Game Over For Diddy? Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs has been arrested early hours todays at a private owned apartment in South Dade, Miami.

Game Over For Diddy? Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs has been arrested early hours todays at a private owned apartment in South Dade, Miami.

Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs, the renowned hip-hop mogul, was recently arrested after a run-in with the law. The arrest has sparked widespread debate and speculation within the entertainment industry and among fans.

(NewsNation) — Nearly two months after two homes belonging to hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs were raided by federal investigators, law enforcement has released few details as to potential charges the music producer could be facing.

Department of Homeland Security agents conducted the raids on March 25 at Combs’ multimillion-dollar mansion in Los Angeles and his Miami waterfront home.

The raids came as the producer faces a mounting list of civil lawsuits that allege abuse and sexual assault by multiple victims spanning over 30 years.

Why was Diddy’s house raided?

While federal authorities have given sparse public comment as to what prompted the raids, NewsNation affiliate WPIX reported they were part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation.

Authorities are also reportedly widening their probe to include potential witness intimidation, sexual assault and firearms violations, according to a New York Post report.

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In an interview on “NewsNation Prime” in March, Dana Kennedy of the New York Post said her Homeland Security sources indicated the investigation into Combs is “the tip of the iceberg” and that “nothing is off the table.”

What happened during the raids on Diddy’s home?

Investigators seized firearms and phones belonging to Combs, though it is unclear how many devices were confiscated.

Along with a heavy presence of officers wearing protective gear and weapons, command trucks were parked outside both properties during the raids.

Combs’ sons, Justin and Christian “King” Combs, were handcuffed during the raid at their father’s Los Angeles home.

Justin’s mother, Misa Hylton, said she has retained high-profile attorney Jeffrey Lichtman to look into the “excessive use of force” used on Justin and Christian during the raid, which she called “unnecessary and certainly not required by this search warrant,” in an Instagram post April 2.

“(The force) used against my sons Justin and Christian is deplorable. If these were the sons of a non-Black celebrity, they would not have been handled with the same aggression,” she wrote. “The attempt to humiliate and terrorize these innocent young BLACK MEN is despicable!”

Hylton also posted security footage from the raid showing heavily armed federal agents entering Combs’ home and pushing Christian, who had his hands above his head, against a wall while handcuffing him.

Justin is seen walking with his hands above his head while a gun is aimed at him.

Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 15, 2022. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Combs’ attorney Aaron Dyer called the raids a “witch hunt” in a statement released one day later.

“Yesterday, there was a gross overuse of military-level force as search warrants were executed at Mr. Combs’ residences,” he said. “There is no excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his children and employees were treated.”

While it’s still unclear exactly where Combs was during the searches, images from TMZ appear to show Combs walking around and coming face-to-face with federal authorities at the Miami-Opa locka Executive Airport.

What accusations is Diddy facing and could they be part of the raids?

The music producer has been slapped with seven civil suits in the last five months, each containing a multitude of disturbing accusations.

Singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, who had been in a decadelong relationship with Combs in the early 2000s, filed a lawsuit in New York federal court last November alleging sex trafficking, human trafficking, sexual battery, sexual assault and gender-motivated violence, among other causes of action.

Ventura alleged that she became lured into and eventually trapped in a pattern of abuse involving forced drug use, rape, battery and forced sex acts with male sex workers.

She settled the lawsuit with her former partner one day later, but her suit spawned several more alleged victims to come forward.

Hotel surveillance video from 2016 obtained by CNN appeared to show Combs violently attacking, kicking and shoving Ventura at the now-closed InterContinental Hotel in the Century City neighborhood of Los Angeles.

In the video, Combs is seen running in a towel after Ventura who is seen standing in front of an elevator bank. He aggressively grabs and drags her down and then kicks her before picking up her luggage. He is then seen dragging her on the floor back to a hotel room as she braces her head.

Two days later, Combs released an apology video admitting he beat Ventura in the hotel hallway.

Combs said in the video, which he posted to Instagram and Facebook, that he was “truly sorry” and that his actions were “inexcusable.”

“I take full responsibility for my actions in that video. I was disgusted then when I did it. I’m disgusted now,” the music mogul said. “It’s so difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life, but sometimes you got to do that,” Combs said, adding, “I went and I sought out professional help. I got into going to therapy, going to rehab. I had to ask God for his mercy and grace. I’m so sorry.”

Ventura broke her silence almost a week after the release of the video saying she “will always be recovering from my past,” in an Instagram post.

“It takes a lot of heart to tell the truth out of a situation that you were powerless in,” she said. “I offer my hand to those that are still living in fear. Reach out to your people, don’t cut them off. No one should carry this weight alone.”

She also asked that everyone “open your heart to believing victims the first time” and that “Domestic Violence is THE issue.”

TMZ reported Ventura worked with federal investigators for weeks, potentially even before the raids. The outlet reported that she may have helped investigators establish probable cause to obtain search warrants.

In February, music producer Rodney Jones filed a lawsuit alleging Combs coerced him to solicit prostitutes and pressured him to have sex with them.

In other lawsuits, a woman said the rap producer trafficked and raped her two decades ago when she was 17. Another woman said Combs filmed his sexual assault on her and later used it as “revenge porn” when she was a student at Syracuse University.

Combs’ lawyers filed a motion to dismiss some claims filed by the former Syracuse students April 26, stating that he cannot be sued because certain laws didn’t exist when the 1991 allegations were made against him.

He also filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old in 2003.

Some of the individuals who filed the suits are also working with federal investigators, TMZ reported.

Combs and his attorneys have denied all of the lawsuits’ allegations.

It is unclear if any of the civil suits are related to federal criminal investigations.