Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested Monday evening in New York Metropolis by federal brokers with Homeland Safety Investigations, ABC Information has confirmed.
“Earlier this night, federal brokers arrested Sean Combs, based mostly on a sealed indictment filed by the SDNY,” United States Lawyer for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams mentioned in a press release. “We anticipate to maneuver to unseal the indictment within the morning and could have extra to say at the moment.”
Combs was arrested on the Park Hyatt lodge in Midtown Manhattan, sources mentioned. He’ll spend the evening in federal custody earlier than he is dropped at court docket for arraignment Tuesday, sources instructed ABC Information.
A federal grand jury in Manhattan returned an indictment in opposition to Combs, which set in movement his arrest, sources instructed ABC Information.
The fees stay sealed.
Combs’ lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, addressed the information in a press release, calling it “an unjust prosecution.”
“We’re disenchanted with the choice to pursue what we consider is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace. 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 kids, and dealing to uplift the Black group,” Agnifilo mentioned within the assertion.
“He’s an imperfect particular person, however he Isn’t a 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 fees. Please reserve your judgment till you’ve all of the details. These are the acts of an harmless man with nothing to cover, and he seems to be ahead to clearing his identify in court docket,” Agnifilo added.
Combs has been beneath investigation for the higher a part of a 12 months since his former, longtime girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, got here ahead with allegations in a civil lawsuit. At the least 10 extra lawsuits adopted. Combs has denied the allegations in all of them.
Again in March, Combs’ Los Angeles and Miami properties had been raided by federal brokers, authorities beforehand mentioned.
A Homeland Safety Investigations spokesperson mentioned in a press release on the time that the raid was executed as a part of an “ongoing investigation.”
Legislation enforcement sources instructed ABC Information, additionally in late March, that federal brokers with Homeland Safety Investigations seized plenty of digital units as a part of the court-authorized searches of Combs’ two properties.
The searches, carried out in Los Angeles and Miami, had been a part of a federal intercourse trafficking investigation into the hip-hop and liquor mogul, the sources mentioned.
HSI brokers flooded Combs’ mansions and gathered proof as a part of an investigation led by prosecutors within the Southern District of New York.