With Diddy‘s latest arrest, there have been lots of conspiracy theories regarding the record mogul’s personal life and relationships with other celebrities. One of them is the King of Pop himself Michael Jackson, and many netizens are believing a claim that the two were connected through an underground tunnel.
Several social media posts claimed that the FBI found tunnels underneath Diddy’s home that once connected to a basement at Michael Jackson‘s mansion. A TikTok claimed that his team was nervous, blocked the entrance to his house, and begged them not to enter the tunnel. The video also claimed that there were children’s clothes found in the tunnel as well. But should we believe everything on the internet for face value?
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Did Diddy have tunnels to Michael Jackson’s house?
There are no reputable sources saying that Diddy had connecting tunnels to Michael Jackson’s house. Back in March 2024, Reuters fact-checked a claim that was going around social media where a fabricated image of CNN stated that underground tunnels were found at Diddy’s home. “That is a manipulated image and not something CNN reported,” CNN representative Emily Kuhn said in an email to the news site.
Diddy and Michael Jackson didn’t seem to have a close relationship either. The two were photographed partying together at one of Diddy’s VMA parties in 2003 in a photo obtained by The New York Post. After Michael Jackson’s death, Diddy recounted that he showed up to the party unannounced to look for Beyoncé. In an interview on the Late Show with David Letterman, he said that he wanted to work with the King of Pop but their schedules never aligned.
In the indictment court documents, law officials did seize various Freak Off supplies, including
narcotics and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant in the rapper’s home. Weapons were also seized such as firearms and ammunition, including three AR15s with defaced serial numbers, as well as a drum magazine. Diddy’s “freak-offs”—a term he coined—are described as “elaborate and produced sex performances that Combs arranged, directed, masturbated during, and often electronically recorded,” the document claimed.
