Anish Vij
A man who says he once snuck into a Diddy party has opened up about who, and, more importantly, what he saw.
Music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs is currently behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, awaiting trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
The 54-year-old pleaded not guilty on 17 September after being accused of using his 'power and prestige' to drug sex workers during his 'Freak Off' parties.
And just last week, 120 accusers came forward with sexual misconduct allegations against him.
Now, a man named Chris Harris says he once snuck into one of Combs' parties 25 years ago, under the fake moniker of millionaire financier Ted Ammon.
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In a column for the New York Post, he wrote: "It was July 3, 1999, and I was a 22-year-old reporter for the East Hampton Star.
"While drying off after a quick surf session at Bridgehampton’s Mecox Beach, I overheard two men talking about needing to get home to 'get ready for Puffy’s barbecue'.
"At that time, long before his recent sex trafficking indictment, presently-jailed hip-hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs responded to 'Puff Daddy'.
"His star-studded parties were a thing of legend. Smelling of the beach, I sprinted to my 1991 Volkswagen Jetta and headed toward Diddy’s 4,500-square-foot waterfront mansion in East Hampton.
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"My sole intention was to stand outside and jot down the names of arriving guests for a possible story.
"Never would I have imagined I’d end up partying well into the night with hip-hop legends like Jay-Z, and Hamptons scenesters like designer Betsey Johnson."
Explaining how he got in, Harris says a blonde woman walked up to him and said: “You wanna get in?
“So, your name is Ted Ammon and I am your guest, cool?”
Harris continued: "Creepily, Ammon would be found murdered inside his Hamptons estate just about two years later, on Oct. 22, 2001.
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"He’d been bludgeoned to death in his bed by his estranged wife’s electrician boyfriend. The society-murder case made headlines for years."
The party-crasher said he witnessed nothing out of the ordinary on the night, adding: "Never once was I questioned that evening, and so as the night unfolded, I got bolder. I flirted with Carmen Electra.
"I got a contact high from hanging out with Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes. Betsey Johnson squeezed my cheeks like an annoying aunt.
"I even thanked Diddy for throwing 'one hell of a party', and shook the man’s hand. His two-word response? 'Okay, yeah'.
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"I saw no lubricant, no sex toys, and no 'pink cocaine'.
"I did see a few people passed out, including the girl who helped me get inside. I don’t know if Ted Ammon ever showed up for the shindig, but I like to think he did."
Meanwhile, a lawyer for Diddy has denied all allegations in a statement issued to LADbible Group, which reads: "As Mr. Combs’ legal team has emphasised, he cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus.
"That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors.
"He looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation."