Since his 2016 split from Mariah, The Masked Singer host has welcomed children Golden, 7, Rise, 2 and Powerful, 3, whom he shares with Brittaney Bell. Twins Zion Mixolydian, Zillion Heir, 3, and Beautiful Zeppelin, 23-months, with Abby De La Rosa. He is also dad to Legendary, 2, with Selling Sunset’s Bre Tiesi. Daughter Onyx Cole, 2, whom he shares with LaNisha Cole as well as Halo Marie, 23-months, and late son Zen with Alyssa Scott.
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Alleged Combs Texts Read in Court
In May 2024, CNN published a clip of hotel surveillance video from 2016 that appeared to show Combs attacking his then-girlfriend Cassie, born Cassandra Ventura. (The assault matched up with an alleged incident detailed in the lawsuit she filed against Combs on Nov. 16, 2023; both parties announced a settlement the next day.)
“I was f–ked up. I hit rock bottom,” Combs said in a video posted to Instagram in response to the footage. “But I make no excuses. My behavior on that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video.” He had gone to therapy and rehab since, he added, and was “committed to be a better man each and every day.”
During a Sept. 18 hearing on Combs’ second request for bail, Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson said, per NBC News, that Combs allegedly sent a text in the days following the assault that read, “Call me, the cops are here.” Another read, “I have six kids. Call, I’m surrounded.”
Johnson did not say Cassie’s name in court. She said that Combs’ victim replied via text, “Sick you think it’s OK to do what you’ve done.”
Bail was once again denied, this time by U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr.