Vibe Magazine's Danyel Smith says Sean Diddy Combs threatened to put her dead in the trunk of a car

Danyel Smith wrote a scathing piece claiming that Sean Combs threatened to leave a journalist “dead in the trunk of a car”.

Smith, ex-editor-in-chief of Vibe Magazine, penned a personal essay in the New York Times about a late 1990s dispute with P Diddy.

He participated in a photoshoot, and the dispute centered around the cover of the magazine for the December 1997/January 1998 issue.

"Combs wanted to see the Vibe covers before they went to press. It wasn't our policy to show covers before publication," Smith remembered.

"After I told him no, we heard that he planned to come to our office and force us to show him what we'd chosen - and to make us choose something else if he didn't like what he saw."

After the rapper reportedly phoned the experienced journalist's office soon after, "It was then that Combs told me, as I've retold hundreds of times over the years, that he would see me 'dead in the trunk of a car.'"

"Not missing a beat, I told him he needed to take that threat back."

According to Smith, he replied, "'Take what back?'" and responded with a "vile laugh" while telling her, "'f*** you.'"

He continued, "I know where you are right now. Right on Lexington."

Combs sent an apology via fax after Smith contacted a lawyer about the threat.

Combs has already received public criticism due to video footage showing him physically assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, which emerged in April.

Now, he is facing legal action over fresh allegations of sex trafficking brought forward by Adria English.