Ashton Kutcher regrets his friendship with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and fears the disgraced music mogul would willingly lie to authorities about his famous friends if it meant he could clear his own name.
Combs, 54, is currently awaiting trial at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center in New York City on charges of sex trafficking, extortion and transportation into prostitution after being arrested earlier in this month.
Kutcher, 46, had been close friends with Combs for nearly two decades, and the duo spoke highly of each other over the years with the actor even attending one of their infamous White Parties.
However, in light of Combs’ arrest, inside sources have claimed that Kutcher is terrified that the rap star could “say anything, do anything, or turn on anyone” to get out of jail.
“Ashton absolutely regrets his friendship with Diddy considering what happened,” a source told DailyMail.com. “You feel lied to, betrayed, taken for granted and manipulated.”
Ashton Kutcher fears Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs would willingly lie to authorities about his famous friends if it meant he could clear his own name (pictured in 2007)
Kutcher was close friends with Combs for two decades and even attended one of his infamous White Parties with his then-wife Demi Moore (pictured at the 2009 event).
The source continued: ‘He feels the same way about Danny Masterson. Now he trusts no one except his wife Mila (Kunis). He will maintain his family circle.
In October 2023, Kutcher and Kunis, 40, came under fire after sharing letters of support for their former That 70’s Show co-star Masterson, pleading with the judge to show leniency to the actor before he was sentenced to 30 years.
Following the backlash, the couple, who married in 2015 and share two children, released an apology video and Kutcher resigned as president of his anti-child sexual abuse organization.
Having gotten over Masterson’s reaction, the actor is now preparing for the possibility of being dragged into the investigation with Combs.
“Ashton has fears about how this investigation will play out,” the source said.
“He believes Diddy would have no problem lying to authorities and dropping some of his famous friends’ names if it meant he could get him out of jail.”
The source continued, “Diddy could say anything, do anything or turn on anyone right now.”
“Everyone close to Diddy fears the possibility that Diddy will make up false accusations to clear his own name.”
In light of Combs’ arrest, sources have claimed that Kutcher is terrified by what the rap star might allege about those associated with him.
The source insisted that Kutcher had never attended one of Combs’ freak off sessions while enjoying the rapper’s famous parties.
DailyMail.com previously revealed that Kutcher was expecting a subpoena when Combs’ homes were raided earlier this year.
“He doesn’t want to get involved in this, but he knows his association means he already is,” the source explained. “If he is contacted by the authorities, he will cooperate fully because he has nothing to hide.”
DailyMail.com previously revealed that Kutcher was expecting a subpoena amid the ongoing investigation.
“Ashton knows he dug himself a hole with this one, but he never in a million years believed that Diddy was actually doing these horrible things.”
Insisting that Kutcher had never attended one of Combs’ ‘freak out’ sessions, the source claimed that the final straw in their friendship was the video of Combs dragging his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura through a hotel lobby. .
“They had a genuine friendship,” they said. “But when Ashton and Mila saw the video of Cassie, they realized she was a monster and not someone they wanted in their lives.”
During an appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden in 2018, Combs revealed that the actor’s MTV show, Punk’d, which he headlined from 2003 to 2007, brought them together.
He recalled: “One day I called (Ashton) and said, ‘I heard you’re going to make me a Punk and I don’t think that’s a good idea. If you do that, it won’t end well for you, but I think we should come to an agreement.”
Combs explained that he was afraid of being attacked by Punk’d after watching an episode with Kanye West, adding that “it became very dangerous.”
The source claimed: “He feels Diddy would have no problem lying to authorities and dropping some of his famous friends’ names if it meant he could get him out of jail.”
Ashton and his wife Mila Kunis (pictured April 2023) came under fire last October for supporting Danny Masterson and Kunis has reportedly banned him from contacting Combs.
In 2019, Ashton shared more details about his friendship with the rapper during an appearance on Sean Evans’ Hot Ones.
At the time, he said: ‘We became fast friends. We used to just hang out and watch football together.
Kutcher went on to reveal that he was also involved in getting the rapper to sign up for the New York City Marathon in 2003, after he joined the actor in a race.
He said: ‘Halfway through the race, he (Combs) says, “I’m running out of gas right now.” At that moment there were paparazzi around us.
“He’s like, ‘You’ve got to slow down and make it look like you’re not slowing down because I don’t want to make it look like I’m not going to be able to finish this.'” And I was losing control.
Kutcher continued, “We finished the race and then he was so upset about the fact that he got picked on in this race that he decided to run the New York Marathon.”
‘He immediately started training for the New York Marathon.
‘He just can’t lose. Even when he’s this close to humility, he becomes a driver, so he went out and ran the New York Marathon.
The actor has also supported rapper I’ll Be Missing You at public events.
The source added: “Ashton knows he dug himself a hole with this one, but he never in a million years believed that Diddy was actually doing these horrible things.”
In 2007, she attended the launch of Combs’ Unforgiveable Woman fragrance in New York.
She was also among the celebrities invited to the mogul’s infamous annual white party in Los Angeles in 2009, where she posed for a photo alongside Combs and his then-wife Demi Moore, 61.
If convicted, Combs could face up to life in prison after being charged in connection with an apparent “criminal enterprise” through his business empire: sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, drug crimes, transportation for prostitution , kidnapping and physical abuse. against women, among other crimes.
The charges against him focus on so-called “freak offs” or private sex parties, which allegedly took place in hotel rooms with prostitutes and prostitutes from 2008 to the present.
Some “freakouts” are said to have lasted for days and ended with exhausted participants having to rehydrate via an intravenous drip.
It is from one of these dissolute events that Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie was allegedly trying to flee in 2016 when security cameras at a Los Angeles hotel captured Combs brutally attacking her in a hallway.
She filed a lawsuit against Combs in November 2023, which he settled in one day, serving as a catalyst for more people to come forward with abuse claims.
Friends Combs and Kutcher Revealed How Their MTV Days Brought Them Together in 2018
Combs revealed on The Late Late Show with James Corden that the actor’s show Punk’d was the instigator behind their friendship.
Kutcher also shared stories about friendship on Sean Evans’ Hot Ones in 2019.
Combs pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and was denied bail, despite his legal team’s request that he be released on $50 million and kept under electronic monitoring.
In addition to their concerns about Combs, Kutcher and his wife were also forced to debunk split rumors.
The couple were photographed together at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday with daughters Wyatt Isabelle, nine, and son Dimitri Portwood, seven.
Speaking to People, a source called the split rumors “ridiculous and false.”
A second source told the site: ‘Ashton has no involvement in any of this. He doesn’t belong in this conversation about Diddy. Ashton has only seen Diddy at a handful of social and business events, all of which have been documented by the media.