Ex-Da Band Member Claims Diddy Once Told Her Bandmate He Wanted to Eat Their Flesh

Former Da Band member Sara Rivers has joined the growing list of Sean “Diddy” Combs accusers.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times, the singer-songwriter accused the disgraced music mogul of making disturbing threats to her bandmates while filming the 2002 competition series, Making the Band 2.

“When he got angry with one of my band members, he said, ‘You make me so mad I want to eat your flesh,’” Rivers claimed in The Making of a Bad Boy, a newly released Peacock documentary that explores the rise and fall of Diddy.

Rivers also recalled an instance in which Diddy scolded a bandmate for rolling their eyes: “You know, I could go get a crackhead and pay them $20 to smack the s*** out of you,” he allegedly told the artist.

Rivers, previously Sara Stokes, was introduced to Diddy when she auditioned for his second iteration of Making the Band. She was ultimately chosen as the group’s R&B singer and remained with Diddy’s label until the group dissolved in 2004.

“I didn’t want to be around him unless there were cameras. He touched me in a place that he shouldn’t have. That was inappropriate, and I felt intimidated,” she said as she began getting choked up. “I’m definitely nervous. … I haven’t said anything for so long, and it’s built up.”

Rivers isn’t the only Da Band member who has accused Diddy of threatening behavior. As previously reported, rapper Kevin Barnes — a.k.a. Chopper — claimed the Bad Boy Records founder had threatened to kill his bandmate Freddy P.

“Diddy threatened his life,” Chopper said during an interview with The Art of Dialogue. “[Diddy] told him he was going to kill him. Fred said something slick to Diddy and Diddy felt a way. He told MTV to turn the cameras off and walk out the room. We was just sitting there. Diddy was letting it loose. He told Fred, ‘I will buy your whole block and move everybody out the neighborhood. Every time you walk out the house, I’ll have somebody shooting at you.’

“That made Fred leave the band.” Chopper continued. “Fred wanted to kill that ni**a right there.”

The allegations came as Diddy faces multiple sexual assault lawsuits and federal charges of sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution. He is now being held in the Special Housing Unit at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center as he awaits his May 5 trial.

Diddy has denied the allegations in both his criminal and civil cases, as well as the damning claims featured in The Making of a Bad Boy documentary. 

“This documentary recycles and perpetuates the same lies and conspiracy theories that have been slung against Mr. Combs for months,” his lawyers said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “It is disappointing to see NBC and Peacock rolling in the same mud as unethical tabloid reporters. By providing a platform for proven liars and opportunists to make false criminal accusations, the documentary is irresponsible journalism of the worst kind.”