The search came up empty.

“Ok diddy lost his ring . . . and now there frisking all the kids like this is rikers lite,” a user named PWillzNYC posted on Twitter later. Another Tweeter, named dbaumz, tweeted, “[W]hen it was over, diddy held us hostage lookin for his lost ring. dont like him no more!!!”

One spywitness chuckled: “He ain’t getting’ it back. Someone pocketed that, and they probably took it to the nearest jeweler.”

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Diddy was acquitted. After nearly nine years, Shyne was released from prison earlier this week, but remains in custody at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility pending the possibility of deportation to his native Belize.

The rapper, a former Bad Boy recording artist mentored by Diddy, released his certified self-titled debut on the label during his sentence. A second album, “Godfather Buried Alive,” was released on Def Jam in 2004. Despite recent comments by the hip-hop mogul, Shyne has denied that his former mentor spoke with him recently to clear the air.

“My client wants to make it very clear that no such conversation between Mr. Combs and he ever occurred,” Oscar Michelen, Shyne’s attorney, said in a statement Friday. “I was very surprised to hear Mr. Combs’ claims about talking with my client since I speak to Shyne all the time and he never mentioned anything about it,” he said. “Knowing how he feels about Mr. Combs I know that it would have been very strange for Shyne to have spoken with him and not told anyone.”

Shyne further blasts Diddy’s declaration of a reconciliation, cited on New York radio station Hot 97 last week,.

“I want it known that this supposed conversation is a figment of Sean Combs’ imagination,” Shyne said. “He never spoke with me, he never visited me nor would I ever accept a phone call or visit from him. The only way I would do either of those things would be if he stepped up and did the right thing for the victims of the incident.”

On Monday, the Bad Boy mogul announced that he is leaving Warner Music Group to partner with Jimmy Iovine at Interscope Records.

“Diddy was supposed to release his new album, ‘Last Train to Paris’, with Atlantic Records [a division of Warner] in November,” an insider told The New York Post this week. “But he’s holding off on releasing it until April. If he doesn’t renegotiate his contract, he might end up releasing it on Interscope. Who knows what will happen with Bad Boy if Diddy leaves?” the insider added.

It all went down Sunday night outside Lady Gaga’s VMA afterparty at 1 Oak in the city’s trendy Meatpacking District — the cop forcefully instructed Diddy to go back into the club so that officers would have time to tame the chaotic crowd. Because he refused to do this, the NYPD therefore had to send down a fleet of patrol cars who then shut down the street in order to ensure celebrities could exit the club safely.

“Lower your fucking voice when you’re talking to me … I’m a man just like you,” Diddy bellowed at the mouthy cop.

“I don’t give a fuck who you are!” the officer spat

Diddy turned and shouted back, “I don’t give a fuck who you are either motherfucker!”

The two men continued to yell at each other until Diddy’s entourage huddled him back into the club.

Diddy’s new album Last Train To Paris drops in stores next years.

In case you missed it, here’s a video clip of Diddy’s interview on NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday.