Breaking News: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Accused of Sending Two Men to Hunt Down Reporter In Bust-Up Over Magazine Cover Approval — Before ‘Issuing Chilling Threat She Could End Up Dead in a Trunk…..See More

A journalist is coming forward with chilling claims of a terrifying run-in with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.

In a bombshell interview for the upcoming docuseries The Fall of Diddy, former Vibe editor-in-chief Danyel Smith claimed the rapper threatened to have her “dead in a trunk” over refusing to hand over photos for a magazine story ahead of time, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

In 1997, Smith was thrust into a professional nightmare with Combs during preparations for Vibe’s December 1997/January 1998 double issue.

Smith recalled Combs’ insistence on seeing the magazine covers before publication — an unusual request that she refused.

She explained in the broadcast Combs called her to lodge a complaint, during which he allegedly made the death threats.

She continued: “After the shoot, Mr. Combs wanted to see the covers before they were published. It was policy for us not to show the covers to anyone before they were published.”

Smith recounted in the broadcast how Combs called her to express his frustration, during which he allegedly threatened her, saying: “I told him that I wouldn’t be making an exception and he said that he would see me dead in a trunk if I did not show it to him.”

Smith said she told the disgraced music mogul he had to “take that back,” to which he said he “wasn’t taking s— back” – the point at which she called up her lawyer.

She explained: “My attorney called him to say that if he didn’t immediately fax over an apology, my attorney was going to reach out to law enforcement.

“It took about 90 minutes to two hours and I received that faxed apology.”

Smith revealed she later discovered Combs had sent people to intimidate her over the matter.

She added: “I’ve only recently come to realize, through the members of the staff at that time, that he had actually, in the days before, come up to the Vibe offices with two tough guys looking for me.”

Last summer, Smith told The New York Times Magazine how key documents related to her 1997/98 Vibe story on Combs, The Good, the Bad, and the Puffy, had gone missing.

Her claims echos those of prosecutors in Combs’ federal case, who accuse the star of using blackmail and violence to silence victims.