NEW YORK – Hip-hop legend Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested in New York City on Monday night.

“Earlier this evening, federal agents arrested Sean Combs on a sealed indictment filed by the SDNY,” said Nicholas Biase, Chief of Public Affairs for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. “We expect to release the indictment tomorrow morning and will have more to say then.”

“We are disappointed with the decision by the United States Attorney’s Office to prosecute Mr. Combs in what we believe was an unfair trial,” Combs’ attorney Marc Agnifilo said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

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“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 better the black community. He is an imperfect person, but he is not a criminal. To his credit, Mr. Combs has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation and voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges. Please reserve judgment until you know all the facts. These are the actions of an innocent man with nothing to hide and he looks forward to clearing his name in court.”

In March, Diddy’s homes in LA and Miami were searched by federal authorities, following numerous allegations of sexual abuse.

Combs, 51, still faces lawsuit in a handful of civil lawsuits and one criminal lawsuit.

In November, Cassie, legally known as Casandra Ventura, accused Combs of raping her in her own home, enduring “more than a decade” of his “violent behaviour and disturbed demands” and forcing her to have sex with male prostitutes while he watched and filmed.

One day after she filed the claim, Combs and Cassie reached an amicable settlement, and they dropped the lawsuit. In May, a clip was obtained exclusively by CNN from 2016 showed the rapper running through a hotel hallway with a towel on. Moments earlier, Cassie (Cassandra Ventura) had walked down the same hallway with bags in her hand toward the elevators.

When Combs reached the elevators, he grabbed Cassie by the neck and threw her to the ground. Combs then kicked her twice, grabbed her bags, and dragged her back down the hallway before returning to the same area to use a phone.

Days later, Combs apologized on Instagram. “It’s so hard to look back on the darkest moments of your life, but sometimes you have to. I was the worst — I hit rock bottom — but I make no excuses,” Combs said. “My behavior in that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video.”

Combs admitted, “I was disgusted then when I did it. I’m disgusted now. I went to seek professional help. I went to therapy, I went to rehab. I had to ask God for mercy and grace. I’m so sorry. But I’m determined to be a better person every day. I’m not asking for forgiveness. I’m truly sorry.”

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Three more women came forward with claims just before New York’s Adult Survivors Act expired in December. Joi Dickerson-Neal and Liza Gardner each accused the “It’s All About the Benjamins” musician of sexual abuse in separate filings.

Jane Doe alleged she was sexually abused by Combs and the president of his entertainment company, Harve Pierre, along with a third person, when she was 17 years old, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.

Diddy denied the claim, saying in a statement shared with Fox News Digital: “Enough is enoughOver the past few weeks I have sat in silence and watched as people tried to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy.”

A music producer, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, who filed a lawsuit Combs for sexual abuse In February, actor Cuba Gooding Jr. also added to the complaint. Jones, who produced “The Love Album: Off the Grid,” alleged that he had been living with Combs for an extended period of time and accused the “I’ll Be Missing You” singer of sexual assault and forcing him to perform sex acts on prostitutes.

Combs’ legal team criticized Jones’ allegations as “complete lies” and claimed the producer was “nothing more than a liar who shamelessly filed a $30 million lawsuit in hopes of an undeserved payout,” Combs’ attorney Shawn Holley told Fox News Digital at the time.

In May, two more accusers came forward with allegations in lawsuits filed against the Bad Boy Records founder. Model Crystal McKinney claimed she was assaulted and forced to have “oral sex” with Diddy in his recording studio in 2003.

Former Arista Records intern April Lampros said her friendship with Combs in the ’90s quickly “manifested into an aggressive, coercive and abusive relationship based on sex,” in documents obtained by Fox News Digital.

Lampros recalled “four terrifying sexual encounters” with Combs, one of which was in 1996 when Combs “forced” him Kim Porter and Lampros to take ecstasy and then “demanded that Kim Porter have sexual intercourse with Ms Lampros.”

Combs and Porter were in a relationship for almost 13 years and have three children together. Porter died in November 2018. She was 47.