The man who appears in a video posing next to the vice president of the United States and Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, It’s not rapper Sean Diddy Combsdespite what social media posts indicate.
The images released are from 2001 in which this political leader is seen accompanied by the Presenter Montel Williamswith whom she had a relationship at that time.
A video fragment is circulating on Facebook and X that supposedly shows the US vice president walking hand in hand with Diddythe rapper charged last week in New York with crimes related to Organized crime, sex trafficking and human trafficking.
“Kamala Harris attending an event with Sean ‘Diddy’ Comb. Diddy has been arrested for abuse and sex trafficking (sic),” reads a profile that spreads the video.
Other publications that spread the same material add comments in sexist tone like: “Never forget how Kamala Harris got her start. She’s no stranger to Diddy’s parties in LA either.”
Here is the video:
It’s not ‘Diddy’ nor one of his events
Kamala Harris did not pose in front of the cameras with the rapper Diddy nor did she attend a party hosted by him. In fact, the images were recorded at a charity event in 2001, which the current candidate for the White House attended accompanied by the presenter Montel Williams, who was then her romantic partneraccording to the report from which the video and information located in Getty Images.
First of all, the viral recording was obtained from a fragment of the magazine Inside Editionas can be seen from the logo that appears in a corner of the sequence.
This program has published on different occasions the images in which Harris appears holding Williams’ hand on a red carpet, along with a review in English about their brief relationship in 2001.
In none of the videos is the rapper mentioned Diddywho also does not physically resemble Williams.
For its part, an internet search with keywords leads to some photographs hosted in the image bank of Getty Images documenting the same scene referred to in the messages shared online.
According to the descriptions of the photos, Harris posed alongside presenter Williams at an event for the Eighth Annual Race to End Multiple Sclerosisheld in California.
A comparison between the recordings that went viral on social media and the archived snapshots allows us to confirm that capture the same moment.
They intend to link the Democratic candidate with sexual aggressors
Over the past few days, various content has been circulating that falsely links the Democratic candidate with the rapper Diddywho is currently held at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Centerin New York.
Among them, a photomontage stands out that the Republican candidate Donald Trump shared and then deleted on the social network Truth, according to several American media outlets.
EFE Verifica has already denied viral messages in the past that link Harris with the deceased businessman Jeffrey Epsteinaccused of trafficking and sexual abuse of minors.
In short, It is false that Kamala Harris appears in a video posing next to the rapper DiddyThe pictures show the current US presidential candidate alongside presenter Montel Williams on a red carpet in 2001.
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