Aubrey O'Day Feels 'Validated' After Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Arrest: 'Today Is a Win for Women All over the World'

Mar. 15, 2025

Aubrey O’Day, Diddy.Photo:John Lamparski/Getty; Steve Granitz/WireImage

John Lamparski/Getty; Steve Granitz/WireImage

Aubrey O’Dayfeels “validated” following the arrest of her former record label bossSean “Diddy” Combs.

On Monday, Sept. 16, the Danity Kane alum, 40, shared how she felt about Diddy’s arrest following recent sex trafficking allegations and sexual assault lawsuits.

“The purpose of Justice is to provide an ending and allow us the space to create a new chapter,” O’Day wrote onX (formerly Twitter).“Women never get this. I feel validated. Today is a win for women all over the world, not just me. Things are finally changing.”

“There’s no vindication when you’re a victim of someone. … Anyone being exposed, or any truths being told, don’t change the reality of what you experienced,” she said.

O’Day added: “It’s a forever thing that you have to wake up every day and choose to evolve past. It doesn’t go away. It’s like childhood trauma. We don’t like to think it just disappears in our thirties, but really we start realizing how bad it really is in our thirties.”

At the time, a rep for Combs did not immediately reply to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Aubrey O’Day in October 2019.Presley Ann/Getty Images

In March, the “Show Stopper” artist shared her reaction to the “Last Night” rapper’shome raidsvia Instagram Stories.

“I pray this emboldens all of US victims to finally speak on what we have endured,” O’Day wrote, before sharing a clip ofTupac Shakurdancing to her Instagram Story with the caption, “There is no ‘too soon’ on this one, just ‘too late.'”

In September 2023, O’Day claimed thatCombs asked her to signan NDA to never disparage the rapper and his label, a “deal” she said she encouraged her former bandmates to “not take.”

She also reacted to news of Combs’ private jetleaving California for Antiguaduring the home raid.

“Respectfully, I’ve been telling y’all this for 2 decades and did anyone listen? No,” O’Day wrote on her Instagram Story, before sharing clips ofMaking the Bandthat showcase she and Combs disagreeing.

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He added: “To his credit Mr. Combs has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges. Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts. These are the acts of an innocent man with nothing to hide, and he looks forward to clearing his name in court.”

Sean “Diddy” Combs in Las Vegas on May 15, 2022.Matt Baron/Shutterstock

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He wascharged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution, in a federal indictment, which was unsealed on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

There have been seven allegations against Combs, and he has denied all allegations.

On Tuesday, Sept. 17, a federal judge in New York ruled that Combs, who is facingfederal sex crime charges, will beheld in custody without bailprior to his trial.

After the ruling, members of Combs' family, who were present at the arraignment, declined comment to PEOPLE and left the courthouse without making a statement.

source: people.com