Diddy’s lawyers slam ‘unprecedented ambush’ after raid on homes as they insist rapper will ‘fight to clear his name’
SEAN ‘Diddy’ Combs’ attorney has blasted the raid conducted by federal agents at two of his lavish pads as the defiant rapper vows to clear his name.
An attorney for the hip-hop mogul called Monday’s raid by Homeland Security agents an “overuse of military-level force.”
“Yesterday, there was a gross overuse of military-level force as search warrants were executed at Mr. Combs’ residence,” Diddy’s lawyer, Aaron Dyer, told TMZ.
“There is no excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his children and employees were treated.
“Mr. Combs was never detained but spoke to and cooperated with authorities.
“Despite media speculation, neither Mr. Combs nor any of his family members have been arrested nor has their ability to travel been restricted in any way.”
Dyer continued, “This unprecedented ambush – paired with an advanced, coordinated media presence – leads to a premature rush to judgment of Mr. Combs and is nothing more than a witch hunt based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.
“There has been no finding of criminal or civil liability with any of these allegations.
“Mr. Combs is innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name.”
HOMES RAIDED
Three of Diddy’s homes were raided on Monday afternoon by feds.
The homes, two in Florida and one in California, were searched in connection with sex trafficking allegations, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
Four people were interviewed by police in Manhattan over allegations of sex trafficking, sexual assault, and the solicitation and distribution of illegal narcotics and firearms, NBC News reported.
Three other people are scheduled for an interview, per the outlet.
These raids come after Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, better known as Cassie, accused him in November of last year of sexually abusing and assaulting her throughout their relationship.
A source told the New York Post that they were looking for phones and computers.
Law enforcement reached the neighboring homes on Star Island by boat and were seen on a the dock near the homes.
Video obtained by Fox affiliate KTTV showed several individuals in handcuffs and sitting on the lawn of the Holmby Hills mansion.
Recent lawsuits against Diddy
Diddy was hit with a wave of lawsuits in late 2023 and early 2024 with shocking allegations of sex trafficking and sexual assault. He has denied all claims against him.
- Cassie, Diddy’s longtime girlfriend, sued him in November 2023, claiming she endured “a cycle of abuse, violence, and sex trafficking” until their relationship ended in 2018. Diddy and Cassie settled the suit the day after it was filed.
- Diddy was hit with two more lawsuits a week later. Joi Dickerson accused Diddy of drugging and raping her and filming the attack when she was a 19-year-old college student in January 1991.
- A second accuser in a separate lawsuit claimed that Diddy and another man sexually assaulted her and a friend in 1990 or 1991 then showed up at her apartment and beat her several days later.
- Diddy was sued again in December by a woman who claimed he and two men gang-raped her in 2003 when she was 17 years old.
- In February 2024, Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones, who helped produce Diddy’s most recent album, claimed that the mogul sexually harassed, drugged, and threatened him from September 2022 to November 2023 as they worked together.
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