Steve Helling
The male A-list celebrity who is the subject of an alleged sex tape with Sean “Diddy” Combs is “horrified” that the footage is being shopped around to media outlets, two members of the star’s inner circle told The Post.
“It’s triggering,” said one of the insiders. “It feels like a betrayal and a violation, and it’s causing a lot of issues. It brings up some really disturbing and bad memories.”
More than one person is hawking the incriminating footage, which shows a man who appears to be Combs having sex with a younger male, who appears to be the A-lister. Both of their faces are clearly visible in the footage.
“It’s a total nightmare,” said the insider. “He feels like he was victimized years ago and is now being victimized yet again. If this footage gets out, it will follow him for life. It will be on the internet forever.”
A second source close to the celebrity told The Post that he is “trying to ignore” the chatter about the video.
“There’s not much he can do about it, if there was a video taken without his knowledge that somehow gets out,” said the source. “So all he can do is pray. He’s praying that this all goes away.”
At least one of the people peddling the seedy tape has not turned it over to the feds.
Reps and attorneys for Combs and the younger celebrity did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
The Post is not naming the A-lister because it’s unclear if he was a victim of a sex crime, or if he was an adult at the time of the footage.
An officer with the Department of Homeland Security who was part of the raid on Combs’ Miami home told The Post that law enforcement agencies believe that Diddy filmed incriminating videos at that mansion — which was allegedly rigged with sex rooms that allowed Diddy to record sex parties and even watch them remotely.
The source, however, was not able to confirm that the A-lister was in any of the footage they obtained.
“There are recognizable names,” the officer said, “but I won’t confirm any of their identities. But it’s more than just that one.”
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Several members of the media told The Post they have been approached with the footage in the past few weeks, but decided not to purchase it because of the legal challenges of authenticating the video, as well as concerns over the younger celebrity’s age at the time of filming.
During a recent appearance on NewsNation, attorney Ariel Mitchell-Kidd, who works for several of Combs’ accusers, claimed she has seen “stills” of the alleged video but not the whole thing.
“Mr. Combs was in the tape and this other person is — I would venture to say, more high-profile than Mr. Combs,” she alleged.
“I can verify that it exists. That it’s real and that the other person in the video is very visible,” she claimed. “There’s no question of if it’s that person in the video.”
In response to Mitchell-Kidd’s statements, Diddy’s team flatly denied knowledge of the video, saying that she wanted “publicity and attention.”
On Tuesday, attorneys announced that more than 100 victims — including a male who was 9 years old at the time — are expected to file lawsuits against Combs for alleged sexual abuse and exploitation.
“I want to focus on the ages of these victims,” Texas-based lawyer Tony Buzbee said. “When we talk about the ages of these victims when the conduct occurred, it’s shocking.”
The fresh wave of complaints by 120 accusers were roughly split evenly by gender, spanned over 30 years and included 25 minors, with one child who was allegedly just 9 when they were victimized, Buzbee said in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday.
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