Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Employees Were Required to Carry Pink Cocaine, Drug Found in Liam Payne's System: Complaint

Mar. 15, 2025

Sean “Diddy” Combs, left, and Liam Payne.Photo:John Shearer/Getty Images; Jeff Spicer/Getty

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A complaint filed in February alleges that employees working forSean “Diddy” Combswere required to carry “pink cocaine,” a drug that was also found inLiam Payne’ssystem followinghis death.

ABC Newsreported that a partial autopsy revealed that Payne, who died Oct. 16 after falling from a third-story balcony at a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, had “multiple substances” in his body,including pink cocaine, a drug that theNational Capital Poison Centersays usually contains some mixture of methamphetamine, ketamine and MDMA. Cocaine is not necessarily found in the drug, despite its name.

The complaint alleges that “all employees, from the butler to the chef to the housekeepers,” were required to “walk around with a pouch or fanny pack filled with cocaine, GHB, ecstasy, marijuana gummies … and Tuci …”

In the aftermath of Jones’ suit, an attorney for Combs vehemently denied the allegations in a statement.

“Mr. Jones is nothing more than a con man, shamelessly looking for an easy and wholly undeserved payday,” the statement said. “We have overwhelming, indisputable proof that his claims are complete lies. Our attempts to share this proof with Mr. Jones’ attorney, Tyrone Blackburn, have been ignored, as Mr. Blackburn has refused to return our calls. We look forward to addressing these ridiculous claims in court, and intend to take all appropriate action against all who are attempting to peddle.”

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At the center of indictment were alleged“freak offs,”which prosecutors have described as highly orchestrated sex performances involving male sex workers and women who were either forced or coerced into participating.

Prosecutors claim that Combs organized the “freak offs,” which often allegedly involved heavy narcotics usage and would sometimes last days.

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• Danielle Bacher contributed reporting

source: people.com