Sean 'Diddy' Combs arrest: Timeline, indictment and what to know

November 2023: Cassie and two others file go well with

The singer Cassie, Combs’ former romantic associate, shocked many in November when she filed a civil go well with in opposition to Combs alleging that the music mogul sexually and bodily abused her through the course of their relationship. She filed her case on Nov. 16 beneath New York state’s Grownup Survivors Act, which gave grownup victims of sexual violence a one-year window to file civil claims whatever the statute of limitations.

Within the go well with, Cassie alleged that Combs raped her, beat her in matches of “uncontrollable rage” and exerted a “tight maintain over her life.” She alleged that he would pressure her to have interaction in intercourse acts he referred to as “Freak Offs” with different males, usually intercourse staff whom he’d pay to journey with them, whereas he watched.

The abuse ranged from 2007 till Cassie left him in late 2018, the go well with stated.

Combs vehemently denied the allegations from Cassie, whose full identify is Casandra Ventura. They settled the go well with a day after it was filed.

Joi Dickerson-Neal said Cassie’s lawsuit inspired her to come forward and file a go well with in opposition to Combs on Nov. 23, a day earlier than the Grownup Survivors Act was set to run out.

Dickerson-Neal stated that Combs drugged her, sexually assaulted her and recorded the assault with out her information whereas she was a scholar in 1991. She agreed to have dinner with Combs on Jan. 3, 1991, in Harlem whereas on winter break from Syracuse College, in line with her go well with.

It was there that Combs “deliberately drugged” her after which took her to a spot the place he was staying, the go well with stated. Dickerson-Neal stated she “lacked the bodily skill or psychological capability to fend Combs off” as he sexually assaulted her.

She later realized from a male pal that Combs had filmed the assault and confirmed it to different individuals, the go well with stated. Combs denied her allegations.

On the final day of eligibility beneath the Grownup Survivors Act, Liza Gardner filed a lawsuit accusing Combs of sexually assaulting her when she was 16 years previous.

Gardner alleged that in both 1990 or 1991 she and a pal met Combs and R&B singer Aaron Corridor at an occasion held by MCA Information in Manhattan. After the celebration, she was invited again to Corridor’s condominium with Combs, the go well with stated, and the 2 provided her drinks all through the evening.

Combs then coerced her into having intercourse, the go well with stated, leaving Gardner “shocked and traumatized.” Corridor barged into the room after Combs was finished, pinned her down, and sexually assaulted her, in line with the go well with.

Corridor didn’t return NBC Information’ request for touch upon the lawsuit. Combs denied Gardner’s allegations in an announcement by way of his consultant.

December 2023: Jane Doe says she was gang-raped at 17

Then in December, a Jane Doe filed a lawsuit alleging that she was gang-raped and sex-trafficked by Combs and Harve Pierre, a former longtime president of Combs’ document label. The unidentified lady stated the assault occurred in 2003, when she was 17 and Combs was 34.

Based on the go well with, she met Combs and Pierre at a lounge in Detroit and Combs satisfied her to journey with them on a non-public jet to New York Metropolis. Earlier than they left the lounge, the go well with stated, Pierre smoked crack cocaine and compelled Doe to carry out oral intercourse on him.

Doe was taken to a studio in New York Metropolis, the place Combs, Pierre and a 3rd defendant plied her with “copious quantities of medicine and alcohol,” the go well with stated. The three males took turns raping her in a toilet on the studio after she was too inebriated to consent, in line with the go well with.

The lads allegedly left her on the lavatory ground as soon as they have been finished and she or he was flown again to Michigan, the go well with stated. Combs denied the assault allegations and Pierre referred to as the go well with “a story of fiction.”

February 2024: Rodney Jones accuses Combs of ‘RICO enterprise’

In February, a person named Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones alleged in a federal go well with that Combs and his associates engaged in “severe criminal activity.”

Jones labored as a producer on Combs’ newest album, but additionally lived and traveled with him from September 2022 to November 2023, in line with his lawsuit. He alleged that in that point he was sexually harassed by Combs, pressured to have interaction in sexual acts, pressured to obtain intercourse staff for Combs and witnessed Combs giving drinks laced with medication to individuals at events.

The go well with stated that Combs required Jones to “document him continuously,” which resulted in Jones acquiring hours of footage by which Combs and his employees allegedly engaged in legal conduct. Screenshots of video clips have been included within the go well with, described as being from events by which underage ladies and intercourse staff have been current.

Jones alleged that Combs was trying to groom him into having a sexual relationship with him. The lawsuit stated that Combs sexually harassed and assaulted Jones whereas he lived at Combs’ properties in Florida, Los Angeles and New York, in addition to on a yacht Combs rented within the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Jones alleged that he and one other man, Brendan Paul, have been requested to journey with medication and firearms on Combs’ behalf.

In amended filings, Jones moreover accused Combs and his son of being concerned in a 2022 shooting at a Los Angeles recording studio, which each males denied.

An lawyer for Combs stated Jones’ “reckless name-dropping about occasions which can be pure fiction and easily didn’t occur is nothing greater than a clear try and garner headlines.”

March 2024: Combs’ properties searched by federal brokers

On March 25, agents with Homeland Security Investigations raided Combs’ properties in Los Angeles and Miami. Three sources accustomed to the matter advised NBC Information that firearms have been discovered at his residences, however no further particulars have been supplied.

On the time of the raids, Combs was on his solution to a scheduled journey to the Bahamas and was stopped at a Miami airport previous to departure. Officers seized his cellphones, sources stated.

Dyer, one in every of Combs’ attorneys, issued an announcement following the raids and stated that Combs “was by no means detained however spoke to and cooperated with authorities.” He described the raid as an ambush, saying there’s been a rush to judgment primarily based on “meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.”

“There was no discovering of legal or civil legal responsibility with any of those allegations,” Dyer stated. “Mr. Combs is harmless and can proceed to combat each single day to clear his identify.”

Brendan Paul, 25, was arrested on the Miami-Opa Locka Govt Airport on the similar time Combs was stopped on the airport. A legislation enforcement supply accustomed to the matter confirmed that Paul is a Combs affiliate. It’s at present unclear whether or not the arrest was associated to the raids.

Paul was named as an worker of Combs’ in Jones’ go well with, which described him as somebody who acquires and distributes medication and weapons on Combs’ behalf. Combs allegedly required Paul and others he paid to hold black pouches that contained medication comparable to ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine, marijuana and mushrooms.

A Miami-Dade police report confirmed Paul was charged with possession of suspected cocaine and suspected marijuana sweet, and courtroom information present he was bonded out of custody the subsequent day.

Based on the police report, native legislation enforcement was with brokers from Homeland Safety and customs officers on the time of Paul’s arrest. The contraband gadgets have been present in Paul’s journey baggage, the report stated.

Paul’s lawyer, Brian Bieber, advised NBC Information, “We don’t plan on attempting this case within the media — all points can be handled in Court docket.” A lady who answered the cellphone at a quantity listed for Paul hung up on an NBC Information reporter.

April 2024: Combs’ son, Christian Combs, is accused of sexual assault

Grace O’Marcaigh alleges in a lawsuit that Christian Combs drugged and sexually assaulted her whereas she was engaged on a yacht the elder Combs had chartered for a visit on the finish of 2022. The go well with additionally names Sean Combs as a defendant. The assault is alleged to have occurred days earlier than Sean Combs hosted a New Yr’s Eve yacht celebration with celebrity guests. O’Marcaigh included as proof transcriptions of audio clips — that have been recorded by a producer — of her denying his advances as he gropes her. NBC Information has heard two clips of audio transcribed within the go well with purportedly from the evening of Dec. 28, 2022, however has not verified who was recorded.

Representatives for Christian and Sean Combs didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Might 2024: Video surfaces of 2016 assault on Cassie in resort

Months after Cassie’s civil go well with was settled, CNN obtained a video that shows Combs attacking Cassie in an assault she described within the go well with.

The community reported the incident was captured in a Los Angeles resort in March 2016, and although there isn’t a audio there are a number of angles of the hallway.

It begins with a lady recognized as Cassie strolling right down to a financial institution of in a hooded sweatshirt and holding what appears to be her baggage in hand. Then a person, recognized as Combs, is seen operating down the corridor carrying a towel round his waist.

Combs then walks up behind Cassie close to an elevator, grabs her and throws her to the bottom and kicked her twice. He then begins dragging her by her sweatshirt whereas she is on the bottom. 

Moments later, Combs sits down in a chair and seems to choose up an object and throw it in her route. The video doesn’t embrace audio. 

Days after the video was made public, Combs issued an announcement on his social media apologizing for his conduct.

He additionally said that he sought remedy and rehab following the incident, which he described as one in every of his “darkest” occasions.

“My conduct on that video is inexcusable,” Combs stated. “I take full duty for my actions in that video. I’m disgusted. I used to be disgusted then once I did it. I’m disgusted now.”

Meredith Firetog, an lawyer for Cassie, stated in an announcement that Combs’ apology video was “extra about himself than the many individuals he has damage.”

“When Cassie and a number of different girls got here ahead, he denied all the things and advised that his victims have been on the lookout for a payday,” Firetog stated. “That he was solely compelled to ‘apologize’ as soon as his repeated denials have been confirmed false reveals his pathetic desperation, and nobody can be swayed by his disingenuous phrases.”

September 2024: Former Danity Kane group member sues Combs

In early September 2024, Daybreak Richard, a former member the Danity Kane musical group that Combs assembled on MTV actuality competitors “Making the Band,” sued Combs in federal court in Manhattan.

Within the go well with, Richard alleged Comb groped, assaulted and imprisoned her, and threatened her life when she tried to intervene in protection of Combs’ then-girlfriend Cassie.

Richard said within the go well with that she tried a number of occasions to intervene, provided Cassie help and inspired her to depart Combs. The go well with alleged that Combs threatened Richard’s life, telling her that he had the power to make individuals disappear and will “finish individuals.”

Combs’ lawyer stated that his consumer was “shocked and disillusioned” by Richard’s lawsuit.

Sept. 16, 2024: Combs is arrested

On Monday, Sept. 16, Combs was arrested by federal agents on a sealed indictment, the U.S. lawyer in Manhattan stated.

“Earlier this night, federal brokers arrested Sean Combs, primarily based on a sealed indictment filed by the SDNY. We anticipate to maneuver to unseal the indictment within the morning and may have extra to say at the moment,” Damian Williams, U.S. lawyer for the Southern District of New York, stated in an announcement.

Combs’ lawyer Marc Agnifilo stated his consumer was the topic of “what we imagine is an unjust prosecution.” Agnifilo stated that Combs is harmless and can clear his identify.

“He’s an imperfect individual however just isn’t 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 prices,” Agnifilo stated in a written assertion.

“Please reserve your judgment till you’ve all of the information. These are the acts of an harmless man with nothing to cover, and he seems ahead to clearing his identify in courtroom,” Agnifilo stated.

CORRECTION (April 2, 2024, 9:40 a.m. ET): A earlier model of this text misspelled the primary identify of one in every of Combs’ accusers. She is Joi Dickerson-Neal, not Joie.