Aubrey O’Day shared her thoughts on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ supporting him inside the courtroom at his sex trafficking trial.
Aubrey O’Day has some thoughts on Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ kids attending his sex trafficking trial.
The 41-year-old, a former member of his past girl group Danity Kane, spoke out after his children—which include Quincy, 33, Justin, 31, Christian, 27, Chance, 18 and twins D’Lila and Jessie, also 18—supported him in the courtroom during the first days of testimony, during which witnesses such as his ex Cassie Ventura shared details about his alleged sexual abuse.
“The fact that the kids are being are marching up to that court,” O’Day said on the May 16 episode of former GMA3 cohosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes‘ podcast Amy & T.J. during a trip to New York, where the trial is taking place. “I don’t know any father that would want their children to sit through [that kind of] testimony.”
The reality star said she thought Combs—who has denied any wrongdoing in the case—was “being selfish” by having the kids in court. “In my opinion,” she continued, “it feels like ‘Daddy needs you in court because Daddy needs all the optics to look in his favor.'”
Not all of Combs’ kids stayed for all the proceedings. Chance and the twins left the courtroom twice May 12, while male escort Daniel Phillip shared graphic details about an alleged paid sexual encounter between himself and Ventura, which he said Combs watched while masturbating, multiple outlets reported.
Broadimage/Shutterstock & Paras Griffin/Getty Images)During the trial, prosecutors also played a 2016 surveillance video that depicts Combs assaulting Ventura in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel. According to People, Combs’ daughters and mother, Janice Combs, remained in the courtroom but looked straight ahead, while Combs’ sons watched the footage.
As witnesses continue testifying next week, O’Day will not be one of them. She shut down rumors about testifying against Combs herself during her visit to the city, but did note in her podcast interview that she had “a meeting with Homeland Security.”
Combs, who has been held in jail since his arrest in September, has pleaded not guilty to five felony counts of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. He faces a minimum 15 years in prison and life behind bars if convicted of all counts.
And he has had his kids’ public support since before his trial began.
“Many have judged both him and us based on accusations, conspiracy theories, and false narratives that have spiraled into absurdity on social media,” read a statement shared on Quincy’s Instagram in October. “We stand united, supporting you every step of the way. We hold onto the truth, knowing it will prevail, and nothing will break the strength of our family. WE MISS YOU & LOVE YOU DAD.”
Read on for more about Combs’ trial.
Danity Kane alum Dawn Richard testified May 16 that she witnessed Sean “Diddy” Combs hit then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura with a skillet full of eggs in 2009.
“He came downstairs angry and was saying, where the f–k was his eggs and he was telling Cassie she never gets anything right and where the f–k was his food,” Richard said in court, per the Washington Post. “And he came over to the skillet with the eggs in it and tried to hit her over the head and she fell to the ground.”
Ventura “went into the fetal position,” Richard continued, “literally trying to hide her head.”
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicCassie Ventura Shoots Down Accusation of Drugs in the “Freak Off” Baby Oil
There were no drugs mixed into the baby oil that Combs liked to use during “freak offs,” Ventura testified May 15.
A lawsuit filed against Combs in October 2024 alleged he laced the oil with GHB, or Rohypnol, which is often referred to as a date rape drug.
Paul Zimmerman/WireImageCassie Ventura Details Sean “Diddy” Combs Drug Use
Under defense cross-examination May 15, Ventura testified that Combs would get jealous and have an “explosive” reaction when she took drugs with other friends and not with him.
She said that Combs once overdosed on painkillers, and when asked by defense attorney Anna Estevao if her ex’s mood swings were connected to pills, Ventura said that “was a part.”
Asked earlier in the day if she thought Combs was a drug addict, she said, “I would say he was an addict.”
And her answer was “yes” when asked if Combs became angry or volatile when he was going through withdrawal.
“I’m not a doctor,” Ventura said, but “coming off of certain pills he would be pretty irritated.”
