What we know about Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs' location during federal raids
(NewsNation) — Federal agents swarmed two properties connected to Sean “Diddy” Combs on Monday. The properties in Los Angeles and Miami were searched by Homeland Security agents as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation.
Multiple videos from NewsNation affiliate KTLA show authorities moving into the Los Angeles home and placing multiple people in handcuffs, sparking the question: Where was Combs at the time of the raids?
Flight tracker data showed that Diddy's jet traveled to Antigua, but it's not known if the hip-hop mogul was on it for the flight to the Caribbean.
The private plane took off around 5:30 p.m. PDT Sunday from Sacramento Executive Airport, landing at Palm Springs International Airport an hour later, then flying to Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles, according to data reviewed by People. At 9 a.m. on Monday, the private jet left Los Angeles and landed in Antigua.
The Miami Herald reported Tuesday that Diddy's Gulfstream is no longer traceable on the popular flight tracking site FlightAware. A FlightAware spokesperson told the paper that it isn't unusual for a plane owner to ask for their flight activity be blocked.
While it’s still unclear exactly where he was during the searches, video from TMZ reportedly shows Diddy walking around at the Miami-Opa locka Executive Airport at 3 p.m. PDT, just hours after the raids at his homes started.
Combs’ attorney and other representatives didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.
The raids, connected to an investigation by federal authorities in New York, come in the wake of several sexual assault lawsuits against Combs in recent months.
In February, a music producer filed a lawsuit alleging Combs coerced him to solicit prostitutes and pressured him to have sex with them. Combs’ attorney Shawn Holley has said of those allegations that “we have overwhelming, indisputable proof that his claims are complete lies.”
Combs’ former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, sued him in November alleging years of sexual abuse, including rape. The lawsuit said he forced her to have sex with male prostitutes while he filmed them. The suit was settled the day after it was filed.
Another of Combs’ accusers was a woman who said the rap producer raped her two decades ago when she was 17.
Combs had said in a November statement, “I did not do any of the awful things being alleged.”
Formerly known as Puffy Daddy, Combs is among the most influential hip-hop producers and executives of the past three decades.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.