Agents with the Department of Homeland Security raided two properties in Los Angeles and Miami that belong to the rapper and record label mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs as part of a sex trafficking probe on Monday afternoon.
Combs’ Homes Raided
Sources told The New York Post that agents raided the homes because they wanted to seize Combs’ phones and computers. This comes as Combs, 54, is facing multiple rape and sexual harassment lawsuits.
Daily Mail reported that a police line was set up around Combs’ mansion in the wealthy Holmby Hills neighborhood near Beverly Hills, California, and two men were seen being put in handcuffs.
Helicopters flew over the property as agents wearing vests gathered in the backyard by the pool. They were later seen carrying bags and boxes of evidence to a van with assistance from police dogs.
“Earlier today, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York executed law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation, with assistance from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami, and our local law enforcement partners,” a DHS spokesperson said in a statement. “We will provide further information as it becomes available.”
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Combs Legal Battles
Combs was not at either property at the time of the raids. Two hours after agents entered the homes, Combs was spotted pacing outside Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport holding a cellphone in one hand while he stuffed his other hand in his pocket on Monday evening.
Combs has been embroiled in many legal battles as of late, including one against an unnamed woman who claimed he and two friends sexually assaulted her when she was only 17 years-old. Combs was most recently sued by male former employee Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, who claimed that the rapper abused him from September of 2022 to November of 2023 as they worked on his album “The Love Album: Off the Grid.”
Sources told Rolling Stone on Monday that “four Jane Does and one John Doe” have already been interviewed by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York “for a probe related to alleged sex trafficking, domestic violence and racketeering,” and more are already scheduled to take place.
50 Cent Gloats
The rapper 50 Cent, who has been feuding with Combs for years, was quick to take to social media to gloat over the raids in multiple posts.
“S–t just got real the Fed’s in all the cribs, damn they got the kids in cuffs,” 50 Cent wrote alongside photos of Combs’ two sons, Justin and King Combs, being led out of his Los Angeles homes, according to Page Six.
“Now it’s not Diddy do it, it’s Diddy done, they don’t come like that unless they got a case,” he later added alongside images of the feds outside of Combs’ L.A. home.
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Not stopping there, 50 Cent shared a video by a social media user that dubbed Combs as “too freaky for society,” captioning it, “ran off and left the kids in the whole sh**, yo he doing the race, said f–k it!”
At the time of this writing, Combs has yet to comment publicly on the raids.
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