{"id":506086,"date":"2026-07-02T11:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/506086\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:18:13","slug":"diddy-invited-the-ring-child-star-to-an-after-party-when-she-was-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/506086\/","title":{"rendered":"Diddy invited ‘The Ring’ child star to an after-party when she was 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former child actress Daveigh Chase, who starred as Samara Morgan in the horror film The Ring and voiced Lilo in Disney\u2019s Lilo & Stitch, recently died at the age of 35. This week, Los Angeles authorities said she died of AIDS, with \u201cchronic polysubstance abuse\u201d listed as a significant contributing condition.<\/p>\n

Since news of her death emerged, many online users have criticized her parents for failing, in their view, to protect her from the dangers facing child actors in Hollywood. Her father recently said she had cut ties with him and her mother years earlier, had been homeless and began using drugs when she was 13.<\/p>\n

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Daveigh Chase in The Ring <\/p>\n

(Photo: Screenshot)<\/p>\n

In recent days, a video has resurfaced online that apparently did not attract much attention when it first aired, but now feels especially disturbing in light of recent events. The moment took place at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards, where Chase, then 13, won Best Villain for her role in The Ring. She received the award from Ashton Kutcher and Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs, who was then 33 and handed her the award after giving her a kiss on the cheek.<\/p>\n

After they left the stage, Diddy spoke with Chase in front of the cameras and asked whether she would be going to an after-party later that night. Chase nodded yes, and Diddy laughed and said, \u201cYes!\u201d with visible enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 A resurfaced 2003 clip shows Diddy speaking with 12-year-old actress Daveigh Chase and inviting her to an afterparty.<\/p>\n

Over 20 years later, the clip is blowing up again as people revisit old Hollywood moments with new eyes.<\/p>\n

Creepy doesn\u2019t even begin to cover it.<\/p>\n

Writer: Val\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 18, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n

It is not clear whether she actually attended the party that night. But the exchange, which may have been viewed at the time as a lighthearted moment, is now being seen in a far more painful and frightening light.<\/p>\n

Many social media users pointed out that nothing about the interaction seemed appropriate, from a 33-year-old man presenting an award so closely to a 13-year-old girl to the invitation to join a party later that night.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy did they let two men be around her at all? They could have chosen someone her age or an older teenage girl,\u201d one user wrote. Another urged parents: \u201cPlease keep your children away from the entertainment industry. These are predators in human form. She\u2019s a child!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Daveigh Chase, P. Diddy and Ashton Kutcher at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards <\/p>\n

(Photo: M. Caulfield\/WireImage)<\/p>\n

Others expressed sorrow. \u201cPoor girl. Diddy was creepy then just like he is today,\u201d one person wrote. \u201cSeeing this now as an adult is much more disturbing and sick,\u201d another added. \u201cNo one that young could handle what she went through. Heartbreaking,\u201d read another comment, echoing many similar reactions.<\/p>\n

Representatives for Diddy, who is currently in prison after being convicted of sex offenses and has drawn headlines over the large sex parties he hosted, have previously responded to the clip and dismissed the criticism.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s disappointing to see the media and social media commentators twisting things and making them into something they were not,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

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(Photo: Frank Micelotta\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

After Chase\u2019s death, her mother, Cathy Chase, told the Daily Mail that her daughter\u2019s decline began several years later, after she was involved in a car accident at 16 and began using powerful painkillers.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was looking for drugs and partying with the wrong people,\u201d Cathy said. \u201cShe wanted freedom and these people trapped her with drugs. That was the beginning.\u201d She also insisted: \u201cI never kicked my daughter out of the house.\u201d<\/p>\n

From 2018, Chase was arrested and jailed several times for offenses that included drug use and breaking into homes. Her mother said she visited her several times in jail.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was completely gone, out of her mind,\u201d Cathy said. \u201cI thought something was wrong with her. My daughter was never diagnosed with mental health issues other than PTSD, but the drugs took over.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(Photo: Jordan Strauss\/Getty Images for Bethesda)<\/p>\n

Cathy said Daveigh had also expressed a desire to come home, and that she once went to pick her up from jail. \u201cBut when I got there, she was never waiting. She went back to the streets and I couldn\u2019t find her.\u201d<\/p>\n

The last time she saw her daughter was in 2025, Cathy said. After that, contact was lost. She learned of her death online.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hoped they were lies, but then major sites started publishing it,\u201d she said. \u201cI went out to the backyard and screamed, \u2018No, no, no, no!\u2019 It hurts me so much, but I hope her soul heard me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former child actress Daveigh Chase, who starred as Samara Morgan in the horror film The Ring and voiced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-506086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}