‘The Fall of Diddy’ Docuseries Includes Revelatory Interviews With Ex Kat Pasion, More Former Staffers: ‘He Thinks He’s God’
The rise and fall of Sean “Diddy” Combs is dissected by over 15 of his alleged victims and former employees in a new docuseries from “Quiet on Set” outlet Investigation Discovery. “The Fall of Diddy,” a four-part special, features lengthy interviews in nearly hour-long episodes that build up to the first recorded allegations against Combs from Kat Pasion, a model the mogul dated shortly after splitting with Cassie Ventura in 2019.
Ventura’s 2023 lawsuit opened the floodgates for dozens of legal filings accusing Combs of sexual abuse and threats of violence against his alleged victims. Danity Kane member D. Woods, former Vibe editor-in-chief Danyel Smith, producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, and Diddy’s former driver and chef are among the several people interviewed.
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Thalia Graves, who alleges that Diddy violently raped her in 2001 and then threatened her into silence, also speaks out in the docuseries, sharing her alleged encounter with Combs. An attorney representing Combs issued a response strongly denying all accusations against him and citing his “full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process.” Part of this statement is included in the docuseries and the complete response is as follows:
“These documentaries are rushing to cash in on the media circus surrounding Mr. Combs. The producers failed to provide sufficient time or details for his representatives to address unsubstantiated claims, many from unidentified participants whose allegations lack context. By withholding this information, they made it impossible for Mr. Combs to present facts to counter these fabricated accusations. This production is clearly intended to present a one-sided and prejudicial narrative. As we’ve said before, Mr. Combs cannot respond to every publicity stunt or facially ridiculous claim. He has full confidence in the facts and the judicial process, where the truth will prevail: the accusations against him are pure fiction.”
Combs remains in prison awaiting his May trial on criminal charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.
“The Fall of Diddy” will premiere across two nights starting Jan. 27 at 9 p.m. ET on ID. Here are five things highlighted in the docuseries:
Kat Pasion recalls Combs commenting on the “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary and accuses him of sexual abuse.
In the final moments of the last episode of “The Fall of Diddy,” Kat Pasion is interviewed about her short-lived relationship with Combs in 2019. She notes the start of their relationship was much like the start of Combs courting Ventura — “He was trying to reel me in, get me comfortable and show me he’s a good guy,” Pasion says. “It was very positive in the beginning.”
She alleges that she and Combs watched “a little bit” of the “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary together. As Combs was leaving the room with the documentary still playing, Pasion claims he commented, “There’s a little bit of R. Kelly in all of us” and then walked out the door. “I wasn’t absorbing really the severity of that statement until later,” she said.
Pasion also accuses Combs of forcing himself onto her while he was under the influence of “tusi,” a recreational drug that contains a mixture of different psychoactive substances, also referred to as pink cocaine. She claims that he threatened to get her deported back to Canada if he ever crossed her.
“This man is sick. He uses his resources and what he thinks he can do for you and thinks that that can band-aid and solve the horrible things he does to people because he thinks he’s God,” she said.
Combs’ former chef, Jourdan Cha’taun, and former bodyguard, Roger Bonds, allege Combs confronted them about his assaulting Ventura.
In Ventura’s 2023 filing, she identifies Roger Bonds by name, alleging he jumped in to stop Combs from attacking her in the back of a car in 2009 in Los Angeles. Bonds corroborates this story and says he took Ventura to the London Hotel in Los Angeles shortly after the assault.
He shared details of the alleged altercation in a private conversation with Chef Jourdan Cha’taun (“I thought he was going to kill her,” Cha’taun recalls Bonds saying in 2009). Once Combs found out the pair had been talking behind his back, they claim he angrily confronted them by telling them to “stay out of his business.”
Bonds, who was Combs’ bodyguard between 2003 and 2012, also corroborated seeing multiple men in hotels with Combs and Ventura. This alludes to the “freak offs” mentioned in Ventura’s 2023 filing.
Ventura alleged she was forced to participate in “freak offs” where she non-consensually interacted with male prostitutes on camera, ingested drugs and endured sexual assault.
“I’ve seen questionable things, but I never knew exactly what was going on. It’s been times where Cassie and Diddy would just go to the hotel for a weekend, and I would see guys get off the elevator,” said Bonds.
Producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones details Combs assaulting and drugging him multiple times during the making of “The Love Album: Off the Grid,” and says he still has not been paid for his work.
During the recording of Combs’ 2023 album, Jones alleges Combs sexually assaulted and drugged him multiple times, as he did in his lawsuit against the mogul. In response to Jones requesting payment for his work on the album, Combs allegedly said, “You don’t charge me no money, I’m Puff Daddy… I’ll eat your face off.”
First-hand accounts of the 1999 New York City nightclub shooting involving Combs.
Wardel Fenderson was the driver behind the wheel of the getaway car with Combs and Jennifer Lopez and a bodyguard named Anthony “Wolf” Jones inside. Fenderson is interviewed on camera for the first time and says he was repeatedly offered up to $50,000 by Combs to claim ownership of a gun (allegedly a gun that belonged to Combs and/or Wolf) that police found in Combs’ vehicle shortly after the shooting.
In addition, Natania Griffin, a victim of the shooting involving Combs, described the moment she was shot and identified Combs as the shooter. “I have nine bullet fragments that remain in my face and my head,” she says. “[Combs] took my peace of mind. He took my sense of safety.”
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