Diddy – Sean Combs – has been arrested and taken into custody, according to numerous American reports.
TMZ and NBC are both reporting the breaking news, with rap mogul Diddy said to have been arrested by Homeland Security at a midtown hotel yesterday – September 16th – and taken into custody at the FBI Field Office in Manhattan.
According to TMZ the arrest seems to have come as a surprise – a matter of hours earlier Diddy was seen strolling through New York with his son, King Combs.
While authorities have yet to make a statement, it appears that the arrest is linked to alleged sex trafficking and other offenses that led to search warrants being issued and executed at Diddy’s homes in Beverly Hills and Miami.
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As TMZ previously reported, a grand jury has been hearing testimony from various accusers over the last few months.
Last week, former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard has filed a lawsuit against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, alleging the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted her; the full testimony from Dawn Richard makes for harrowing reading.
In a statement to TMZ, Diddy’s attorney, Marc Agnifilo said:
We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Sean “Diddy” Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving family man, and proven philanthropist who has spent the last 30 years building an empire, adoring his children, and working to uplift the Black community.
He is an imperfect person but is not criminal. To his credit Mr. Combs has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges. Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts. These are the acts of an innocent man with nothing to hide, and he looks forward to clearing his name in court.
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