In 2000, Diddy allegedly assaulted his then-ex, the late Kim Porter’s boyfriend the late Island Def Jam Music Group exec Shakir Stewart.
Per Rolling Stone:
When the industry gathered for L.A. Reid’s wedding in Italy that summer, Combs went to Stewart’s room after the ceremony and allegedly broke a chair over Stewart’s head, Stewart’s mother and two of his close friends tell Rolling Stone. ‘He left him bleeding on a hotel floor in Italy,’ Stewart’s mother, Portia, says. ‘He had to have stitches and then [Combs] threatened him … ‘I’m going to kill you’ … That’s when I said you need to get out of this business. This man is crazy.’’
Stewart would later die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on November 1, 2008.