Live updates: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial opening statements

In 2022, Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared on his then-girlfriend rapper Caresha “Yung Miami” Brownlee’s sequence “Caresha Please” and talked about being a single dad within the wake of the 2018 loss of life of Kim Porter, mom of three of his kids.

“Fatherhood has been really, really real,” he stated on the time. “‘Cause I was like a part-time father, you know what I’m talking about?”

All that modified when Porter died following a bout of pneumonia on the age of 47. Combs stepped as much as be extra concerned within the care of their twin daughters and son.

The mogul has publicly spoken of his love for all seven of his kids by 4 ladies and 6 of them have been in court docket Monday with their paternal grandmother, Janice Combs, to help their father.

The Combs kids are:

• Quincy Brown, 33: Brown is the son of Porter and singer Al B. Positive, however was raised by Combs. The actor who starred within the Fox musical drama “Star” has stepped as much as help Combs within the elevating of Brown’s twin sisters who’re two of Combs’ 4 daughters.

• Justin Dior Combs, 31: The eldest of the youngsters, Justin was born to Combs and his former girlfriend, vogue stylist Misa Hylton. The youthful Combs performed soccer for UCLA and was typically featured in dance movies together with his father and youthful brother, Christian.

• Christian “King” Combs, 27: Diddy’s look alike son adopted his father into the music business as a rapper. He was accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit final 12 months which additionally named his father. Aaron Dyer, an legal professional for each of the Combs, stated in a press release to CNN on the time that they consider the lawsuit incorporates “manufactured lies and irrelevant facts.” Porter is Christian’s mom.

• Probability Combs, 18: The eldest daughter of Combs, she was born to the mogul and Atlanta-based businesswoman Sarah Chapman in July 2009. Probability Combs was her father’s date for the 2022 Academy Awards and shared that she was an aspiring actress. “Zendaya is one of my biggest inspirations and someone that I really want to work with in the future,” the teen told Laverne Cox on the pink carpet as her father proudly regarded on.

• D’Lila and Jessie Combs, 18: The twins have been born to Porter and Combs just a few months after Probability was born. Porter’s discovery of Chapman’s being pregnant helped to finish her longtime on-again, off-again relationship with Combs she informed Essence journal shortly after they break up. “I left because at this point in my life I want something different for myself,” she said at the time. “I invested ten years, I have children, and I’ve always stood by him. But now it’s time for me and what I want to do for Kim.”

• Love Sean Combs, 2: The youngest of Combs’s brood was born to cybersecurity skilled Dana Tran. Her father had earlier restyled himself as “Love” and since their daughter’s delivery, Tran has shared loads of content material featuring the little one on her Instagram account. The toddler didn’t be part of her elder siblings in court docket on Monday.

In October, the elder kids launched a joint assertion on social media condemning web rumors about how Porter died and rallying round their father. “We stand united, supporting you each step of the way in which. We maintain onto the reality, figuring out it should prevail, and nothing will break the power of our household. “