What Did Diddy Do? Updates in Ongoing Sexual Assault Lawsuits – Hollywood Life

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On September 16, 2024, Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested in New York by federal brokers, and his indictment fees have been launched shortly after. According to NBC News, Combs was charged with three felony counts: racketeering, intercourse trafficking, and transportation to interact in prostitution. The grand jury indictment was unsealed on September 17.

The information got here amid the rapper and music producer’s authorized woes, together with a 2023 lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who claimed that he sexually assaulted her. Although he denied the claims and settled the case, Combs is below investigation by Homeland Security.

Find out extra about Diddy’s authorized troubles under.

Why Was Diddy Arrested?

Diddy was arrested on September 16, and the fees in opposition to him have been revealed when he was taken into custody on Tuesday, September 17. According to his indictment, he and his alleged accomplices participated in “sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice” all whereas allegedly operating a “criminal enterprise.”

The music mogul is presently in custody on the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

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

Why Were Diddy’s Houses Raided?

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Federal brokers have raided the house of Sean “Diddy” Combs in Los Angeles.

TMZ is reporting they’ve additionally raided his dwelling in Miami. pic.twitter.com/w6hwKiRLwe

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

Homeland Security didn’t publicly clarify the rationale behind its raid on Diddy’s dwelling. However, the company launched a press release to a number of shops concerning the incident.

“Homeland Security Investigations (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,” Homeland Security defined in a press release, per CNN. “We will provide further information as it becomes available.”

According to NBC, a supply informed the outlet that “three women and a man have been interviewed by federal officials in Manhattan in relation to allegations of sex trafficking, sexual assault and the solicitation and distribution of illegal narcotics and firearms.” The outlet additionally reported that Homeland Security and federal brokers executed search warrants at Diddy’s L.A. and Miami properties. Following the raid, it was reported that legislation enforcement discovered firearms at each of the rapper’s residences.

What Did Diddy Do?

While the 2024 Homeland Security investigation is ongoing, Combs beforehand made headlines for a number of allegations of sexual assault in late 2023. That November, Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Ventura filed a lawsuit in opposition to him within the Federal District Court in New York City for alleged rape and abuse.

According to court docket paperwork from Ventura’s lawsuit, she accused Combs of “beating her” and “forcing her to have sex” with “male prostitutes” whereas Diddy allegedly recorded the sexual “encounters.” At the time when Ventura and Combs started courting when she was 19 and he was in his 30s. The exes had an on and off relationship for a number of years.

In response to the claims, Combs defended himself in an Instagram assertion—which now seems to have been deleted.

“ENOUGH IS ENOUGH,” he wrote. “For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy. Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick pay day. Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth.”

Diddy’s lawyer, Ben Brafman, additionally launched a press release as properly, denying the sexual assault allegations.

Shortly thereafter, Ventura and Combs settled the case that month. However, in December 2023, one other lady got here ahead with accusations of sexual assault in opposition to Combs. She claimed that he raped her in 2003 when she was 17.

By early 2024, Diddy was going through 5 accusations of sexual assault.

Now, fees have been piling up. Diddy could possibly be going through greater than 100 new lawsuits simply two weeks after his arrest by federal brokers in New York. As just lately as October 14, the embattled music mogul has been hit with six bombshell lawsuits filed within the Southern District of New York, accusing him of raping, drugging, sodomizing, and threatening to kill alleged victims. The incidents detailed within the complaints span from 1995 to 2021.

Among the accusers is a person who was 16 on the time of the alleged incident and a girl who was a 19-year-old school scholar when she alleges Combs raped her in a Manhattan lodge room in 2004. All of the alleged incidents occurred in New York City or the Hamptons, based on the fits. Two of the lawsuits embrace incidents alleged to have occurred at Combs’ lavish Labor Day “White Parties” at his Hamptons property.

In April 2025, actor Terence Howard claimed that Combs tried to have intercourse with him in a previous encounter. Howard unraveled the alleged incident throughout an look on the “PBD Podcast.”

If you or anybody has been sexually abused, name the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). A educated employees member will present confidential, judgment-free assist in addition to native assets to help in therapeutic, recovering and extra.

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