Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs was arrested Monday night time in New York City following an indictment from a grand jury.
An individual aware of the indictment confirmed the authorized motion towards the 54-year-old musical impresario, in line with The New York Times; however it was not instantly clear what the cost or fees have been in his indictment.
Combs was arrested by Homeland Safety officers at a midtown Manhattan lodge late Monday, legislation enforcement sources instructed TMZ, and transported to the FBI‘s Manhattan subject workplace.
Authorities had deliberate on arresting Combs on Tuesday, ‘however one thing occurred that prompted’ federal officers to take him into custody sooner than deliberate, an official instructed the outlet.
U.S. Legal professional Damian Williams mentioned Combs was apprehended in reference to a Southern District of New York-issued sealed indictment.
Combs, also referred to as Diddy and Puff Daddy, has been within the limelight for many of the previous 12 months after he settled a lawsuit from his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in November of 2023, through which she claimed he engaged in intercourse trafficking and abused her.
A video of him attacking her in 2016 in a Los Angeles hotel room circulated this past May, main him to say that he’d ‘hit all-time low’ and made ‘no excuses’ for his ‘inexcusable’ conduct depicted within the clip, including that he takes ‘full duty.’
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was arrested Monday night time in New York Metropolis following an indictment from a grand jury. Pictured in September 2023
Combs was pictured hours earlier than his arrest on a stroll in midtown Manhattan along with his son Christian Combs, 26, Monday
Monday night’s indictment comes lower than six months after the music mogul’s houses in Los Angeles and Miami have been raided by federal authorities March 25. Officers pictured in Miami Seashore
Combs swiftly settled a lawsuit from his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in November of 2023, through which she claimed he engaged in intercourse trafficking and abused her
Previous to being taken into custody, Combs smiled and posed for selfies with followers as he walked the streets of the Massive Apple alongside his son Christian Combs Monday.
Diddy’s legal professional Marc Agnifilo launched an announcement to DailyMail.com which learn: ‘We’re upset with the choice to pursue what we consider is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace.
‘Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving household man, and confirmed philanthropist who has spent the final 30 years constructing an empire, adoring his kids, and dealing to uplift the Black neighborhood.
‘He’s an imperfect individual however he [is] not a legal. To his credit score Mr. Combs has been nothing however cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York final week in anticipation of those fees.
Agnifilo added: ‘Please reserve your judgment till you may have all of the details. These are the acts of an harmless man with nothing to cover, and he seems ahead to clearing his title in court docket.’
Monday night’s indictment comes lower than six months after the music mogul’s houses in Los Angeles and Miami have been raided by federal authorities March 25. (TMZ famous that Monday’s high-profile arrest had been apparently linked to the probes).
Federal officers additionally performed a radical search of the lodge room through which they apprehended Combs, in line with TMZ.
Combs, then often known as Puff Daddy, was on the heart of the East Coast-West Coast hip-hop battles of the Nineteen Nineties because the companion and producer of the Infamous B.I.G., who was shot and killed in 1997.
However like a lot of those that survived the period, his public picture had softened with age right into a genteel host of events in Hollywood and the Hamptons, a fashion-forward businessman, and a doting father who spoiled his youngsters, a few of whom misplaced their mom in 2018.
However a distinct picture started rising in November, when his former protege and girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, turned the primary of a number of individuals to sue him for sexual abuse with tales of a gentle stream of intercourse staff in drug-fueled settings the place a few of these concerned have been coerced or cajoled into intercourse.
A Beverly Hills mansion owned by the musical mogul was raided practically six months again
A video of him attacking Cassie in 2016 in a Los Angeles lodge room circulated this previous Might
He mentioned after the discharge of the clip that he’d ‘hit all-time low’ and made ‘no excuses’ for his ‘inexcusable’ conduct depicted within the clip, including that he takes ‘full duty’
In her November lawsuit, Cassie alleged years of abuse, together with beatings and rape.
Her go well with additionally alleged Combs engaged in intercourse trafficking by ‘requiring her to have interaction in compelled sexual acts in a number of jurisdictions’ and by partaking in ‘harboring and transportation of Plaintiff for functions of intercourse induced by pressure, fraud, or coercion.’
It additionally mentioned he compelled her to assist him site visitors male intercourse staff Combs would pressure Cassie to have intercourse with whereas he filmed.
The lawsuit is settled with staggering velocity – inside 24 hours.
The phrases of the settlement have been stored confidential, with Combs declaring in an announcement: ‘Now we have determined to resolve this matter amicably. I want Cassie and her household all the perfect. Love.’
Days later, two extra ladies accused Combs of sexual abuse in lawsuits filed on the eve of the expiration of the Grownup Survivors Act, a New York legislation allowing victims of sexual abuse a one-year window to file civil motion whatever the statute of limitations.
The lawsuits, filed by Joi Dickerson and one other girl who was not named, allege acts of sexual assault, beatings and compelled drugging within the early Nineteen Nineties by Combs, then a expertise director, social gathering promoter and rising determine in New York Metropolis’s hip-hop neighborhood. Combs’ attorneys name the allegations false.
Months later, Combs misplaced lingering allies, supporters and people reserving judgment when CNN in Might aired a leaked video of him punching Cassie, kicking her and throwing her on the floor in a hotel hallway.
Combs posted a social media video apologizing, saying ‘I used to be disgusted after I did it’ and ‘I am disgusted now’
The next day, in his first actual acknowledgement of wrongdoing for the reason that stream of allegations started, Combs posted a social media video apologizing, saying ‘I used to be disgusted after I did it’ and ‘I am disgusted now.’
Cassie’s lawsuit was adopted by not less than a half-dozen others within the ensuing months.
In February, a music producer filed a lawsuit alleging Combs coerced him to solicit prostitutes and pressured him to have intercourse with them.
One other of Combs’ accusers was a lady who mentioned the rap producer raped her twenty years in the past when she was 17.
One other girl who filed a lawsuit, April Lampos, mentioned she was a school pupil in 1994 when she met Combs and a collection of ‘terrifying sexual encounters’ with Combs and people round him started that lasted for years.
Combs and his attorneys denied practically all the lawsuits’ allegations.
Whereas authorities didn’t publicly say that the lawsuits set off the legal investigation, Dyer mentioned when the warrants have been served that the case was based mostly on ‘meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.’
The AP doesn’t usually title individuals who say they’ve been sexually abused until they arrive ahead publicly as Cassie and Lampros did.
Previous to his fall from grace, the musical artist was pictured on the 2023 VMAs
Combs had been introduced with the International Icon Award on the occasion in Newark, New Jersey
Combs pictured on the Met Gala in Might of 2023 in NYC
Combs’ roles in his companies past music – together with profitable private-label spirits, a media firm and the Sean John Vogue line – took main hits when the allegations arose. Pictured in Atlanta in August of 2023
Because the founding father of Unhealthy Boy Data, Combs turned one of the influential hip-hop producers and executives of the previous three a long time.
Together with the Infamous B.I.G. he labored with a slew of top-tier artists together with Mary J. Blige, Usher, Lil Kim, Religion Evans and 112.
Combs’ roles in his companies past music — together with profitable private-label spirits, a media firm and the Sean John Vogue line — took main hits when the allegations arose.
The results have been even better when the leaked beating video emerged.
Howard College reduce ties with him, and he returned his key to the city of New York at the request of the mayor.