Embattled rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs broke his silence Friday night when he was spotted in Miami for the second time in two nights.
The 54-year-old smiled for the camera when fitness trainer and life coach Wes Watson bumped into him at a local restaurant.
‘Here in Pura Vida, next to my house, I met the man from right here!’ Watson told his more than one million followers.
‘Hey! What’s happening!’ Diddy said as he waved at the camera and showed an ‘L’ with his fingers to say ‘love.’
‘Miami is like that. It’s a movie,’ Watson continued. ‘I mean, a crazy coincidence?’ she added.
Rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was spotted at a restaurant in Miami looking relaxed just days after Homeland Security raided his mansions.
Diddy was spotted at a local branch of Pura Vida, a trendy Miami restaurant near his home in Miami.
He was discovered by fitness trainer Wes Watson, who was also eating something at the time.
Diddy exchanged a smile and waved to a couple of onlookers.
Diddy looked particularly relaxed dressed in a loose-fitting black T-shirt and matching shorts and sunglasses.
He appeared to be lining up for a bite to eat and a drink at the trendy restaurant, following raids on his East and West Coast mansions this week.
Diddy has not been in hiding since Monday’s attack on his coastal homes.
On Thursday night he was seen taking his twin daughters to a Miami golf club.
The rapper flashed a peace sign while walking with his daughters Jessie and D’Lila, 17, after playing for two hours.
Diddy appears to be putting on a brave face after mansions in Los Angeles and Miami were raided as part of a sex trafficking investigation.
Along with a heavy officer presence, command trucks were seen parked outside both properties.
Diddy seemed calm and relaxed as he chatted with Watson over coffee.
On Thursday night, Diddy came to light while taking his twin daughters to a Miami golf club. She made a peace sign as her daughters smiled at each other.
Local television footage on Monday showed officers carrying rifles outside Combs’ Los Angeles home.
Authorities detained his sons, Justin and Christian ‘King’ Combs, and tied their hands with zip ties.
Combs cooperated with authorities and neither he nor any member of his family have been arrested or had their travel restricted.
Homeland Security has not detailed what it is investigating regarding Combs.
The agency has broad jurisdiction to investigate the illegal movement of people, goods, money, technology and contraband into, out of and through the United States, including sex trafficking.
Photos obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com this week showed his Florida home similarly vandalized as authorities searched for evidence.
On Tuesday, he claimed he was the victim of a “witch hunt” and harshly criticized the Department of Homeland Security for “excessive and flagrant use of force at the military level.”
Homeland Security Investigation agents are seen at the entrance to the home of American producer and musician Sean “Diddy” Combs on Star Island in Miami Beach on March 25, 2024.
Law enforcement officers are seen outside Diddy’s Beverly Hills property in Los Angeles on Monday.
Members of the media work as law enforcement officers stand behind police tape at Diddy’s home in Holmby Hills.
Two of Diddy’s children were detained as part of the raid. “There is no excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility displayed by authorities or the way their children and employees were treated,” said attorney Aaron Dyer.
Agents arrived at Diddy’s properties in Miami and Los Angeles as part of their investigation into alleged sex trafficking.
Police and Homeland Security agents are seen at Diddy’s beachfront mansion in Miami on Monday.
Part of the interior of Diddy’s house is seen in these images after the raid.
The aftermath of the Department of Homeland Security raid on Diddy’s house
The criminal investigation is a major escalation in scrutiny of Combs, who has been accused in several sexual abuse trials in recent months.
In a lawsuit that Combs settled the day after his performance in November, his former protégé and girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie, sued him alleging years of sexual abuse, including rape.
The lawsuit says he forced her to have sex with prostitutes while he filmed them.
In February, a music producer filed a lawsuit alleging that Combs forced him to hire prostitutes and pressured him to have sex with them.
Another of Combs’ accusers was a woman who said the rap producer raped her two decades ago, when she was 17 years old.
Combs and his attorneys have denied all allegations in the lawsuits.