Sean 'Diddy' Combs allegedly THREATENED former Vibe editor would be 'dead in the trunk of a car' over past cover dispute... amid rapper's legal woes and sexual assault lawsuits

Sean 'Diddy' Combs allegedly threatened former editor-in-chief of Vibe magazine, Danyel Smith, due to an argument over the 1997 December/January double issue of the publication. Sean 'Diddy' Combs, 54, allegedly threatened former editor-in-chief of Vibe magazine, Danyel Smith, due to an argument over the 1997 December/January double issue of the publication; seen in 2020 in Beverly Hills Smith informed the music artist of the policy and claimed, 'we heard that he planned to come to our office and force us to show him what we'd chosen - and to make us choose something else if he didn't like what he saw.' Smith, 59, recalled the alleged incident in a personal essay published in The New York Times Magazine on Friday; seen in 2023 in Atlanta The photo shoot for the covers took place in September, with inspiration being taken from the 1978 film cover Heaven Can Wait - starring Warren Beatty Smith alleged he replied with, '"Take what back?" Not missing a beat, I told him he needed to take that threat back'; seen in 2023 in London The former Vibe editor-in-chief also shared the alleged incident in her own memoir, Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop, which was released in April 2022 The New York Times Magazine article comes amid the music artist's mounting legal woes, sex trafficking probe and sexual assault lawsuits. Earlier this month, another dark allegation emerged as a former porn star named Adria English sued Diddy for $50 billion over claims he trafficked her to have sex with party guests and threatened to blackmail her if she did not comply; seen in 2022 in L.A. English said Diddy 'groomed' her into sex trafficking and told her to have sex with Jacob Arabov, also known as 'Jacob the Jeweler' A few months earlier, a video obtained by CNN, showed Diddy violently beating his ex Cassie near an elevator inside the InterContinental Hotel in Century City She claimed she was later 'passed off' to other guests at Diddy's parties who sexually assaulted her.