Sean “Diddy” Combs allegedly beat a college girlfriend “all over the place” with a belt in front of screaming classmates more than 30 years ago, according to a new investigation into growing accusations of abuse.
The alleged incident unfolded when Combs, now 54, was a student at Howard University in Washington, D.C., multiple witnesses told Rolling Stone in a wide-ranging report into the disgraced star’s “history of violence.”
The “Bad Boy 4 Life” rapper had been standing outside the college’s Harriet Tubman Quadrangle dorm when he started screaming in a “belligerent” manner for his then-girlfriend to come outside, one classmate alleged.
“He screamed and hollered and acted a stone fool until she came downstairs,” said a former student, who claimed to have witnessed the ordeal.
Combs appeared to be “super angry” and “screaming at the top of his lungs” — then allegedly used what appeared to be a belt to hit the girlfriend “all over the place,” the witness continued.
He “whupped her butt — like really whupped her butt,” the alleged witness claimed.
“She was trying to defend herself a little bit. She was crying. And we were telling him, ‘Get off of her.’ We were screaming for her.”
Another classmate recalled several panicked female students running through the dorm, knocking on doors and shouting that Combs — who was then known as “Puff” — was allegedly attacking his girlfriend.
“Puff is out here acting crazy. He’s beating her,” the students allegedly were saying, according to a witness.
It wasn’t immediately exactly when the alleged incident occurred, although Combs dropped out of Howard University in 1990 after just one year.
The alleged victim declined to comment when reached by Rolling Stone. Combs’ lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
The rapper received an honorary doctorate degree from the college in 2014, and last year gifted his alma mater $1 million.
The newly surfaced on-campus allegation emerged after a slew of other women have come forward to accuse Diddy of assault spanning decades — with the disgraced star forced to apologize after disturbing footage emerged of him battering then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in 2016.
Since Ventura accused Combs of rape and abuse back in November, he’s been hit with six lawsuits alleging abuse — including the latest from model Crystal McKinney, who claims he drugged her and forced her to perform oral sex on him during a visit to his New York City studio two decades ago.
Meanwhile, federal investigators are now said to be preparing to bring Combs’ accusers before a federal grand jury in the Big Apple, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
Combs has previously denied the allegations against him, having accused those suing him of “looking for a quick pay day.”
“Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged,” he wrote on social media last December.
However, he was later forced to apologize for beating Cassie after the footage was obtained by CNN.
“It’s so difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life, but sometimes you got to do that,” Diddy said in a video on Instagram in which he did not name Ventura or refer to her directly. “I was f—ed up. I hit rock bottom — but I make no excuses. My behavior on that video is inexcusable.”
