The controversial celebration of Diddy’s son amid the rapper’s sex crimes scandal

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Diddy’s son Christian “King” Combs was spotted partying with his girlfriend two days after supporting his father in a New York City court amid the rapper’s sex crimes scandal.

In a video posted on Sunday, October 13, Christian, who is the third child of Sean “Diddy” Combs and his eldest child with the late Kim Porter, was filmed living it up at a club with girlfriend Raven Tracy. The 26-year-old focused on Tracy in the clip, during which he taunted her with a shot of booze as the pair danced closely and shared a kiss on the dance floor.

The club clip was released just two days after Christian, along with the rest of his siblings, appeared in court in New York City to support Diddy, who kissed his children during his appearance in court (The disgraced 54-year-old hip-hop mogul, whose trial date is set for May 5, 2025, is currently incarcerated on three federal charges: racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation for in prostitution. Diddy — who also faces lawsuits from more than 100 additional victims — has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.)

Christian, meanwhile, was heavily criticized in the comments of the video.

“This is not what he should be doing with what his father is dealing with right now 🤦🏿‍♂️ especially feeding this woman liquor and then pushing her to dance with him…” he wrote a person, alluding to the many allegations of sexual assault against Diddy. “THIS IS NOT A GOOD MATCH!”

“Have a party when your whole family is in pieces 💃 🕺,” shared another.

Diddy is the father of seven children; four of her children, including Christian, she shares with late partner Kim Porter, who died in 2018 of pneumonia.

After Diddy’s arrest last month, dozens of questions were raised about the Bad Boy executive’s relationship with Porter, including the circumstances surrounding his death. A fake memoir purportedly written by Porter was also circulating.

Following the rumors, Porter and Diddy’s sons Quincy, 33, Christian, and twins Jessie and D’Lila, 17, issued a statement denouncing all of these claims.

“We have seen so many harmful and false rumors circulate about our parents, Kim Porter and Sean Combs’ relationship, as well as the tragic death of our mother, that we feel the need to speak up,” the siblings said. “Claims that our mother wrote a book are simply false. She did not, and anyone who claims to have a manuscript is misrepresenting herself.”

The children continued: “While it has been incredibly difficult to reconcile how she could have been taken from us so soon, the cause of her death has long been established. There was no foul play,” adding that his “mourning is a lifelong process.”

In addition to his four children with Porter, Diddy is also father to sons Justin, 30, daughter Chance, 18, and daughter Love, who will turn 2 in December.