Aubrey O’Day claims Diddy tried to buy her silence with publishing rights

Former Danity Kane vocalist Aubrey O’Day claims that Sean “Diddy” Combs’ move to move complete publishing authorities to Bad Boy Records artists successful 2023 was a measurement of buying their silence.

“I received nan publishing deal. I cognize what it says. I cognize really overmuch money it was giving me,” O’Day says successful a sneak peek of TMZ’s caller doc, “TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy,” which comes retired Sunday connected Tubi.

The vocalist — who did not motion nan woody — says she was to beryllium fixed $300.30 for “a afloat merchandise against each claims against Diddy and galore different players.”

When asked by big Harvey Levin what she thought Diddy’s information was successful releasing nan rights, she claims, “I deliberation you would astir apt beryllium making moves to support arsenic galore group quiet arsenic possible.”

O’Day, 40, goes connected to opportunity it would not person made her financially full again.

“It asked maine specifically to enactment silent and ne'er speak poorly astir a human. So past I realized, thing really bad is coming,” she concludes.

A root pinch knowledge of nan business tells Page Six, “Aubrey O’Day sewage her large break because Diddy and Bad Boy formed her successful their show pinch her group, Danity Kane. Last year, erstwhile he reassigned his information of nan publishing to Bad Boy artists, an unprecedented move wrong nan manufacture and which he did not person to do, not each artists signed an NDA.”

Reps for Diddy did not instantly return Page Six’s petition for comment.

In September 2023, Diddy — who founded Bad Boy Records successful nan ’90s — made a uncommon move of reassigning his Bad Boy publishing rights backmost to each artists and writers connected nan label.

“It’s conscionable doing nan correct thing,” Combs told Variety astatine nan time. “I deliberation that we arsenic an industry, and arsenic a people, person to look successful nan reflector and make a displacement forward. It’s astir evolving, starring by illustration and reforming an manufacture that needs it, successful a world that needs reform.”

Artists connected nan grounds explanation person included Notorious B.I.G., Ma$e, Craig Mack, Faith Evans, Danity Kane, French Montana and Janelle Monae.

TMZ’s documentary and O’Days claims travel connected nan heels of the feds’ raids connected some his Miami and Los Angeles mansions successful relationship to a sex-trafficking probe.

One of Combs’ attorneys, Aaron Dyer, called nan March raids a “witch hunt.”

“This unprecedented ambush — paired pinch an advanced, coordinated media beingness — leads to a premature unreserved to judgement of Mr. Combs and is thing much than a witch hunt based connected meritless accusations made successful civilian lawsuits,” Dyer told Page Six.

Diddy has besides been nan taxable of various lawsuits, including allegations of battle and quality trafficking, each of which Diddy has denied.

In February, Combs was sued by erstwhile antheral worker Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones. He accused nan hitmaker of intersexual battle while moving connected his 2023 medium “The Love Album: Off nan Grid.”

Combs’ attorney, Shawn Holley, antecedently told Page Six that “Lil Rod is thing much than a liar” seeking to “shamelessly” triumph nan $30 cardinal lawsuit.

In November 2023, Diddy was sued by his ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura – famously known by her shape sanction Cassie. She accused him of maltreatment and rape, which Diddy besides denied. The lawsuit was settled wrong days.