Sean 'Diddy' Combs arrested

Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested Monday, in accordance with an individual with data of the investigation.

He was arrested within the foyer of a lodge in New York Metropolis, in accordance with an individual accustomed to the state of affairs, who described him as caught off-guard by the apprehension. Combs had been residing on the lodge for a number of weeks, the individual mentioned. 

U.S. Legal professional Damian Williams confirmed in a press release that on Monday night, federal brokers had arrested Combs, primarily based on a sealed indictment filed by the Southern District of New York.  

“We count on to maneuver to unseal the indictment within the morning and may have extra to say at the moment,” Williams mentioned.

His legal professional Marc Agnifilo expressed disappointment in a press release. He mentioned Combs, 54, had been cooperative with the investigation and “voluntarily relocated to New York final week in anticipation of those costs.”

“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 youngsters, and dealing to uplift the Black neighborhood,” the assertion mentioned. “He’s an imperfect individual however he’s not a prison.”

“These are the acts of an harmless man with nothing to cover, and he seems to be ahead to clearing his identify in courtroom,” it added.

It was not instantly clear on what costs Combs, the rapper-turned-music mogul, was arrested.

Combs has confronted a wave of lawsuits — one as recent as last week — accusing him of sexual assault and misconduct since November, when former girlfriend Casandra Ventura sued him in federal courtroom, accusing him of years of bodily and sexual abuse.

Ventura, who’s finest recognized by her stage identify, Cassie, was as soon as signed to Combs’ Unhealthy Boy document label. The 2 settled her lawsuit a day after it was filed, with out disclosing the phrases of the settlement. An legal professional for Combs mentioned the settlement was not an acknowledgment of wrongdoing. He beforehand denied the allegations.

Since then, quite a lot of others have sued, including Dawn Richard, who alleged he groped and threatened her when she was employed by him from 2005 to 2012, and that she witnessed him brutally beat Ventura.

Richard, who was a member of the lady group Danity Kane, which Combs fashioned on the MTV actuality competitors “Making the Band,” sued Combs final week.

An legal professional mentioned then that Combs was “shocked and disillusioned” by Richard’s lawsuit.

In March, federal investigators raided Combs’ houses in Miami and Los Angeles.

Investigators interviewed a number of folks in relation to allegations of intercourse trafficking, sexual assault and the solicitation and distribution of unlawful narcotics and firearms, a supply accustomed to the investigation instructed NBC Information in March.

The warrant to look Combs’ properties got here from the Southern District of New York, NBC Information has reported. 

Combs, who has additionally passed by such names as Puffy, Puffy Daddy and Love, based Unhealthy Boy within the early Nineties.