Diddy’s ‘culture of silence became apparent’ after 1999 shooting exoneration

A new Law&Crime series podcast The Rise and Fall of Diddy from the Wondery network just dropped, detailing Sean Combs’s path from being on top of the world as a Hip Hop visionary to awaiting trial for alleged sexual abuse and trafficking. Episode one dives into the beginning of the disgraced mogul’s legal battles, starting with the infamous 1999 New York City nightclub shooting which he was ultimately found not guilty of. The Bad Boy executive’s then-protogé, up-and-coming rapper Moses ‘Shyne’ Barrow, ended up taking the fall for the shooting, which the podcast claims marked the beginning of a “culture of silence” that “started to become apparent” after the trial was over. The new podcast takes a deep dive into Diddy’s legal battles that tarnished his legacy, making his name “synonymous with scandal,” starting with the high profile trial that changed everything. Diddy was found not guilty in the 1999 shooting ( AFP via Getty Images) As the story goes, in December of 1999, Diddy – known at the time as Puff Daddy – was at a club near Times Square with his bodyguard, then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez, and Shyne when an altercation occurred, leading to a shooting that left three...