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The manosphere seizes on the Diddy trial to undermine alleged victims: ‘I don’t see no crimes committed'

Commentators on Black masculinity are popular pundits on Sean Combs’s case – but they’ve taken a clear side

When the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs began last month, there was one man who stood apart from the journalists, legal eagles and YouTube gossips queuing up for seats inside the New York courtroom: Myron Gaines, co-host of the Fresh and Fit podcast and author of the 2023 book Why Women Deserve Less. For decades, the New Yorker was an alpha-male fantasy come to life: a self-made captain of industry and paragon of “ Black excellence ” who helps mainstream hip-hop music while juggling a roster of paramours that included Bad Boy artist Cassie Ventura. It is Gaines, though, who is uniquely well-positioned to cast himself as a voice of reason, often evoking his seven-year stint as a homeland security special agent, during which he handled human-trafficking and organized crime cases, to his audience of almost 2 million people.

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