The next day, Combs allegedly called Smith and threatened her, taunting that he knew where she was.
The suspicion was immediately placed on Combs and his Bad Boy crew, Smith wrote.
(Combs did not respond toNYT Magazines request for comment on the allegations.)
Sean Combs and Danyel Smith in 2006. Smith says she had largely blocked out the reality of Combs' death threat he had made years earlier. “I forgot the worst of it for 27 years … We interacted when necessary. Sometimes an exchange was just us smiling for cameras.“Johnny Nunez/WireImage
She recalled early rumors that Combs had physically attacked a woman at Bad Boys offices.
