Federal agents have arrested Diddy in New York following an indictment by a grand jury.
The founder of Bad Boy Entertainment, who has faced an increasing number of sexual assault lawsuits since the previous year, was taken into custody by Homeland Security at a hotel in Manhattan on the evening of September 16, as reported by The New York Times.
The indictment, issued by the Southern District of New York, remains sealed, leaving the specific charges unclear.
However, they seem to be connected to an ongoing sex trafficking investigation involving Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs, which led to the raiding of two of his properties earlier this year.
Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced on social media late Monday that they plan to unseal the indictment in the morning and will provide further details at that time.
USA Damian Williams: Earlier this evening, federal agents arrested Sean Combs, based on a sealed indictment filed by the SDNY.
We expect to move to unseal the indictment in the morning and will have more to say at that time.
Diddy is also expected to be arraigned on Tuesday morning (September 17).
His lawyer Marc Agnifilo said in a statement to the press: “We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving family man, and proven philanthropist who has spent the last 30 years building an empire, adoring his children, and working to uplift the Black community.”
Agnifilo added: “He is an imperfect person but is not criminal. To his credit Mr. Combs has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges.
“Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts. These are the acts of an innocent man with nothing to hide, and he looks forward to clearing his name in court.”
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