Fallout within his orbit came from Steve Perry, the founder of a charter school network called Capital Preparatory Schools. In 2016, Mr. Combs helped start a branch in Harlem, where he was born. This week, Mr. Perry released a statement on the school’s website saying that “following a comprehensive evaluation, a decision has been made to end the partnership between Capital Preparatory Schools and Sean Combs.”
But the statement was apparently removed within hours, and school officials did not respond to requests for explanation. The school and Mr. Combs’s companies have close ties. Mr. Perry is listed on Combs Global’s website as part of its “executive team,” and Tarik Brooks, Combs Global’s president, remains listed as a board member of the charter network.
Revolt, which has popular podcasts like “Drink Champs” and “Caresha Please,” also distanced itself from its founder this week, announcing that Mr. Combs was stepping down as chairman, and that “this decision helps to ensure that Revolt remains steadfastly focused on our mission.”
Dawn Montgomery, a former podcaster on Revolt’s show “Monuments to Me,” a series celebrating Black womanhood, posted on the social media site X that she would not be returning to the Revolt podcast, saying that as a survivor of sexual assault herself, she could not “be a part of a show that’s supposed to uplift Black women while Diddy leads the company.”
Revolt’s statement did little to change her mind. “There are people in leadership who have to report to him, who have to follow up with him,” she said in an interview.