Justin Bieber breaks social media silence more than a month after ex-mentor Diddy’s sex trafficking arrest

Justin Bieber posted a combination of photos of himself and bird-related images on Instagram for the first time since the arrest of his former mentor, Sean “Diddy” Combs.

The Canadian pop star, 30, made a few posts detailing his recent developments, as he was seen in multiple images tinkering with music equipment.

The Love Yourself singer – who welcomed his first child with wife Hailey Bieber, 27, in August – sported shaggy locks as he donned a plush red jacket with matching socks, black plaid athletic shorts from Umbro and a blue knit hat.

The Grammy-winning singer also added images of himself sipping from a cup and a pink robin.

In a later post, Bieber was dressed in a light blue knit hat, a black top, yellow plaid Umbro shorts and black leather buckle shoes.

The Peaches artist rounded out the social media post with images of a full moon, and another with a hummingbird pecking around a bush.

Prior to Sunday’s post, the last time the singer went to his default Instagram page was on September 3, almost two weeks before Diddy’s arrest by federal authorities on sex trafficking charges.

Bieber made a cameo at a Don Toliver concert on Saturday evening, with Baldwin present. TMZ reported.

In the case involving Combs, the embattled music mogul was hit with a new wave of lawsuits on Monday accusing him of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy – the first time he has been charged sued by someone who claims they were abused as a minor.

At least six lawsuits have been filed against Combs in federal court in Manhattan, adding to a growing list of legal claims against the indicted hip-hop mogul, all of which he has denied.

The lawsuits were filed anonymously to protect the identities of the plaintiffs, two identified by women as Jane Does and four identified by men as John Does.

Some of the Does, echoing others who have accused Combs in recent months, allege that he used his fame and the promise of potential stardom to lure victims to lavish parties or drug-filled hangouts, where he then attacked them. Some claim he beat or drugged them. Others say he threatened to kill them if they didn’t do what he wanted or if they spoke out against him.

The lawsuits detail alleged assaults dating back to the mid-1990s, including at Combs’ celebrity-studded white parties in the Hamptons of Long Island, at a Brooklyn party honoring Combs’ then-collaborator Biggie Smalls, and even in the storage space of Macy’s flagship. department store in downtown Manhattan.

Sean “Diddy” Combs, 54, pictured at the 2018 Met Gala

The plaintiffs in Monday’s lawsuits are part of what their lawyers say is a group of more than 100 alleged victims taking legal action following Combs’ arrest. The lawsuits are among more than a dozen over the past year in which Combs is accused of sexual assault.

When the planned trials were announced on Oct. 1, an attorney for Combs said the rapper and producer “cannot address every baseless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus.”

Combs has pleaded not guilty in his criminal case, which involves allegations that he coerced and abused women for years with the help of a network of associates and associates, while silencing victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical abuse.

Twice denied bail, the Bad Boy Records founder remains locked up in a federal prison in Brooklyn awaiting trial in May. Two judges have concluded that Combs would be a danger to the community if released. On Friday, an appeals court judge denied Combs’ immediate release from jail while a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals weighs his bail request.

Before Monday’s series of lawsuits, all of the plaintiffs who charged Combs were adults at the time of their alleged abuse, although a Chicago record producer claimed in a February lawsuit that he had “irrefutable evidence” that Combs sexually abused minors.

In a lawsuit Monday, a John Doe alleged that Combs fondled his genitals when he was 16 at one of the rapper’s white parties in 1998. The man, who now lives in North Carolina, claims Combs told him he “looked like this ‘. ‘ from one star and abruptly ordered the then-teenager to drop his pants.

According to the man’s lawsuit, Combs explained to him that becoming a music star was a rite of passage, at one point asking him, “Don’t you want to break into the business?” The man said he complied out of the fear, anxiety and power imbalance he felt with Combs, but later realized what he says happened was sexual abuse.

Other lawsuits filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan include allegations of rape, forced oral sex and drugging to incapacitate victims.

Diddy and Bieber pictured during a 2011 edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live

Combs hosted a ‘White Party’ in East Hampton, New York in September 2007

The parties have been part of the accusations that prosecutors have leveled against Diddy

One of the Jane Does claims that Combs raped her in a locked hotel room in 2004 after he invited her and a friend there to a party, gave them drinks and told them to snort cocaine. The woman, then a college freshman, claims Combs also forced her boyfriend to perform oral sex on him and threatened their lives if they didn’t comply.

Another Jane Doe alleged that Combs violently assaulted and raped her in a bathroom at a Brooklyn party in 1995 for Smalls’ music video, One More Chance. Smalls, also known as the Notorious BIG, was killed two years later in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles.

According to the woman, Combs took her to the bathroom to talk privately and unexpectedly started kissing her. When she tried to pull away, she claims, he hit her head against the wall, causing her to fall to the floor. She said she tried to escape, but Combs hit her again and raped her.

Afterwards, according to the woman, Combs casually adjusted his clothes and told her, “You better not tell anyone about this or you’ll disappear.”

In other lawsuits against John Doe, a security guard at Combs’ 2006 “White Party” alleges that Combs sexually assaulted him after giving him a drugged drink; a man accused Combs of forcing him to perform oral sex on him at the Macy’s warehouse in 2008; and a man sexually assaulting a man at a party in October 2021.

The last man, who suspects a drugged drink left him unable to fight back, remembers several men attacking him and clearly remembers seeing Combs standing naked above him at some point during the attack, according to his court case.