Donald Trump shouldn’t be the one president getting dragged into the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial, as Barack Obama was talked about throughout testimony from a key witness. When Cassie Ventura gave her testimony, she named David James as Diddy’s “trusted assistant.” James then took the stand and revealed some damning proof about his former boss. Whereas being examined by the prosecution on Might 20, James claimed that the music mogul used to take a litany of medicine. There was one specifically that made these listening to the testimony elevate their eyebrows. “There have been numerous capsules, however one was within the type of a former president’s face,” James mentioned on the stand, per the New York Submit. The prosecution requested him to make clear which president. “President Obama,” James replied.

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James, who was Diddy’s assistant from 2007 till 2009, noticed that the “Been Across the World” artist would have anyplace from 25 to 30 bottles of capsules when he stayed in lodges. These capsules ran the gamut from illicit avenue medication to prescriptions. “He had water capsules to assist him shed pounds. He had Viagra in there. Some capsules to assist enhance his sperm rely. He had ecstasy and Percocet in there as effectively,” James mentioned on the stand.

After the previous assistant gave his testimony, phrase of Diddy possessing Obama-shaped capsules was shared on-line, and it rang a bell for individuals who partied throughout Obama’s first time period. “Omg I had the identical Obama ecstasy capsules at promenade in ’09!” a consumer on X wrote. Round that point — in December 2009 — authorities pulled over a driver in Texas who was in possession of assorted avenue medication, together with ecstasy within the form of a cartoon-like Obama face. Taking these capsules was not Diddy’s solely connection to the previous president.

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Barack Obama’s previous with Sean “Diddy” Combs got here again to chunk him after the hip-hop star was arrested. An previous photograph of Diddy posing alongside the previous POTUS was shared throughout numerous social media platforms, and a number of netizens implied there was one thing nefarious occurring between them. “Obama must repent, too. He introduced the demonic minstrel present to the Oval Workplace. It is not simply Diddy,” Jason Whitlock, a controversial sports activities author who as soon as labored for ESPN, wrote on X in Might 2024.

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The viral photograph that was being posted gave the impression to be from a gathering Diddy had with Obama in September 2017. On the time, the Unhealthy Boy Data honcho posted a snap to Fb during which he was listening intently as Obama spoke to him. Each males gave the impression to be sporting the identical outfits in that pic because the one which went viral. “This week was an awesome week. Shout out to the king Barack Obama!!! #BlackExcellence,” Diddy wrote within the caption. The photograph of the music producer sitting down with Obama resurfaced after his arrest, and folks popped up within the feedback to depart trolling replies. “Planning a freak off collectively?” one Fb consumer requested.

Years earlier than that face-to-face, Diddy gushed over Obama in an interview with Playboy, the place the producer mentioned he needed to have an in depth relationship with the then-president. “That is how dope he’s. I hope he reads this interview and adopts me,” he joked. Diddy additionally revealed in that very same interview that he believed he and different hip-hop musicians performed an integral half within the presidential election. “I believe we’re in all probability chargeable for Obama being in workplace, sure,” he mentioned.

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