Aubrey O’Day delivered one of the vital heartbreaking moments in Netflix’s explosive new documentary sequence when she realized for the primary time a few witness account alleging she was sexually assaulted by Diddy.
The previous Danity Kane singer grew to become visibly emotional whereas studying an affidavit on digital camera in “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” the four-part documentary sequence executive-produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson that premiered Tuesday (December 2).
The second captured O’Day grappling with the devastating chance that she was assaulted throughout her time working with the Dangerous Boy mogul.
“Does this imply I used to be raped? Is that what this implies?” O’Day requested by tears after studying the witness assertion. “I don’t even know if I used to be raped, and I don’t need to know.”
The affidavit, offered by a lawyer representing an alleged sufferer, detailed a disturbing scene allegedly witnessed in 2005 at Dangerous Boy studios.
In line with the doc O’Day learn aloud, an unidentified particular person claimed to have by chance walked into the improper room whereas on the lookout for a rest room and witnessed Diddy and one other particular person “sexually assaulting” the singer.
“What I noticed as quickly as I opened the door was Aubrey sprawled out on a leather-based sofa, trying very inebriated,” O’Day learn from the affidavit, instantly defending herself by including, “I didn’t drink like that in any respect at the moment.”
The witness account described O’Day as showing “out of it” and “simply mendacity there” whereas allegedly being assaulted by Diddy and one other man.
The 41-year-old singer, who has no reminiscence of the alleged incident, struggled to course of the knowledge in real-time throughout filming.
“I don’t need to discover out anymore (what) that girl has to say,” O’Day continued, her voice breaking with emotion.
Director Alexandria Stapleton instructed NBC Information that the manufacturing group spent hours on the telephone with O’Day to make sure she was comfy sharing such a private and traumatic revelation.
“I feel what you see within the movie is her struggling to digest, ‘Did this occur to me or not?’ And I feel it’s a really actual second,” Stapleton defined.
The documentary additionally featured sexually express emails that O’Day stated Diddy despatched to her whereas she was a member of Danity Kane, the woman group fashioned throughout his MTV actuality present Making the Band 3.
“That is your boss at your work sending you that e-mail,” O’Day stated within the sequence. “What occurs in actual life to anybody else? Your boss will get fired. Six months later, I used to be fired.”
O’Day immediately related her departure from the group to her refusal to have interaction sexually with Diddy. “I completely felt that I used to be fired for not collaborating sexually,” she acknowledged.
The revelation provides one other disturbing layer to the mounting allegations in opposition to Diddy, who was sentenced to 50 months in federal jail in October after being convicted on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
He was acquitted of extra critical racketeering and intercourse trafficking costs.
The fallen mogul’s authorized group has dismissed the documentary as biased, with spokesperson Juda Engelmayer stating, “Most of the individuals featured have longstanding private grievances, monetary motives, or credibility points which have been documented for years.”
The assertion added that “Sean Combs will proceed to deal with legit issues by the authorized course of, not by a biased Netflix manufacturing.”
Netflix defended the undertaking, with a spokesperson clarifying that “the footage of Combs main as much as his indictment and arrest have been legally obtained. This isn’t successful piece or an act of retribution.”
The documentary sequence, which Jackson labored on for over a 12 months, contains never-before-seen footage of Diddy discussing his authorized troubles simply days earlier than his September 2024 arrest.
The undertaking additionally options interviews with different alleged victims and former associates who element years of alleged abuse and misconduct.
For O’Day, who has been vocal about her unfavourable experiences with Diddy for years, the documentary offered a platform to share her fact whereas processing doubtlessly traumatic data she by no means knew existed.
