Fears grow for Justin Bieber as he 'shuts down' and struggles to cope with explosive Diddy allegations after featuring on disgraced rapper's latest album

Justin Bieber is said to beryllium truthful profoundly 'disturbed' by nan news of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' apprehension connected sex-trafficking charges that he's trim himself disconnected from nan world. 

Combs, 54, was arrested connected Monday successful New York and deed pinch an indictment accusing him of years of coercion and maltreatment while utilizing blackmail and unit to power his victims.

He has besides been accused of inducing female victims and antheral activity workers into drugged-up, sometimes days-long intersexual performances referred to arsenic 'Freak Offs.'

Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, an insider said that caller dada Bieber, 30, has been wholly 'thrown' by nan harrowing allegations and is grappling to make consciousness of them - particularly fixed that he collaborated pinch Combs little than a twelvemonth ago. 

The root said of nan vulnerable singer: 'Bieber is truthful disturbed by nan Diddy news and is unwilling to process it aliases talk it truthful he has unopen off. 

'So galore group who helped to make him who he is were very adjacent to Diddy and it has wholly thrown him.

'Justin hasn't been responding connected this since nan location raids. He's not going to.'

The insider added that Bieber besides profoundly regrets having collaborated pinch nan disgraced mogul past year, and would ne'er person done truthful had he known nan allegations that person since travel to light. 

They continued: 'He had a agelong break from Diddy erstwhile he believes astir of this took spot and he had distanced himself from him.

'He was featured connected Diddy's astir caller album, and had he known immoderate of this, location is nary measurement he would person done it.'

Bieber, who was conscionable a kid erstwhile he forged a relationship pinch Combs, featured connected Combs' way Moment, which appeared connected his 2023 medium The Love Album: Off nan Grid.

Following nan album's merchandise successful October, Bieber reflected connected his first brushwood pinch Combs.

'I retrieve going to my relative Diddy's agency to transportation him a opus I wrote for him erstwhile I was for illustration 14,' he wrote connected Instagram.

'Sadly nan opus was trash haha and it would beryllium a difficult nary from him.'

He continued: 'Fast guardant to a fewer years agone Puff asked if I would freestyle thing for his upcoming emotion album. Wild afloat circle moment, emotion you @diddy.'

In March, aged clips of Bieber and Combs resurfaced soon aft Homeland Security raided nan euphony mogul's properties successful Miami and Los Angeles.

One video saw Combs opinionated adjacent to nan young popular sensation, aged 15, while telling nan camera: 'He's having 48 hours pinch Diddy, wherever we hanging retired and what we're doing we can't really disclose.

'But it's decidedly a 15-year-old's dream.'

The hep hop prima added: 'I person been fixed custody of him. He's signed to Usher and I had ineligible guardianship of Usher erstwhile he did his first album.

'I don't person ineligible guardianship of him [Bieber] but for nan adjacent forty-eight hours he's pinch maine and we're gonna spell afloat crazy.'

Bieber, wearing a achromatic shot headdress and purple garment smiles and looks up astatine Combs passim nan video, making mini comments specified arsenic 'yeah' and 'full crazy.'

The video was posted to societal media and triggered an outpouring of disapproval and concern.

Another resurfaced clip saw nan rapper grilling a 16-year-old Bieber connected why he hadn't been speaking to him arsenic much.

'What's up man, you good? Selling retired arenas and everything?' Combs asked nan youngster.

'Starting to enactment different, huh? You haven't been calling maine and hanging retired nan measurement we utilized to bent out.'

Bieber appeared anxious arsenic he responded to his philharmonic colleague.

'I mean you tried to get successful interaction pinch maine passim each my... and what not... but you ne'er sewage my number,' he said. 'I'm going to show you my number.'

Combs pleaded not blameworthy connected Tuesday and was denied bail, contempt his ineligible team's petition for him to beryllium released for $50 cardinal and kept electronically monitored.

The creator is accused of utilizing 'power and prestige' to lure and intimidate women nether 'pretense of a romanticist relationship'.

According to nan indictment, he would past allegedly usage force, threats and coercion to get nan women to prosecute pinch antheral activity workers successful nan 'Freak Offs,' described arsenic 'elaborate and produced activity performances' arranged and directed by Combs while he masturbated and often recorded them.

The indictment further stated that immoderate 'Freak Offs' would past for days, requiring Combs and victims to person IV fluids to retrieve from nan exertion and supplier use.

Combs' lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said nan 'Freak Offs' stemmed from nan star's erstwhile on-again-off-again narration pinch R&B vocalist Cassie, and were not coercive.

Prosecutors said they had interviewed much than 50 victims and witnesses, and are expecting nan number to grow.