COSTCO has been forced to shut down claims from Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers that the music mogul might have bought hundreds of bottles of baby oil from the retailer.
Combs remains in jail after he was arrested earlier this month for charges including sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Homeland Security found 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lube while raiding the disgraced rapper’s homes in March, federal prosecutors revealed.
Officials believed Combs used the baby oil and other supplies in his “freak offs,” which were depraved sex sessions that sometimes lasted multiple days and left people needing IVs to recover.
Combs’ attorney Marc Agnifilo previously told TMZ that it was possible the musician had simply been buying in bulk at Costco – but the wholesale chain has now denied the idea.
A spokesperson for Costco told TMZ that none of the company’s US locations carry baby oil.
The U.S. Sun has reached out to Costco for comment.
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A search of Costco’s online store reveals that the store doesn’t sell anything close to baby oil except for hair oil for babies.
A similar search of rival wholesale giants Sam’s Club and BJ’s also came up empty for baby oil.
“I don’t know where the number 1,000 came from,” Agnifilo previously said, according to TMZ.
“I can’t imagine it’s thousands, and I’m not really sure what the baby oil has to do with anything.
“One bottle of baby oil goes a long way. I don’t know what you need a thousand for,” he continued.
Agnifilo then said Combs has a “big house,” meaning he buys lots of items at once.
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“He buys in bulk,” the attorney explained.
“I think they have Costcos in every place where he has a home. I mean, have you sat in a parking lot of a Costco and see what people walk out of there with?”
Agnifilo also denied prosecutors’ claims that Combs coerced women to engage in sex acts with male sex workers while he watched and sometimes recorded.
“Back when I was a kid in the late ’70s, they were called threesomes,” Agnifilo said.
What happened during Sean Combs’ ‘freak offs’?
Sean Combs’ infamous drug-fueled freak offs, first revealed by his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura’s lawsuit in November 2023, have become a central narrative of the indictment, which alleges:
- The music mogul “manipulated women to participate in highly orchestrated performances of sexual activity with male commercial sex workers.”
- Freak offs “occurred regularly, sometimes lasted multiple days, and often involved multiple commercial sex workers.”
- Combs “distributed a variety of controlled substances to victims, in part to keep the victims obedient and compliant.”
- He and the victims “typically received IV fluids to recover from the physical exertion and drug use” after the freak offs.
- Cops “seized various Freak Off supplies, including narcotics and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant” from his homes in Los Angeles and Miami.
- Combs “hit, kicked, threw objects at, and dragged victims, at times, by their hair,” during and separate from the freak offs, which “often resulted in injuries that took days or weeks to heal.”
- He also used the “sensitive, embarrassing, and incriminating recordings” that he made during freak offs as “collateral to ensure the continued obedience and silence of the victims.”
He said that the allegations against Combs were anti-sex, insisting again that the freak offs were simply consensual sex parties.
“And you know these are consensual adults doing what consensual adults do,” the attorney told the New York Post.
“You know, we can’t get so puritanical in this country to think that somehow sex is a bad thing, because, if it was, there would be no more people.”
Combs was arrested at a hotel in New York City on September 16. He pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
Diddy’s downfall
By The U.S. Sun’s Senior Reporter Forrest McFarland, who has been reporting on Diddy’s legal battles for years
BEFORE Sean “Diddy” Combs’ arrest on Monday night, it had been highly speculated that the rap star would find himself in custody after he was repeatedly hit with disturbing accusations – and had two of his mansions raided by the feds.
His mounting legal troubles finally came to a head on September 17, when he was charged with three federal counts, including sex trafficking, for allegedly forcing victims to take part in drug-fueled sex parties he called “Freak Offs.”
Hours before his arrest, The U.S. Sun exclusively revealed the feds investigating Combs were secretly liaising with Tupac Shakur murder prosecutors on gangland activities.
The development also came after Combs was named 77 times in documents submitted by prosecutors in the Tupac murder case.
Aside from the Tupac probe, Combs was already facing a slew of lawsuits, including one he settled with his ex, Cassie Ventura, after she accused him of rape and abuse.
Disturbing hotel surveillance video from 2016 showed Combs chasing Cassie down and then punching, kicking, and beating her in a hallway.
Two months earlier, in March 2024, two of Combs’ mansions were raided by federal investigators, who seized three AR-15s, drugs, and 1,000 bottles of lube which were part of his “Freak Off” supplies.
In addition to his federal criminal charges, Combs also faces a handful of lawsuits with allegations of sexual assault, harassment, and sex trafficking dating back to the early 1990s.
Music producer Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones filed one suit in February 2024, claiming Combs forced him to hire sex workers and participate in sex acts while he worked on his latest album.
Combs has denied any wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to the federal sex trafficking charges against him, but his battle is far from over.
He faces life in prison if he’s convicted on all counts.
A new lawsuit filed this week revealed a new accuser came forward and accused the rapper of violently raping her at a recording studio.
Combs was hit with the first of the civil suits against him by his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in November 2023.
Ventura accused the producer of punching and kicking her, forcing her to engage in sex acts with male prostitutes while he watched, and using drugs and alcohol to “trap” her.
In May, hotel surveillance footage from 2016 obtained by CNN showed Combs slamming Ventura into a wall and assaulting her.
Combs shared an apology for his actions on Instagram two days later and said he went to rehab and therapy.
Prosecutors accuse Combs of using his business empire, Combs Enterprise, to cover up his alleged crimes.
Combs has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network) at 800-656-HOPE (4673).
