Diddy Posts Birthday Tribute to Kim Porter, Setting Off Social Media Storm

Diddy and Kim Porter (Credit: Shutterstock)

Sean “Diddy” Combs returned to Instagram on Friday to remember his late former girlfriend Kim Porter, on what would have been her 53rd birthday.

The embattled music mogul has avoided social media, except to post a denial of wrongdoing, since he was accused in multiple lawsuits of sexual and physical abuse.

Diddy broke his self-imposed social media silence on Dec. 15, and shared several photos of Porter in an Instagram Story. He also uploaded a picture of himself kissing the model and actress on the cheek, on his Instagram page and included a caption saying she remains in his thoughts.

“We miss you so much Kim! Happy Birthday Beautiful! Love forever,” Diddy captioned the post.

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The Bad Boy Records founder turned off the comments, but people on social media had plenty to say after The Neighborhood Talk reshared his post. By Friday evening, the repost had over 1,800 comments and many were negative.

“He has no shame. The audacity, the gawl,” replied Instagram user @corey.phifer.

“Not Diddy tryna clean up his image,” @bro_nrees added.

“Kim probably turning in her grave every time he mentions her in a post,” @redtee0910 wrote.

“That’s like someone stealing from you and helping you look for your stolen property,” @mrjerometrammel replied.

“He turned them comments off real quick too with his narcissistic guilty behind. U ain’t fooling nobody brother love,” wrote @xtheerealonex

Porter was found unresponsive at her home in Los Angeles on Nov. 15, 2018, a month before her 48th birthday. She was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The mother-of-four died of lobar pneumonia, according to the autopsy report from the L.A. County coroner’s office. Her manner of death was determined to be natural. Although some have speculated that her death was not natural or accidental.

Porter and Combs dated on and off from 1994 until 2007. They shared three children, son Christian, 25, and twin daughters D’Lila Star and Jessie James, 17. Porter was also mom to son Quincy Brown, 32, from a previous relationship with chart-topping singer Al B. Sure.

Following Porter’s death, Combs said the two were “soulmates” and described their relationship as “Super Black Love.”

But others have alleged Combs treated Porter poorly throughout their relationship.

His former bodyguard, Gene Deal, sat down with “The Art of Dialogue” YouTube channel last month, and mocked Diddy for saying his new Love album was inspired by Porter.

Deal alleged that he witnessed Combs “put his hands on her in the wrong way.” Deal added, “And Kim took one of those corkscrews and ripped his wrists up. And she hit an artery. And when she did that, he had to rush over to St. Luke’s Hospital.”

Former Bad Boy recording artist Mark Curry — who wrote the 2009 book Dancing with the Devil, How Puff Burned the Bad Boys of Hip-Hop — also recently sat down with The Art of Dialogue.

Curry was asked about rumors that Combs broke Porter’s nose in a fit of anger. Curry said Combs had a “history” of violence with women, and alleged that the music mogul “busted” Porter’s nose and “wiretapped” her phone.

R&B singer Casandra Ventura, known to fans as Cassie, filed a lawsuit against Combs in Manhattan’s Federal District Court on Nov. 16, saying she endured “over a decade” of Combs’ alleged “violent behavior and disturbed demands” while the two dated off and on for 11 years.

Combs denied the allegations, yet settled the suit a day after it was filed.

A week later, two more women filed complaints alleging they were assaulted by the rapper and music producer.

One of those women, Joi Dickerson-Neal, sued Combs on Nov. 23, in Manhattan Supreme Court alleging he raped her 1991, when she was a student at Syracuse University.

He denied her allegations through a rep.

Also on Nov. 23, a woman identified as Jane Doe, filed a separate lawsuit alleging Combs and R&B singer-songwriter Aaron Hall of the group Guy, “took turns” raping her in 1990 or 1991.

Combs denied the claims in the suit. Hall did not respond to our requests for comment.

A fourth lawsuit was filed Wednesday, Dec. 6, in U.S. District Court in New York, accusing Combs and two other men of raping and trafficking a 17-year-old woman across state lines in 2003.

The young woman, identified only as Jane Doe, alleged she was “sex trafficked” and “gang raped” by Combs, and his associates.

Combs immediately released a statement on Instagram denying the woman’s claims.

“Enough is enough. For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy,” his statement said in part. “Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things.”


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