Diddy Reportedly Invested Money Into Elon Musk’s Twitter Purchase
Diddy has consistently been in the news for harrowing reasons, but this time his name has been revealed on a list of investors who helped Elon Musk with his $44 billion purchase of Twitter in 2022.
On Wednesday (Aug. 21), a court document was made public detailing nearly 100 investors who assisted Musk with taking over the social media platform and turning it into what is known as X. According to The Washington Post, a federal judge ordered X to unseal the names of all its investors after a journalism nonprofit filed a motion in July to view the records.
Diddy’s Sean Combs Capital LLC was listed as well as Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud, and others. However, it hasn’t been clarified exactly how much the disgraced music mogul invested in the platform and if he currently holds shares in the company.
Sean “Diddy” Combs attends the Pre-GRAMMY Gala and GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Sean “Diddy” Combs on January 25, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California.
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X first disclosed the list of investors as part of a lawsuit filed last year by former Twitter employees who were laid off by Musk. The employees alleged that the Tesla founder failed to compensate them after he took over Twitter and sued the billionaire.
As random as it may seem for the 54-year-old music mogul to be mixed up in the court matter, he’s actually shared some sort of bond with Musk in the past.
In 2022, Diddy, Gunna, and Musk attended a Dave Chappelle show and sat near each other in the front row.
The two businessmen seem to have much in common, as they are both being sued for different reasons. The Bad Boy creator is facing a multitude of sexual assault and abuse allegations from various people, stemming from Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura’s initial filing accusing him of rape, assault, and other egregious behavior. He was also seen punching Cassie on camera in released hotel surveillance footage.
“LET ME BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR,” he continued. “I DID NOT DO ANY OF THE AWFUL THINGS BEING ALLEGED. I WILL FIGHT FOR MY NAME, MY FAMILY AND FOR THE TRUTH. SEAN DIDDY COMBS,” he said in a statement issued in December 2023, following an alleged fourth victim’s claims against him. Diddy’s allegations have led to having his homes raided by Homeland Security.
As for Musk, he currently has a slew of legal battles with the liberal group Media Matters, the National Labor Relations Board, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Tesla’s autopilot features, and more.
