them there, you need locks on the doors.”
He added, “It’s a little kinky.”
Combs also told O’Brien to make the room hotter and keep the AC off so people get “comfortable and loose.”
The creepy interview resurfaced after Combs was arrested Monday for racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Prosecutors claimed in the indictment that the rapper “abused, threatened and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation and conceal his conduct” for decades, “creating a criminal enterprise whose members and associates engaged in … sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice.”
Combs — faces a minimum of 15 years in prison — pleaded not guilty to the charges in federal court in Lower Manhattan Tuesday.
A judge ordered the Bad Boy Records founder be held without bail pending trial, and was denied when his lawyer tried to appeal the decision on Wednesday.
“Mr. Combs is a fighter … he’s not afraid of the charges,” attorney Marc Agnifilo said of his client. “He’s been looking forward to this day, he’s been looking forward to clearing his name. He didn’t do these things. This was a 10-year relationship. There was no coercion, there was no crime.”
The “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper is reportedly on suicide watch as he remains behind bars.
Sources told People on Thursday that the decision was made for “preventative measures as Combs is in shock and his mental state is unclear.”
TMZ reported Friday Combs is “desperately” wanting to speak to his seven kids and his loved ones are “leaning on each other for support” and “turning to God for guidance and strength.”
