Sean Diddy Combs was arrested in New York City: Following his grand jury indictment, Sean “Diddy” Combs was taken into custody at a Manhattan hotel on Monday, September 16, sources confirm to people.
It’s unclear what the indictment charges.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams released a statement saying, “Earlier this evening, federal agents arrested Sean Combs, based on a sealed indictment filed by the SDNY.” “We expect to move to unseal the indictment in the morning and will have more to say at that time.”
The 54-year-old rapper was accused of sexual assault and sex trafficking for several months before being brought into custody by Homeland Security Investigations on Monday night at a Manhattan hotel, sources tell people.
Sean Diddy Combs attorney, Marc Agnifilo, stated to the public stating, “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.” “Over the past thirty years, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has built an empire, loved his family, and worked to uplift the Black community. He is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, and proven philanthropist. Although he is not a criminal, he is an imperfect person.”
“To his credit, Mr. Sean Diddy Combs has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges,” Agnifilo said. “Please wait to decide until you have all the information. These actions are those of a defenseless
There have been seven allegations against the rapper. Sean Diddy Combs has refuted every accusation.
Singer Cassie sued Diddy, whom she intermittently dated from 2007 to 2018, in New York on November 16. Throughout their ten-year relationship, she claimed the musician had raped and mistreated her. The two came to an agreement the day after she filed the case.
According to court documents people was able to access, Joi Dickerson-Neal, a woman, accused Sean Diddy Combs shortly after on Nov. 23 of drugging and raping her in 1991 while she was a college student at Syracuse University.
A lady accused Sean Diddy Combs and his friend Aaron Hall of raping her in turns the next day, on Nov. 24. Liza Gardner, the plaintiff, disclosed in an updated lawsuit filed in February that she was just sixteen years old at the time of the alleged 1990 attack in New York City. In 1990, 17 was the legal age of consent for sexual activity in New York.
According to records obtained by the public, on December 6, a woman alleged that the rapper, his longtime partner Harve Pierre, and a third guy who is yet unidentified had gang-raped and sex-trafficked her when she was 17 years old in 2003.
Later that day, Sean Diddy Combs stated the public in which he refuted the accusations made against him. “A certain amount is sufficient. I have watched passively for the past few weeks as people have attempted to undermine my legacy, my reputation, and my character,” he remarked.
“Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday,” he said. To be very clear, I did not do any of the horrible things that am being accused. I’ll stand up for the truth, my family, and my name.
Sean Diddy Combs team asked on March 1st to stop the “Jane Doe” plaintiff from being anonymous during the legal proceedings. The complainant was found not to have “more specific support” to keep her identity private by the court.
Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones filed a complaint in federal court in New York on February 27, just before the judge’s decision on the anonymity of the fourth accuser. According to court records acquired by people, Combs’ former producer and videographer said that for over a year, Combs drugged, harassed, and threatened him sexually.
Jones claimed that he “saw, felt, and endured many things that went far beyond his role as a producer on the Love album” during this period. (From September 2022 until November 2023, love was created.)
Federal authorities then conducted a raid on the rapper’s houses in Miami and Los Angeles on Monday, March 25.
Nearly two months later, on May 17, a security video released by CNN shows the rapper grabbing, shoving and kicking his ex-girlfriend, singer Cassie, during a 2016 confrontation that fits charges she made in a now-settled lawsuit filed last November.
Sean Diddy Combs was charged with drugging and sexually abusing Crystal McKinney less than a week later. McKinney said in the May 21 lawsuit that she was 22 years old when they first met, and that Combs forced his way into a bathroom where he kissed her without her will. Then, according to reports, he compelled her to engage in oral sex with him by pushing her head down to his crotch.
April Lampos and her legal team sued Sean Diddy Combs, his record label Bad Boy Records, Arista Records, and other parties on May 23, two days later. The lawsuit included claims of battery, sexual assault, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and breach of the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law.
She described her four “harrowing” experiences with Sean Diddy Combs, one of which she claimed involved the rapper pressuring her to take “ecstasy” and have sex with his then-girlfriend Kim Porter. She further claimed that Combs and Porter “retaliated” against her, getting her removed from her position.
The rapper’s honorary degree was revoked by historically black Howard University (HBCU) on June 7. Mayor of New York City Eric Adams asked the musician to give back his key to the city three days later.
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