Check out: Aerial footage reveals raids at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s houses
By Samantha Granville in Los Angeles & Phil McCausland
BBC News
Attributes related to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs ended up raided on Monday by federal brokers.
The Division of Homeland Protection reported it had pursued the “legislation enforcement actions as aspect of an ongoing investigation” in New York, Los Angeles and Miami.
Two qualities were being searched in Los Angeles and Miami as part of the probe.
Officers did not specify the motives for the raids or irrespective of whether they were tied to Mr Combs.
Numerous modern lawsuits have accused Mr Combs of sexual misconduct.
In a statement, attorneys for Mr Combs said the accusations in opposition to him were being “meritless” and explained the raids as a “gross overuse of military services-stage force”.
On Monday, Homeland Safety Investigations brokers ended up conducting their functions in the seventeen,000 sq. foot mansion in which Mr Combs announced his hottest album release last September.
The handle of the residence is related with Mr Combs’ Undesirable Boy Movies creation organization. Situated in the rich Los Angeles neighbourhood of Holmby Hills, the spot is household to a lot of stars and the Playboy Mansion.
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Two legislation enforcement officials told the Involved Push that the raids ended up portion of an ongoing sex-trafficking investigation.
The BBC has not independently confirmed this reporting.
Last calendar year, R&B singer Cassie, whose complete name is Casandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit in New York federal courtroom in opposition to Mr Combs, whom she experienced dated concerning 2005 and 2018.
In courtroom paperwork, she alleged several years of abuse at the arms of the rapper, even though she later settled the lawsuit with him.
Two other gals then came ahead with their personal lawsuits, accusing him of sexual abuse. A person also has appear ahead accusing Mr Combs of sexual misconduct.
Douglas Wigdor, attorney for Ms Ventura and another alleged target, claimed on Monday that his purchasers supported the law enforcement initiatives.
“Hopefully, this is the starting of a method that will hold Mr Combs accountable for his depraved perform,” Mr Wigdor explained in a assertion.
On Tuesday, legal professional Aaron Dyer, who represents Mr Combs, reiterated that his client had not been arrested and mentioned the raid was “very little more than a witch hunt based mostly on meritless accusations created in civil lawsuits”.
“There is no excuse for the extreme display of force and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his little ones and workforce have been addressed,” he mentioned.
“Mr. Combs was never ever detained but spoke to and cooperated with authorities.
“There has been no obtaining of prison or civil liability with any of these allegations. Mr. Combs is harmless and will continue to battle each and every single day to clear his title.”
Mr Combs stays a person of the most influential and substantial hip-hop producers of the earlier numerous decades.
He is the founder of Undesirable Boy Information and is a 3-time Grammy winner who has worked with A-listing artists like Usher and Mary J Blige.
