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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Arrested Following Human Trafficking Raids and Investigation
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Arrested Following Human Trafficking Raids and Investigation

Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested in New York on Monday, Fox News Digital confirmed. It’s unclear what charges Diddy will face.

“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.

“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.”

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams confirmed on X that a sealed indictment has been filed and will be made public tomorrow.

“USA Damian Williams: Earlier this evening, federal agents arrested Sean Combs, based on a sealed indictment filed by the SDNY,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office shared on X. “We expect to release the indictment tomorrow morning and will have more to say then.

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Rapper Sean Combs Wears Black Suit and Bow Tie to Oscar Party

In addition to a federal investigation, Sean Combs was also accused of multiple sexual assaults. (Getty Images)

On March 25, the music mogul’s homes in Los Angeles and Miami were searched in connection with a federal human trafficking investigation, officials confirmed to Fox News Digital at the time.

“Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York conducted law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation, with assistance from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami and our local law enforcement partners,” Homeland Security Investigations said in a statement. “We will provide more information as it becomes available.”

Combs, 51, still faces several potential civil lawsuits and one criminal case.

Aerial footage of the raid on Sean Combs' Los Angeles home

In March, Sean Combs’ LA home was searched by Homeland Security officials. (Getty Images)

Sean Diddy Combs and Cassie wear white shirts to a party.

In November, Cassie filed a lawsuit against Diddy for sexual abuse, which was settled a day later. (Getty Images)

In November, Cassie, known legally as Casandra Ventura, accused Combs of raping her in her own home and subjecting her to “violent behavior and disturbed demands” for “more than a decade” 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 she 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.

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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.”

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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.

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

Sean Combs sits in front of a red background

Sean Combs is facing multiple lawsuits for sexual abuse. (Getty Images)

A music producer, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, who sued Combs for sexual assault in February, also added actor Cuba Gooding Jr. to his complaint. Jones, who produced “The Love Album: Off the Grid,” alleged that he had lived with Combs for a long time and accused the “I’ll Be Missing You” singer of sexually assaulting him 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 alleged that she was assaulted and forced to perform “oral sex” on Diddy in his recording studio in 2003.

Diddy wears a white suit next to model Crystal McKinney

Crystal McKinney filed a lawsuit against Diddy on May 22, alleging sexual assault in 2003. (Getty Images)

Sean Combs wears a velvet suit on the Oscars red carpet with Kim Porter.

Diddy and Kim Porter dated for nearly 13 years. The late supermodel passed away in 2018 at the age of 47. (Christopher Polk)

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April Lampros, a former intern at Arista Records, said her friendship with Combs in the 1990s “quickly evolved into an aggressive, coercive and violent relationship based on sex,” according to 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.

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