Resurfaced footage shows Wayne Rooney offering $150,000 for a night out with Diddy, years before the latest wave of sexual claims against the rapper.
The soccer star won David Beckham’s World Cup charity auction in May 2006 to spend the weekend with Diddy in New York.
At the time, Diddy, also known as Sean John Combs, insisted he would leave his mark on the footballer and promised Rooney would return a “changed man”.
‘When he comes to New York, we’ll probably be cousins. “It will be a non-stop party with a lot of sexy women,” the rapper said.
The extraordinary footage begins with the music mogul taking to the stage uninvited to join Beckham, who was hosting the star-studded event in the grounds of his Hertfordshire mansion.
Diddy says: ‘I don’t want to interrupt you, but I’m in the mood to give (…) and I’d like to auction something.
‘As I don’t spend much time here and don’t really know the crowd, if you win you can choose between one or the other. Option A is a weekend at my fully staffed Hamptons home by the water in East Hampton, New York.
And he adds: “Number two is a studio session with me in New York or London, I will produce an album for you and your children.” Or number three is a night out with Diddy on Saturday night in New York. And I promise your butt will wake up on Wednesday and lie down next to me.
Diddy, also known as Sean John Combs, on stage with David Beckham at the footballer’s charity auction in 2006.
Wayne Rooney (pictured center at the 2006 auction) won Diddy’s prize of a night out with him in New York for $150,000.
Diddy insisted he would leave his mark on the footballer and promised Rooney would return a “changed man”.
Sharon Osbourne pictured at the star-studded auction in 2006
Diddy on stage with Beckham at the footballer’s charity auction in 2006
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ list of accomplices includes prominent executives and bankers, according to a lawyer representing the music mogul’s alleged victims
‘The Real White Party’ hosted by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs at Combs’ East Hampton estate on September 2, 2007 in East Hampton, New York
After several A-list stars, including Sharon Osbourne, begin bidding for the deal, Rooney wins by paying $150,000, on the condition that he can bring a friend.
Rooney’s wife Coleen reportedly stopped her husband from attending the night out in New York with Diddy, according to the rapper.
Diddy was arrested last month on charges of sex trafficking, extortion and transportation to engage in prostitution.
He is alleged to have hosted parties involving illegal drugs, underage girls, hidden cameras and sex workers.
Diddy’s list of accomplices includes prominent executives and bankers, according to a lawyer representing the rapper’s alleged victims.
Multiple lawsuits filed by 120 accusers will name “familiar names” as well as companies and individuals who knew about and benefited from Diddy’s alleged crimes, attorney Tony Buzbee said Tuesday.
The legal filings seek to go after the banks, pharmaceutical companies and hotels that allegedly helped the mogul.
‘We will expose the facilitators who allowed this behavior behind closed doors. “We will pursue this matter no matter who the evidence implicates,” Buzbee said at a news conference in Houston.
Diddy, seen in court, headed to jail Tuesday to await trial in a federal sex trafficking case that accuses him of presiding over a sordid sex crimes empire.
Buzbee added: “There will come a day when we name names other than Sean Combs, and there are a lot of names.” The list is already long… The names will surprise you.’
Buzbee’s co-counsel said the lawsuits will go against “any venue or venue owner who was aware of what was going on.”
The attorneys stated that they plan to file lawsuits in several states over the next 30 days and promised to release the names at a later date.
Buzbee confirmed that half of the plaintiffs are men and that most of the alleged assaults occurred in New York, California, Georgia and Florida. The complaints date back to 1991.
MailOnline has contacted a representative for Rooney for comment.
