Homeland Security officers on Monday performed coordinated raids of two properties linked to music mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs. He has lately turn into the topic of lawsuits alleging sexual assault.

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Homeland Security officers on Monday performed coordinated raids of two properties linked to music mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs. He has lately turn into the topic of lawsuits alleging sexual assault.

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Teams of federal brokers, together with Homeland Security Investigative officers, have been seen conducting coordinated raids at two properties related to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs on Monday.

When requested to substantiate the shock searches, authorities stated that 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.”

In a short assertion they added: “We will provide further information as it becomes available.”

HSI officers didn’t reply to requests from NPR to make clear if Combs was the goal of the raids.

The Los Angeles mansion linked to Combs is within the Holmby Hills neighborhood and isn’t owned by the music mogul, but it surely has been linked to Combs’ firm, Bad Boys Film Production, in keeping with KTLA in Los Angeles.

The residence in Miami was bought by Combs in 2021.

Aerial footage from KTLA in Los Angeles confirmed a number of SWAT autos stationed close to a big residence. Meanwhile, groups of brokers in bulletproof vests appeared to take away a number of gadgets from the house and officers have been seen questioning a number of folks.

The motive for the raids is unclear however they arrive on the heels of a lawsuit alleging that the 54-year-old was the chief of a prison enterprise that might qualify as a “widespread and dangerous criminal sex trafficking organization.”

As NPR beforehand reported, Combs has turn into the topic of a number of civil fits accusing him of sexual misconduct, together with rape and assault. Combs has denied all accusations of sexual misconduct. He has not been criminally charged with any of the allegations.

Messages to Combs’ lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, in search of remark weren’t instantly returned.

In November 2023, singer Cassie Ventura, who had signed a 10-album take care of Combs’ Bad Boy Entertainment when she was 19, accused Combs of years of sexual misconduct, harassment, intercourse trafficking and rape.

Ventura’s civil swimsuit was filed in New York Superior Court beneath the state’s Adult Survivors Act, a New York regulation allowing victims of sexual abuse a one-year window to file civil motion whatever the statute of limitations of the crimes themselves.

More lately, producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, who labored on Combs’ newest launch, The Love Album: Off the Grid, accused the famed rapper of sexual assault in a civil swimsuit filed in federal courtroom. The swimsuit claims that Combs groped Jones repeatedly and through the making of the album, Combs compelled Jones to solicit intercourse staff, take unlawful medication and extra.

The swimsuit additionally names others near Combs as co-defendants. In an Instagram submit final December, Combs denied he did any of the issues he was accused of and vowed to combat for his title.

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