Danity Kane singer Aubrey O’Day is speaking publicly about a witness affidavit that alleges she was sexually assaulted by music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, an accusation she says has left her searching for answers she may never fully have.
O’Day addressed the allegation during her first network interview since the release of Netflix’s documentary Sean Combs: The Reckoning, which includes footage of her reading from the affidavit. The document describes an alleged sexual assault involving O’Day, Combs, and another man, stating that O’Day appeared “very inebriated” at the time. O’Day has said she has no memory of the incident.
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“Does this mean I was raped? Is that what this means? I don’t even know if I was raped. And I don’t want to know,” O’Day says in the documentary, which has reportedly drawn about 40 million views worldwide in its first two weeks.
In a statement to CBS News, a spokesperson for Combs said the artist “categorically denies the allegations in the Netflix documentary,” adding that “he has never sexually assaulted anyone.” The statement said Combs intends to address the claims “in the appropriate legal forum” rather than through “speculation from anonymous affidavits.” Combs is currently serving a 50-month sentence in a New Jersey federal prison following convictions on prostitution-related charges.
O’Day rose to fame after working closely with Combs, who helped form Danity Kane on the MTV reality series Making the Band in 2005 before disbanding the group in 2009. Revisiting that period has been painful, she said, and she remains uncertain about what truly happened.
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She has stressed the importance of confirming the affidavit’s accuracy, saying she wants to be sure the witness is “100 percent certain” it refers to her and not another band member or someone who resembles her. “The story that they have told has been consistent for two years in every area that they’ve been in,” O’Day said, adding that she still does not know what occurred, according to Page Six.
O’Day has spoken openly about forgiveness as part of her personal healing, saying it begins with herself. “I forgive myself. That was the hard one,” she said. “The feelings that I’ve had throughout all of this really come down to, like, forgiving myself for misplacing abuse, or attention, or acknowledgment as love.”
As for forgiving Combs, O’Day said it is not her focus. “Do I forgive him? I don’t think that matters to the bigger picture. I think that he needs to do the work to forgive himself,” she said.
Instead, O’Day says her priority is advocating for survivors and pushing for systemic change. “I want to be helping people, and speaking for the underdogs, and speaking for the voices that aren’t being heard,” she said.
Combs is expected to be released from prison in May 2028. While rumors of a potential presidential pardon have circulated, a White House official called them “speculation.” O’Day said she does not believe Donald Trump would pardon Combs, calling such decisions “always strategic” and tied to political calculations.
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