- By Samantha Granville in Los Angeles & Phil McCausland
- BBC Information
Watch: Aerial footage exhibits raids at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s properties
Properties linked to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs had been raided on Monday by federal brokers.
The Division of Homeland Safety stated it had pursued the “regulation enforcement actions as a part of an ongoing investigation” in New York, Los Angeles and Miami.
Two properties had been searched in Los Angeles and Miami as a part of the probe.
Officers didn’t specify the explanations for the raids or whether or not they had been tied to Mr Combs.
Representatives for the hip-hop mogul didn’t reply to the BBC’s requests for touch upon Monday.
A number of current lawsuits have accused Mr Combs of sexual misconduct. His attorneys have beforehand denied all the allegations made towards him within the lawsuits.
On Monday, Homeland Safety Investigations brokers had been conducting their operations within the 17,000 sq. foot mansion the place Mr Combs introduced his newest album launch final September.
The deal with of the home is related to Mr Combs’ Dangerous Boy Movies manufacturing firm. Positioned within the rich Los Angeles neighbourhood of Holmby Hills, the world is dwelling to quite a few celebrities and the Playboy Mansion.
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Two regulation enforcement officers informed the Related Press that the raids had been a part of an ongoing intercourse trafficking investigation.
The BBC has not independently confirmed this reporting.
Final 12 months, R&B singer Cassie, whose full title is Casandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit in New York federal court docket towards Mr Combs, whom she had dated between 2005 and 2018.
In court docket paperwork, she alleged years of abuse by the hands of the rapper, although she later settled the lawsuit with him.
Two different ladies then got here ahead with their very own lawsuits, accusing him of sexual abuse. A person additionally has come ahead accusing Mr Combs of sexual misconduct.
Douglas Wigdor, lawyer for Ms Ventura and one other alleged sufferer, stated on Monday that his shoppers supported the regulation enforcement efforts.
“Hopefully, that is the start of a course of that can maintain Mr Combs chargeable for his wicked conduct,” Mr Wigdor stated in a press release.
Mr Combs stays one of the crucial influential and important hip-hop producers of the previous a number of many years.
He’s the founding father of Dangerous Boy Data and is a three-time Grammy winner who has labored with A-list artists like Usher and Mary J Blige.
