Floyd Mayweather has refused to criticize Diddy over his sexual assault allegations.
The retired professional boxer was appearing on The Pivot Podcast hosted by former NFL Stars Channing Crowder, Fred Taylor and Ryan Clark when the topic of the embattled Hip Hop mogul came up.
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“I’m not gonna speak bad about P. Diddy,” Mayweather said. “‘Cause he still a Black man. Mistakes happen. And I can’t say if it is or not a mistake, but things happen in life. And P. Diddy’s business is P. Diddy’s business. It’s not my job or anybody else’s job to go on the internet and stomp him and kick a man while he’s down.
“My take on it is: it’s not my business. I don’t think it’s right at all and I don’t condone it. Even if that happened to my daughter, I would be hurt but that’s a choice that my daughter made.”
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After Floyd’s comments, Clark interjected to say: “If your son is accused of those things that Diddy was accused of, I’m going to believe in my son in what he says but I’ma check him about that.
“And on the other side that we have to be very careful of, especially when talking about women, is that if those things are true, that wasn’t a decision they made; that’s something that was done to them.
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“If those things happened to those women, not only is it not right, it’s also not their fault.”
Watch the segment at the 6:50 mark below.
Diddy has been accused of several instances of sexual assault since November of last year, all of which he has vehemently denied.
The Bad Boy Records founder was first sued by his ex-girlfriend Cassie, who alleged he subjected to her a pattern of sexual assault, physical abuse and sex trafficking during their decade-long relationship.
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The former couple quickly settled the suit for an undisclosed sum, with Diddy maintaining his innocence.
He has since been sued by three other women, including one who claims he gang raped her in his Manhattan recording studio in 2003 when she was 17 years old.
Following that lawsuit, Diddy issued a statement on social media denying all the allegations against him and dismissing them as shakedown attempts.
“Enough is enough,” he wrote. “For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy.
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“Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday. Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth.”
