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THIS is the bizarre moment ex-Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney puts down a $150,000 bid to buy a wild night out with Diddy.After winning the charity auction Rooney’s girlfriend at the time and future wife Coleen banned the footballer from ever heading to New York for the party trip, according to Diddy.The England ace, sitting beside Ashley and Cheryl Cole, paid $150,000 for a Diddy partyCredit: ITVDiddy promised to turn Rooney into a ‘changed man’ following the ‘non-stop’ partyingCredit: ITVRooney’s future wife Coleen was left looking unimpressed with the star striker’s bid as she reportedly banned him from ever travelling to see DiddyCredit: ITVYears later on The Graham Norton Show Diddy revealed Rooney never came on the trip due to ColeenCredit: BBCResurfaced footage from a football charity auction in 2006 shows disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, 54, promising to take the England ace out on a “non-stop party with lots of sexy ladies”.The clip came 18 years before Combs’ arrest over a number of serious sexual allegations including racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.Combs has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.A 20-year-old Rooney can be seen in the clip laughing and joking with his England teammates and celebrities as Diddy stands on the stage next to auction hosts David Beckham and Graham Norton.read more in DiddyRooney, siting beside England teammate Ashley Cole and then wife Cheryl, was bidding on Beckham’s World Cup charity auction where the highest bidder would get the chance to spend the weekend with Diddy in New York. After placing the huge $150,000 offer, Diddy – dressed in a black tuxedo and thick sunglasses – assured that he would make Rooney a “changed man” before he returned home to Manchester. Grabbing the microphone, the rapper said: “After he comes to New York, we’ll probably be cousins. “It’ll be a non-stop party with lots of sexy ladies.”Most read in FootballCombs initially jumped on stage uninvited as he interrupted Beckham who was hosting the star-studded event at his mansion in Hertfordshire. The music star then offers himself out to those in attendance – promising the highest bidder either a night out in the US, a studio session or a weekend at his house in New York.I was 16 when I escaped Diddy’s freak-off party filled with sex, drugs, and candy – he chased me down the hallWhen talking about the wild evening of partying Diddy says: “I promise you, your a** will wake up Wednesday, laying beside me.”Several British legends were at the event and even placed their own bids on Combs such as Sharon Osbourne before Rooney upped the bidding and won Diddy’s company.Along with the winning offer Rooney reportedly asked to bring along a friend for the trip.The Sun has contacted Wayne Rooney’s representatives for comment.Over the past few weeks, several clips of Diddy have resurfaced with the producer making references to his party lifestyle.No, their wives wouldn’t allow them to come. I’m serious. I don’t know whySean Combsspeaking on The Graham Norton ShowA clip on The Graham Norton Show in 2011 is one of these where Norton references the auction.He asked Diddy about Rooney and star defender Rio Ferdinand who was also set to go and visit Combs in New York.Norton asks: “I always wondered; did they ever go? Did it ever happen?” To which Diddy responded: “No, their wives wouldn’t allow them to come. I’m serious. I don’t know why.”One saw him speaking on Late Night with Conan O’Brien over 22 years ago joking about locking up his female party guests in rooms.Wayne Rooney bought a night of partying with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs at a charity football auction in 2006Credit: ITVDiddy and Graham Norton at the auction togetherCredit: ITVDiddy at a 1999 White Party with Leonardo DiCaprioCredit: The Mega AgencyThe videos have come into question since Combs was charged with several sexual allegations.He is also accused of having “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfil his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.”If Combs is convicted and receives the maximum sentence, he faces life in prison.The minimum sentence is 15 years.The court indictment against Combs revealed how he would often host lavish parties for guests which involved a number of “Freak Offs” events.At these “parties” he allegedly forced victims to have sex with hired sex workers while it was filmed on camera.Freak Offs often involved drug usage to keep participants “obedient and compliant,” followed by IV fluids to help them recover afterwards, the charges allege.Combs would then use the “sensitive, embarrassing, and incriminating” footage “as collateral to ensure the continued obedience and silence of the victims,” prosecutors claim.Diddy has already lost two appeals for bail, despite making multiple promises of better behaviour in exchange for his freedom.The evidence against Sean ‘Diddy’ CombsTHE months-long federal sex trafficking probe against Sean Combs has culminated in a searing indictment that was unsealed on Tuesday.Combs has been hit with one count of racketeering and one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and one count of transportation to engage in prostitution.But behind those legal charges lies a mountain of alleged evidence of menace, violence, and horrific abuse of his fame.Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfil his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.”He “created a criminal enterprise whose members and associates engaged in, and attempted to engage in, among other crimes, sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice.”The rapper assaulted women by “striking, punching, dragging, throwing objects at, and kicking them.”Combs “manipulated women to participate in highly orchestrated performances of sexual activity with male commercial sex workers” that he called “freak offs.”Freak offs “occurred regularly, sometimes lasted multiple days, and often involved multiple commercial sex workers.”During freak offs, he “distributed a variety of controlled substances to victims, in part to keep the victims obedient and compliant.”After freak offs, Combs and the victims “typically received IV fluids to recover from the physical exertion and drug use.”In March 2024, during searches of his residences in Miami and Los Angeles, “law enforcement seized various Freak Off supplies, including narcotics and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant.”During and separate from Freak Offs, Combs “hit, kicked, threw objects at, and dragged victims, at times, by their hair…These assaults often resulted in injuries that took days or weeks to heal.”He also used the “sensitive, embarrassing, and incriminating recordings” that he made during freak offs as “collateral to ensure the continued obedience and silence of the victims.”Combs himself “brandished firearms to intimidate and threaten others, including victims of and witnesses to his abuse.”During searches of his homes, “law enforcement seized firearms and ammunition, including three AR-15s with defaced serial numbers, as well as a drum magazine.”Associates “assisted him in locating and contacting victims who attempted to flee his abuse.”When witnesses to the abuse threatened his authority or reputation, he and members and associates of the enterprise “engaged in acts of violence, threats of violence, threats of financial and reputational harm, and verbal abuse. These acts of violence included kidnapping and arson.”Combs’ initial court appearance saw a judge order him to be held without bail, citing “very significant concerns” about his reported substance abuse and “anger issues.”An appeal led to Diddy’s three sons Quincy Brown, Christian “King” Combs, and Justin Combs co-signing a $50 million bail proposal.A second judge a day later once again denied the plea and ruled Diddy would remain jailed pending trial.The Metropolitan Detention Center where the hit producer and rapper is being held is synonymous with rat infestations, violent outbreaks, and being understaffed.The jail has a capacity of 1,600 inmates, often with celebrities among them.Two of the most high profile inmates include fellow musician R Kelly  and Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged acquaintance Ghislaine Maxwell.It comes as a Diddy accuser’s attorney has claimed a high-profile person was seen alongside the music mogul in a pornographic video.READ MORE SUN STORIESThe footage is said to be a pornographic film that allegedly shows someone “more high-profile” than the rapper and founder of Bad Boy, alongside the troubled hip-hop mogul.Ariel Mitchell-Kidd would not reveal who was the person in the video, allegedly shot in Diddy’s Atlanta mansion.What happened during Sean Combs’ ‘Freak Offs’?SEAN Combs’ infamous drug-fuelled freak offs, first revealed by his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura’s lawsuit in November 2023, have become a central narrative of the indictment.The allegations include:The music mogul “manipulated women to participate in highly orchestrated performances of sexual activity with male commercial sex workers.”Freak offs “occurred regularly, sometimes lasted multiple days, and often involved multiple commercial sex workers.”Combs “distributed a variety of controlled substances to victims, in part to keep the victims obedient and compliant.”He and the victims “typically received IV fluids to recover from the physical exertion and drug use” after the freak offs.Cops “seized various Freak Off supplies, including narcotics and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant” from his homes in Los Angeles and Miami.Combs “hit, kicked, threw objects at, and dragged victims, at times, by their hair,” during and separate from the freak offs, which “often resulted in injuries that took days or weeks to heal.”He also used the “sensitive, embarrassing, and incriminating recordings” that he made during freak offs as “collateral to ensure the continued obedience and silence of the victims.”Diddy with Victoria Beckham in 2003Credit: Selma FonsecaDiddy at one of his house partiesCredit: AlamyIf Combs is convicted and receives the maximum sentence, he faces life in prisonCredit: GettyA court sketch of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs More