Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of threatening a journalist over approval of photos.
A journalist named Danyel Smith, according to Daily Mail, spoke about the alleged incident in a forthcoming docuseries titled, The Fall of Diddy.
According to her, she was the one-time editor-in-chief of Vibe magazine back in 1997.
“After the shoot, Mr. Combs wanted to see the covers before they were published,” the journalist while recalling the incident said, adding, “It was policy for us not to show the covers to anyone before they were published.”
She then added that the 55-year-old rapper telephoned her to complain, at which time he made the death threats of seeing her dead in a trunk.
“I told him that I wouldn't be making an exception and he said that he would see me dead in a trunk if I did not show it to him,” said Smith.
As a reaction, the journalist immediately asked the music mogul that he needed “to take that back”, to which, he said “he wasn't taking s*** back”, at which point she enlisted her lawyer.
Smith said, “It took about 90 minutes to two hours and I received that faxed apology.”
However, the heated argument did not stop there as the female journalist alleged that she had later the day learned that Combs dispatched people to intimidate her over the issue.
“I've only recently come to realize - through the members of the staff at that time - that he had actually, in the days before, come up to the Vibe offices with two tough guys looking for me,” the journalist recalled.
Combs, who denied Smith's allegations in the past, has been reached out by Daily Mail for further comment.
The imprisoned rapper, who has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges, is awaiting his May 5 trial.