<p id=”par-1_67″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/hip-hop/?swcfpc=1″>Hip-hop</a> mogul <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/sean-diddy-combs-gets-special-jail-laptop-preloaded-key-legal-documents.html/”>Sean “Diddy” Combs pleads not guilty</a> to charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution following his arrest in September 2024. The public anxiously awaits more celebrity names in connection to <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/lawyer-explains-2-buckets-people-bringing-egregious-charges-sean-diddy-combs.html/”>Combs’ alleged crimes</a>. Recently, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/unnamed-celebrity-b-jay-z-diddy-case-lawyering-up-criminal-defense-lawyer-says.html/”>Jay-Z was named by a plaintiff</a>. Now, Will Smith is looking to clear his name from Combs’ wrongdoings. Here’s what Smith said during a show. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-will-smith-publicly-announced-that-he-d-never-attended-sean-diddy-combs-freak-offs”>Will Smith publicly announced that he’d never attended Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ freak-offs</h2>
<p id=”par-2_62″>Sean “Diddy” Combs held some of the biggest parties in Hollywood from the 1990s to the early 2000s. Combs’ “White Parties” came with a strict all-white dress code and occasionally doubled as charity events. Unfortunately, several reports suggest the afterparty of these parties contained nefarious activities, like Combs’ “freak-offs.” The “freak-offs,” or multiday and night sex parties, allegedly involved drugs and prostitutes.</p>
<p id=”par-3_37″>Will Smith is looking to clear his name. He ranted about how he has no connection to Combs or Combs’ parties during a show at The Observatory North Park in San Diego on Dec. 12, 2024. </p>
<p id=”par-4_16″>Smith began his rant by stating that it’s difficult for the public to discern “what’s real.”</p>
<p id=”par-5_85″>“I’ve been seeing ya’ll’s memes and stuff,” he said to the crowd while on stage, according to a clip from <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4YBB3gYQRs” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>TMZ</a>. “… I see the memes. Some of it’s funny. But, I haven’t addressed any of this publicly, but I just want to say this very clearly: I don’t have s*** to do with Puffy. So, ya’ll can stop all your memes. Ya’ll can stop all of that bulls***. I ain’t been nowhere near no damn freak-off. … I ain’t been nowhere near that man.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_16″>Smith added that if anyone says he has past connections to Combs, “it’s a damn lie.”</p>
<p id=”par-7_10″>“And I don’t even like baby oil,” he joked. </p>
<p id=”par-8_16″>Smith said he usually doesn’t respond “to dumba** stuff.” However, the “memes” allegedly got to Smith.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-sean-diddy-combs-said-he-spoke-to-will-smith-after-the-infamous-chris-rock-slap”>Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs said he spoke to Will Smith after the infamous Chris Rock slap</h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sean-Diddy-Combs-Will-Smith.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Will Smith smiling and posing next to each other in 2003″ class=”wp-image-3752579″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Will Smith during VH1 Big In ’03 – Backstage and Audience at Universal Amphitheater | KMazur/WireImage for VH-1 Channel – New York</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-9_50″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/will-smith-chris-rock-oscars-slap-not-ready-to-talk.html/”>Will Smith infamously slapped Chris Rock</a> during the Academy Awards in 2022. Rock made a <em>G.I. Jane</em> joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, prompting the <em>Men In Black</em> star to slap him on stage. Smith then shouted at Rock after the slap, causing the audience to go silent. </p>
<p id=”par-10_22″>While at the Vanity Fair Oscars bash in 2022, Sean “Diddy” Combs confirmed that Smith and Rock got over their beef. </p>
<p id=”par-11_17″>“That’s not a problem,” Combs said. “That’s over. I can confirm that. It’s all love. They’re brothers.”</p>
<p id=”par-12_30″>A source told <a href=”https://pagesix.com/2022/03/28/diddy-will-smith-chris-rock-settled-feud-after-oscars-2022/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=P6Twitter” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Page Six</a> that Combs allegedly spoke to Smith and Rock independently “after it happened, which has been confirmed.” Smith and Rock allegedly “didn’t speak to each other.”</p>
<p id=”par-13_24″>If Combs is to be believed, he has some sort of a friendship with Smith. It’s unclear how close they were at the time.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-attorney-tony-buzbee-warns-of-the-dangers-of-naming-celebrities-in-connection-to-the-hip-hop-mogul”>Attorney Tony Buzbee warns of the dangers of naming celebrities in connection to the hip-hop mogul</h2>
<p id=”par-14_48″>The public wants to know who else is accused of committing crimes alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs. Attorney Tony Buzbee told <a href=”https://www.tmz.com/2024/10/07/diddy-indictment-lawyer-tony-buzbee-says-more-celebs-being-sued/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>TMZ Live</a> that celebrities are already settling. When it comes to <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/naming-celebrities-connection-sean-diddy-combs-case-will-create-firestorm-attorney-says.html/”>publicly naming famous folks in connection to Combs</a>, Buzbee said he has to thoroughly do his “homework.</p>
<p id=”par-15_49″>“But, we want to make sure that if we name individuals beyond Mr. Combs, that we make sure that we’ve done our homework, because it’s going to create a firestorm,” Buzbee warned. “We understand that. We’re going to make sure that we dot our I’s and cross our T’s.”</p>
<p id=”par-16_32″><strong><em>How to get help:</em></strong><em> In the U.S., call the RAINN National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 to connect with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area. </em></p>
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