Multiple accusers of rapper Diddy have spoken out after Homeland Security agents arrived at his properties in Los Angeles and Miami to conduct a raid in connection with an ongoing sex trafficking investigation.
The hip hop producer and mogul, whose real name is Sean Combs, is facing mounting claims of sexual harassment and rape. He was nowhere to be seen as agents searched his property Monday afternoon.
Tyrone Blackburn, attorney for accusers Rodney Jones Jr. and Liza Gardner, welcomed the news in a statement to Rolling Stone.
“It’s about time,” Blackburn said. “Sometimes justice delayed does not mean justice denied, as long as it finally arrives.”
Douglas Wigdor, attorney for Cassie Ventura and another of the Jane Does accusing Diddy, responded to the search in a statement to DailyMail.com.
Multiple accusers of rapper Diddy, including R&B singer Cassie (pictured left), have spoken out after Homeland Security agents arrived at his properties in Los Angeles and Miami to conduct a raid in connection with an investigation in course on sex trafficking.
‘We will always support law enforcement when they attempt to prosecute those who have broken the law. Hopefully, this is the beginning of a process that will hold Mr. Combs accountable for his depraved conduct.”
Last month, Jones alleged that Combs subjected him to a year of groping and “constant unsolicited touching of his anus.”
He says he was ordered to recruit prostitutes and have sex with them for the star’s pleasure, and has hundreds of hours of video documenting Combs’ “serious illegal activity.”
Jones has named some of the industry’s biggest names as co-defendants in the $30 million lawsuit, alleging that record boss Etiopia HAbtemariam dismissed Combs’ groping as “friendly games” and his way of “showing that he likes you.”
Combs recruited Jones in August 2022 to produce some of the songs on the R&B album ‘The Love Album: Off the Grid’, which was nominated for a Grammy upon its release in September 2023.
In November 2023, Cassie, whose real name is Cassandra Ventura, accused Combs of rape and repeated physical abuse.
The lawsuit alleges how he allegedly controlled and abused Cassie for more than a decade, including drugging her, beating her and forcing her to have sex with several prostitutes while he watched and recorded.
The couple, who met in 2005 when she was 19, separated in 2018. The lawsuit claimed that just before the end of their relationship, he broke into her home and raped her.
Tyrone Blackburn, attorney for accusers Rodney Jones Jr. (pictured) and Liza Gardner, welcomed the news in a statement, saying it was “about time.”
Diddy was nowhere to be found as federal agents searched his properties Monday afternoon.
Diddy, 54, vehemently denied all of the “offensive and outrageous allegations.”
Gardner accused Combs and R&B singer Aaron Hall of assaulting her and a friend in Hall’s apartment in the early 1990s, when Gardner was just 16 years old.
“The allegations involving alleged misconduct against Mr. Combs going back more than 30 years and brought forward at the last minute are completely denied and rejected by him,” a statement on behalf of the mogul said at the time. NBC News.
‘He recognizes this is a money grab. Because of Mr. Combs’ fame and success, he is an easy target for accusers who will falsify the truth, without conscience or consequence, for financial gain.’
A Homeland Security Investigations spokesperson told DailyMail.com in a statement: ‘Earlier today, 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 staff. law enforcement partners.
“We will provide more information as it becomes available.”
DailyMail.com has contacted Diddy’s representatives for comment.
The raid comes just weeks after one of Diddy’s accusers in a sexual assault lawsuit was ordered to reveal her identity.
Homeland Security agents have arrived at rapper Diddy’s homes in Los Angeles and Miami as part of an ongoing investigation into sex trafficking.
In a video, dozens of agents are seen advancing through the enormous Los Angeles estate. Diddy faces multiple accusations of sexual abuse
At least two as yet unidentified men were seen being handcuffed at their Holmby Hills property.
The rapper and music mogul has been fighting several legal battles, including one against an unnamed woman who claimed he and two friends sexually assaulted her when she was 17 years old.
Rolling Stone reported Monday that “four Jane Does and one John Doe” have already been interviewed by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York “for an investigation related to alleged sex trafficking, domestic violence and extortion,” and more are scheduled. .
DailyMail.com has contacted lawyers for Diddy’s other publicly named accusers, including Joi Dickerson-Neal, for comment.
A police line was set up Monday around the Los Angeles home in the wealthy Holmby Hills neighborhood near Beverly Hills, where at least two men were handcuffed.
Armed Department of Homeland Security agents entered luxury properties on the east and west coasts of the United States, with video footage showing helicopters hovering overhead.
The agents, who were wearing vests, gathered in the backyard of the house, near the pool. Several law enforcement officers were seen carrying bags and boxes of evidence to a van.
Combs, 54, founded the Bad Boy record label in 1993 and was a major figure in the marketing of hip-hop for decades to come. Among his protégés were the late Notorious BIG and Mary J. Blige.
He is among the industry’s billionaires, mostly due to his ventures in the alcoholic beverage industry.
But contrary to the public image of a mild-mannered businessman, the lawsuits describe Combs as a violent man who used his celebrity to prey on and intimidate women.