Federal brokers observed firearms during lookups of houses belonging to Sean “Diddy” Combs in both Los Angeles and Miami, according to 3 resources acquainted with the subject NBC News on Tuesday.
Homeland Stability Investigations executed warrants out of the U.S. District Courtroom for the Southern District of New York on Monday and seized his phones in Miami prior to he was scheduled to depart for a vacation to the Bahamas.
The songs mogul is a subject matter of a federal felony investigation amid many lawsuits filed versus him in the latest months, a resource acquainted with the issue advised NBC News.
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The source mentioned three gals and a male had been interviewed by federal officials in Manhattan in relation to allegations of sex trafficking, sexual assault, and the solicitation and distribution of unlawful narcotics and firearms.
It was not right away obvious what form of firearms had been identified or who they belonged to.
Aaron Dyer, an legal professional for Combs, explained Monday’s lookups as “gross overuse of armed forces-degree power.” Neither Combs nor any of his family members associates have been arrested, Dyer observed in his assertion.
“There is no justification for the abnormal demonstrate of drive and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his little ones and workers were being taken care of,” Dyer stated. “Mr. Combs was never detained but spoke to and cooperated with authorities.”
Combs is harmless and “will carry on to struggle just about every one working day to apparent his identify,” Dyer stated, incorporating that Combs had not been identified liable of the allegations in opposition to him.
Considering the fact that November, Combs has been the issue of various civil lawsuits following a civil go well with from his previous romantic companion, Cassie, who accused him of physically and sexually abusing her for many years. Cassie, whose full name is Casandra Ventura, utilized the New York Adult Survivors Act, which offered a 1-yr window for adult victims of sexual assault to appear ahead with civil statements irrespective of the statute of limitations.
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She and Combs settled the suit a working day just after she filed in New York. Combs has rejected the accusations, calling them offensive and outrageous.
Due to the fact then, a few other ladies have filed lawsuits in the Southern District of New York alleging that they had been sexually assaulted by Combs. Two claimed they had been teens at the time of the alleged assaults.
Combs has denied just about every of the sexual assault allegations, contacting them “sickening.”
A former personnel who labored for Combs in between September 2022 and November 2023 also submitted a lawsuit in February alleging that Combs sexually harassed, drugged and threatened him for a lot more than a yr. In his accommodate, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, a producer, also alleged that he experienced movie and audio evidence of Combs, his staff and other people “engaging in significant illegal action.”
These circumstances are ongoing, and Combs has denied the allegations.
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