Sean “Diddy” Combs “thought he was God”: Epstein accuser

Hip-hop billionaire “Bad Boy” Sean “Diddy” Combs has drawn comparisons to the late sex trafficking financier Jeffrey Epstein, but one person thinks there’s a big difference between the two powerful actors.

“Jeffrey was not an open secret,” Lisa Phillips, a model who said Epstein sexually assaulted her on his private island, told Fox News Digital.

“Jeffrey was under the table,” she said. “Only some people knew about sex trafficking. He was very smart – he was a lot smarter than Sean Combs, a lot smarter.”

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Sean “Diddy” Combs was charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and transportation to engage in prostitution. (Munawar Hosain/Getty Images)

Phillips, now a modeling recruiter at Select Models Los Angeles, has a new podcast, “From Now On.” In this document, she aims to raise awareness about human trafficking. She will also speak to other survivors in future episodes.

Phillips told Fox News Digital that for years, rumors swirled about Combs’ alleged behavior, behaviors that she said were well-known within the music industry.

“When I was a model in the early 2000s, I knew all about abused women from Sean Combs,” Phillips said. “We heard about it, people talked about it…I think he just thought he was God and above all. Nothing was going to happen to him.”

Lisa Phillips has a new podcast, “From Now On,” which aims to raise awareness about human trafficking. She also details her experience with Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died behind bars in 2019. (Brett Erickson)

Phillips noted that Combs and Epstein worked in “very different circles.” However, the modus operandi is always the same, she said.

“When you have that type of wealth, power, charm and influence to make things happen for people…a lot of men don’t abuse it, but predators do…It is despicable.”

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Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services’ sex offender registry. (New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Handout via REUTERS)

According to Phillips, the ongoing case serves as a warning that human trafficking is a persistent problem that goes beyond showbiz.

“They take these young girls and say, ‘I’m doing good for you.’ But no, they send them to their friends, associates and other powerful people,” she explained. “The victim thinks, ‘Oh wow, I’m going to meet so-and-so.’ But no, they send you to be abused, for the sexual gratification of another person. They put you on a plane or send you an Uber – whatever it is – (but) they send you to someone. another one.

According to an explosive indictment, Combs, 54, is accused of operating a criminal enterprise. The disgraced media mogul has pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court to racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges.

Sean “Diddy” Combs and his attorney Marc Agnifilo stand before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky after prosecutors filed three criminal charges against him in federal court in New York’s Manhattan borough. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)

Not only was Combs denied $50 million bail, but he was also remanded and sent to jail immediately after the hearing.

Combs was formally charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and transportation to engage in prostitution. He faces a minimum of 15 years in prison or a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.

Combs allegedly distributed “a variety of controlled substances to the victims, in part to keep them obedient and docile.” Sometimes without the victims’ knowledge, Combs kept videos he filmed of victims engaging in sexual acts with sex workers. »

After the “Freak Offs,” Combs and his victims “were typically given intravenous fluids to recover from physical exertion and drug use,” the documents state.

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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend an event here in New York in 2005. Maxwell was convicted of helping her ex-lover sexually abuse girls. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Phillips claimed to have seen video cameras in Epstein’s house. At the time, Phillips said that, like many of Epstein’s alleged victims, she was afraid to speak out. It wasn’t until Epstein’s death that Phillips slowly found the courage to speak out, she said. Phillips said it wasn’t until Epstein’s death that she learned there were many others like her.

“The mentality is, ‘If I go down, you all go down with me,'” Phillips said of why she thought Epstein had cameras “all around.”

“…I think Jeffrey did it because he had a deeper, deeper connection to politicians and very powerful people who were abusing young women. I think Jeffrey did it more to protect himself.”

“When Jeffrey knew he was going to fall, he knew it was going to protect him,” Phillips reflected. “He wanted to get away with it…In the case of Sean Combs, people are being held accountable, or at least we’re getting to the bottom of who these people are.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to Combs’ attorney and spokesperson for comment.

Sean “Diddy” Combs hosted lavish “White Parties” where he invited the rich, famous and elite. (Bryan Bedder/CP/Getty Images for CP)

In 2019, Epstein was accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls. It was a case brought more than a decade after he secretly struck a deal with federal prosecutors to dispose of nearly identical allegations.

The 66-year-old hedge fund manager once hobnobbed with some of the world’s most powerful people. However, that year his life of luxury was reduced to a concrete and steel cage at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MDC) in New York. The disgraced financier was under psychological observation for a suicide attempt that left his neck bruised and scratched.

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Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019. He was 66 years old. (Neil Rasmus/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

On August 10, 2019, Epstein was found dead.

The Justice Department’s watchdog said a “combination of negligence, misconduct and egregious work failures” by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and prison employees allowed Epstein to commit suicide. They found no evidence of foul play.

Officials claimed that Sean “Diddy” Combs and a number of unnamed Combs Enterprise associates used intimidation tactics to “lure female victims into Combs’ orbit, often under the guise of a romantic relationship.” . (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Combs is standing at MDC in Brooklyn.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for Combs said: “Mr. Combs is strong, healthy and focused on his defense. He is committed to fighting this case and has full confidence in his legal team and the truth.”

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Sean Combs’ son, King Combs, is seen here arriving at the United States court in Manhattan after the music mogul was arrested by federal agents in New York. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

Combs had previously been placed on routine suicide watch, but on Sunday, sources told Fox News Digital that he was “off suicide watch” and had been visited by family members .

Phillips testified in a 2022 civil case involving Virginia Giuffre, who said she was trafficked by Epstein, USA Today reported. According to the outlet, Phillips also filed as a Jane Doe under the Adult Survivors Act. Separately, she won a settlement in a case involving JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Epstein accusers, the outlet noted.

Today, Phillips hopes his podcast — and his story — will shed light on how human trafficking can happen to anyone.

“It’s not just a white van that stops you, grabs a 13-year-old girl, throws her in the car and sends her to Dubai,” she said. “No, there are powerful people who take advantage of your aspirations and ambitions.”

Virginia Roberts Giuffre, with a photo of herself as a teenager, when she describes being attacked by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, among others. (Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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“There are those who send several young people to the same person,” she continued. “They’re trafficking you. And I’m so happy that this is coming to light now. We need to understand what’s really going on. There’s a lot of education that needs to be done.”