Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Homes Raided by Homeland Security Investigations Agents

Sean
“Diddy”
Combs’
homes
in
Los
Angeles
and
Miami
were
raided
by
Homeland
Security
Investigations
(HSI)
today
in
connection
with
a
federal
sex
trafficking
investigation,
reports

The
Associated
Press.
It’s
unclear
if
Diddy
was
present
during
the
raids
while
officers
and
helicopters
swarmed
his
residence.
He’s
currently
facing

multiple

lawsuits
from
several
accusers
who
allege
that
he
raped
or
sexually
assaulted
them.

“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,”
a
spokesperson
for
the
department
said
in
a
statement.
“We
will
provide
further
information
as
it
becomes
available.”

In
November,
R&B
and
pop
singer
Cassie

accused
Diddy,
her
ex-boyfriend,
of
rape,
sexual
battery,
and
sex
trafficking,
among
other
claims.
She

settled
her
lawsuit
with
the
hip-hop
mogul
two
days
later.
“I
have
decided
to
resolve
this
matter
amicably
on
terms
that
I
have
some
level
of
control,”
Cassie
wrote.
“I
want
to
thank
my
family,
fans
and
lawyers
for
their
unwavering
support.”

Since
then,
Diddy
has
been
sued
for
sexual
misconduct
by
four
others.
Most
recently,
a
woman
identified
as
Jane
Doe

filed
a
lawsuit
claiming
that
Diddy,
former
Bad
Boy
Entertainment
president
Harve
Pierre,
and
an
unnamed
third
person
“sex
trafficked
and
gang
raped”
her
in
2003
when
she
was
a
17-year-old
high
school
student.
Diddy
called
the
allegations
“sickening”
and
denied
doing
“any
of
the
awful
things
being
alleged.”

“We
will
always
support
law
enforcement
when
it
seeks
to
prosecute
those
that
have
violated
the
law,”
Douglas
Wigdor,
the
lawyer
for
both
Cassie
and
Jane
Doe,
said
in
a
statement
today.
“Hopefully,
this
is
the
beginning
of
a
process
that
will
hold
Mr.
Combs
responsible
for
his
depraved
conduct.”

After
Cassie’s
case
was
settled,

two
other
women
filed
lawsuits
against
the
hip-hop
musician
and
mogul.
In
one
lawsuit,
Joi
Dickerson-Neal
says
that
in
1991
Diddy
drugged
her,
sexually
assaulted
her,
and
filmed
the
assault
without
her
consent.
In
the
other
lawsuit,
Liza
Gardner
claims
that
Diddy
and
R&B
singer
Aaron
Hall
sexually
assaulted
her
and
a
friend
in
the
early
1990s.
A
spokesperson
for
Diddy
has
said
that
the
women’s
active
lawsuits
contain
“fabricated
claims
falsely
alleging
misconduct
from
over
30
years
ago.”

In
February,
music
producer
Rodney
Jones
Jr.,
also
known
as
Lil
Rod,

accused
Diddy
of
sexual
assault,
grooming,
and
improper
payment
for
his
work
as
a
producer
on


The
Love
Album:
Off
the
Grid.
In
his

73-page
lawsuit,
Jones
claims
that
Diddy
grabbed
his
genitals
without
consent,
forced
him
to
hire
prostitutes
and
participate
in
sex
acts
with
them,
and
tried
to
“groom”
him
into
having
sex
with
another
man,
with
Diddy
allegedly
telling
him
that
it
was
“a
normal
practice
in
the
music
industry.”

If
you
or
someone
you
know
has
been
affected
by
sexual
assault,
we
encourage
you
to
reach
out
for
support:

RAINN
National
Sexual
Assault
Hotline

http://rainn.org

1
800
656
HOPE
(4673)

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