Rock singer Sting has said he is not concerned that the allegations surrounding disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs will affect his classic hit “Every Breath You Take.”

The Bad Boy Records founder famously sampled the 1983 song by Sting’s band, The Police, for his own song “I’ll Be Missing You” with Faith Evans in 1997.

Combs was arrested in September on racketeering and sex trafficking charges and is currently awaiting trial on May 5 at a federal detention center in Brooklyn.

He has denied guilt to charges that he coerced and abused women for years, aided by a network of associates and associates, while silencing victims through blackmail, kidnapping, arson and physical violence.

Speaking with the Los Angeles TimesSting was asked if his feelings toward “Every Breath You Take,” one of his band’s signature songs, had changed.

“No,” he replied. “I mean, I don’t know what’s going on (with Combs). But for me it doesn’t detract from the song at all. It’s still my song.”

“Every Breath You Take” spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983 and remains The Police’s only No. 1 in the US.

Combs released “I’ll Be Missing You” 14 years later as a tribute to the Notorious B.I.G., who was murdered in a drive-by shooting on March 9, 1997. He also interpolated the chorus, which was sung by Biggie’s wife Evans.

Sting successfully sued Combs over the song, saying he didn’t get legal approval to sample “Every Breath You Take,” and he received 100 percent of the royalties — reportedly until last year.

The two musicians later made up and performed “Every Breath You Take” / “I’ll Be Missing You” together at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards.

The Police guitarist Andy Summers was less enthusiastic about Combs’ song and revealed in a AV club interview in 2012 that he only heard it from his son, who heard it on the radio.

“He even sampled my guitar, and he based his whole song on that,” Summers said. “Sting isn’t into it. I was walking around Tower Records, and the damn thing was playing over and over again. It was very bizarre while it lasted.”

Combs has been repeatedly denied bail after his arrest. On Friday, November 8, a judge rejected his “unprecedented” and “baseless” request to issue an action against his alleged victims and their lawyers, on the grounds that they allegedly made “inflammatory extrajudicial statements aimed at to kill off the character of Mr. Combs.” the press”.

Last month, Combs was hit with a new wave of lawsuits, including an allegation that he raped a 13-year-old girl at a VMA after-party.

According to NBC News, five new civil lawsuits were filed against Combs in the Southern District of New York in October.

The accusers accuse Combs of sexually assaulting or raping them in separate incidents between 2000 and 2022. Two of the accusers are men and three are women.

So far, more than 120 people have accused Combs of sexually related crimes. He has denied all allegations against him.