Diddy's kids are speaking out in the wake of their father's incarceration and growing legal controversy ... posting their support of the music mogul in a joint statement.
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00:00This is the type of indictment you would expect from someone in the mafia.
00:03I don't know that I could keep him off the stand.
00:05He is very eager to tell his story.
00:08They're going to show that video over and over and over
00:11about what happens to women that won't change their stories.
00:15His reputation is over.
00:17The United States government, they start making this case
00:20as a takedown of a successful black man.
00:24TMZ presents The Downfall of Diddy, The Indictment, now streaming on Tubi.
00:30Diddy's trial still well over six months away and the allegations...
00:35Or longer.
00:36Yes, and the allegations keep mounting, not necessarily from the feds,
00:39although they have said that there could be additional charges coming,
00:43but in new lawsuits that continue to come.
00:46Almost by the dozen.
00:47And it seems that Diddy's children are keeping up with the news
00:51and they are reading each and every one of these, reading the details.
00:56And it sounds like they're kind of fed up
00:58because although they've rarely said anything about this since he was arrested,
01:04they issued a joint statement from all of his children,
01:07with the exception of the two-year-old, Love.
01:09The statement says,
01:10The past month has devastated our family.
01:13Many have judged both him and us based on accusations,
01:17conspiracy theories and false narratives
01:19that have spiraled into absurdity on social media.
01:22We stand united, supporting you every step of the way.
01:26We hold on to the truth, knowing it will prevail,
01:29and nothing will break the strength of our family.
01:31We miss you and love you, Dad.
01:33That is interesting that they're coming out as a group in a picture like that.
01:39Diddy himself has said that he denies all of the charges.
01:43I mean, he kind of said it at the beginning.
01:45He's not answering each one.
01:47But if, you know, we've done a couple of documentaries on this
01:52and are actually working on our third,
01:55and, you know, Diddy's lawyer,
01:57I think the defense they're going to make is these are all money grabs.
02:01So you can talk all you want about your dad being set up by conspiracy theories,
02:05but a couple things.
02:07Number one, these rumors about Diddy have been around for decades,
02:10so it hasn't always been a money grab.
02:12People have been talking about this for a long time.
02:14And number two, we've seen this video.
02:16This is, at least without judging whether or not he committed the specific acts
02:21that are going to be alleged in the indictments,
02:23this is a guy who's been committing some acts unspeakable at times for a long time,
02:29the least of which, at the tip of which, is beating the hell out of Cassie.
02:35That is going to be really hard for him to overcome in front of a jury
02:40when that video is released.
02:43What they're going to do is they're going to show,
02:45the prosecution is going to use it to show this is his MO,
02:48because they're not prosecuting him for the beating.
02:51That would be a state crime, and the statute of limitations is run.
02:55But they want to use the video to show this is his MO.
02:58This is the way he operates.
03:01That's going to be a hard hill for him to climb over.
03:06By the way, they've also mentioned, I know he's not being charged for this,
03:09but they've mentioned in the indictment that people being held against their will,
03:13and they made a reference to, they didn't call her Cassie, they said victim one.
03:18Because what they're saying is-
03:18Held against her will.
03:19She's trying to escape.
03:20This was a freak off.
03:22Right.
03:22And she was trying to get out and he dragged her back in.
03:24Correct.
03:25Hello, my name is Roxy. I'm 20 years old from Oklahoma.
03:28As for the topic of Diddy today and his kids releasing that post,
03:32I truly do believe that post was made to humanize him by his kids.
03:37To be like, you know what, we believe all of this is just false statements.
03:42But really, after all that we have learned with Diddy,
03:44this is just absolutely monstrous.
03:46And I do just truly believe that his children were making that post as a ploy.
03:50I got to say, you do feel for them.
03:52I mean, obviously they're not going to...
03:54They're in a tough position, right?
03:56That's what they have to say.
03:57And they want to try to help their father in some way.
04:01But you're right, outside of his family,
04:04everyone is looking at the case with different eyes than obviously they would.
04:07Right. And especially because of the Cassie video.
04:10Right.