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On September 16, 2024, Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested in New York by federal agents and the charges against him were released shortly afterward. According to NBC News, Combs was charged with three counts: racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. The grand jury indictment was unsealed on September 17.

The news came amid the rapper and music producer’s legal troubles, including a 2023 lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend. Cassie Venturawho claimed to have sexually assaulted her. Although he denied the allegations and settled the case, Combs is under investigation by Homeland Security.

Learn more about Diddy’s legal troubles below.

Was Diddy arrested?

Diddy was arrested on September 16 and the charges against him were revealed when he was taken into custody on Tuesday, September 17. According to court documents obtained by the outlet, he and his accomplices participated in “sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice.”

The music mogul is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

His lawyer, Marc Agnifilotold reporters at the time of his arrest: “He came to New York basically to engage the justice system and get the case started, and it will start today, and he’s going to plead not guilty.” Agnifilo added: “He will fight this with all his energy, all his strength and the full confidence of his lawyers.”

Why was Diddy’s house raided?

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Federal agents raided the Los Angeles home of Sean “Diddy” Combs.

TMZ reports they also searched his Miami home. pic.twitter.com/w6hwKiRLwe

– Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) March 25, 2024

Homeland Security has not publicly explained the reason for its raid on Diddy’s home. However, the agency released a statement to several media outlets regarding the incident.

“Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York executed enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation, with assistance from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami and our local enforcement partners of the law,” Homeland Security explained in a statement, according to CNN. “We will provide further information as it becomes available.”

According to NBC, a source told the outlet that “three women and one man were questioned by federal officials in Manhattan over allegations of sex trafficking, sexual assault and solicitation and distribution of narcotics and weapons to illegal fires. The outlet also reported that Homeland Security and federal agents executed search warrants at Diddy’s properties in Los Angeles and Miami. Following the raid, it was reported that law enforcement found firearms at both of the rapper’s residences.

What did Diddy do?

While the 2024 Homeland Security investigation is underway, Combs has already made headlines for multiple sexual assault allegations in late 2023. In November of that year, Diddy’s ex-girlfriend, Ventura, filed a lawsuit against him in New York federal district court for alleged rape and abuse. .

According to court documents from Ventura’s trial, she accused Combs of “beating” her and “forcing her to have sex” with “male prostitutes,” while Diddy allegedly recorded the sexual “encounters.” . At the time Ventura and Combs started dating, she was 19 and he was in his 30s. The exes had an on-and-off relationship for several years.

In response to these claims, Combs defended himself in a statement on Instagram, which now appears to have been deleted.

“ENOUGH IS ENOUGH,” he wrote. “For the past few weeks, I have sat in silence and watched people attempt to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy. Disgusting allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday. Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the horrible things alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth.

Diddy’s lawyer, Ben Brafmanalso released a statement denying the sexual assault allegations.

Shortly afterward, Ventura and Combs settled the case that month. However, in December 2023, another woman came forward with sexual assault accusations against Combs. She claimed he raped her in 2003, when she was 17.

By early 2024, Diddy was facing five sexual assault charges.

Now the accusations are piling up. Diddy could face more than 100 new trials just two weeks after his arrest by federal agents in New York. As recently as October 14, the embattled music mogul was the subject of six explosive lawsuits filed in the Southern District of New York, accusing him of rape, drugging, sodomizing and threatening to kill women. alleged victims. The incidents detailed in the complaints span from 1995 to 2021.

The accusers include a man who was 16 at the time of the alleged incident and a woman who was 19 when she alleges that Combs raped her in a Manhattan hotel room in 2004. All of the alleged incidents occur are produced in New York or the Hamptons, depending on the costumes. Two of the lawsuits relate to incidents that allegedly occurred during Combs’ lavish Labor Day “white parties” at his Hamptons estate.

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