Diddy is in federal custody in New York Metropolis. Based on TMZ, the Unhealthy Boy mogul was taken into the FBI discipline workplace in Manhattan.
The feds reportedly nabbed Diddy in affiliation with the legal investigation of alleged intercourse trafficking and potential further crimes that led to searches of his Miami and Beverly Hills properties.
“We’re disillusioned with the choice to pursue what we consider is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace,” Diddy’s lawyer, March Agnifio, stated to TMZ. “Sean “Diddy” Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving household man, and confirmed philanthropist who has spent the final 30 years constructing an empire, adoring his youngsters, and dealing to uplift the Black neighborhood.
“He’s an imperfect particular person however Shouldn’t be legal. To his credit score Mr. Combs has been nothing however cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York final week in anticipation of those expenses. Please reserve your judgment till you’ve got all of the info. These are the acts of an harmless man with nothing to cover, and he appears ahead to clearing his identify in courtroom.”
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Simply final week, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ authorized group responded to a current lawsuit filed towards him by singer-songwriter Daybreak Richard, alleging bodily abuse and sexual assault. In an announcement to Complicated, Diddy is “shocked and disillusioned” by the lawsuit, describing it as a “manufactured collection of false claims all within the hopes of attempting to get a payday.”
The lawsuit, reported by TMZ, accuses Diddy of harassment and sexual abuse. Richard, a former member of Danity Kane and Diddy-Soiled Cash, alleges a sample of abusive habits between 2009 and 2011. She claims he as soon as compelled her to rehearse for 48 hours straight, leading to extreme weight reduction, fatigue, and dehydration. Richard additionally recalled an occasion when, throughout a go to to Diddy’s Miami house, he greeted her sporting solely his underwear and refused to decorate.
The accusations prolong additional. Richard alleged Diddy forcibly entered her dressing room and groped her. In one other incident, she claims he locked her in a automotive and was solely launched her after her father traveled from Baltimore to New York to confront Diddy. Through the confrontation, Richard says Diddy warned her father, “Take into consideration your daughter and take into consideration your daughter’s profession.”
The lawsuit additionally references an incident involving Cassie, wherein Richard claims she witnessed Diddy violently throwing Cassie towards a wall, choking her, and dragging her upstairs at his Los Angeles house whereas beneath the affect of medication. She additionally alleges an incident when Diddy threw a sizzling pan of eggs at Cassie.
Richard claims that when she and her Diddy – Soiled Cash bandmate Kalenna Harper suggested Cassie to depart Diddy, he retaliated. Allegedly, he instructed them, “Y’all bitches don’t get in my relationship … Simply generate income and shut the fuck up,” and threatened their lives, stating, “I shelve careers … You could possibly be lacking … You bitches wish to die at present.”
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Diddy’s authorized group launched a full assertion to Complicated:
“Mr. Combs is shocked and disillusioned by this lawsuit. In an try and rewrite historical past, Daybreak Richard has now manufactured a collection of false claims all within the hopes of attempting to get a pay day — conveniently timed to coincide along with her album launch and press tour. If Ms. Richard had such a adverse expertise with Making the Band and Danity Kane, she wouldn’t have chosen to proceed working instantly with Mr. Combs for Soiled Cash, nor would she have returned for the Making the Band reboot in 2020 or agreed to be featured on The Love Album final 12 months. It’s unlucky that Ms. Richard has solid their 20-year friendship apart to attempt to get cash from him, however Mr. Combs is confidently standing on reality and appears ahead to proving that in courtroom.”
