This is the dramatic moment police detained Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ alleged drug mule at a Miami-area airport.
Brendan Paul, 25, was arrested by Miami-Dade police and Homeland Security agents at Opa-Locka Executive Airport on Monday afternoon as authorities raided the rapper’s mansions in South Florida and Los Angeles. as part of a sex trafficking investigation.
Body camera footage of the arrest obtained by NB6 shows Paul wearing a blue and white hoodie as he is taken out of a Border Protection building and into a police car.
Paul, who played two years on the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team, is charged with felony counts of cocaine possession and marijuana possession.
He is being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami on two $2,500 bonds.
This is the dramatic moment police arrested Brendan Paul, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ alleged drug trafficker, at a Miami-area airport.
Paul, who played two years on the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team, is charged with felony counts of cocaine possession and marijuana possession.
Combs’ attorney said Tuesday that the searches of the rapper’s properties by federal authorities were “a blatant use of force on a military level.”
The former athlete was referred to as Diddy’s ‘drug mule’ in a $30 million lawsuit Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones filed against Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs.
The complaint, one of five filed against Cobs since November, alleged that he was involved in “acquiring and distributing drugs and weapons from Mr. Combs.”
It was not confirmed whether Paul’s arrest was related to the allegations in the lawsuit or the raids on Diddy’s properties.
Jones claimed in the lawsuit that he “personally witnessed” Paul “acquiring and distributing” drugs to Combs and his entourage, and transporting or intending to transport drugs in flight luggage.
He wrote that the flights were between Los Angeles, Miami, Virginia, the Caribbean and London three times in December 2022, April 2023 and November 2023.
Combs’ attorney said Tuesday that the searches of the rapper’s properties by federal authorities were “a blatant use of military-level force” and that Combs is “innocent and will continue to fight” to clear his name.
The criminal investigation is a major escalation in scrutiny of Combs, who has been accused in several lawsuits of sexual abuse in recent months.
The former athlete was referred to as Diddy’s ‘drug mule’ in a $30 million lawsuit Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones filed against Diddy. they are seen together
Armed agents entered luxury properties on the east and west coasts of the United States
Agents arrived at his properties in Miami and Los Angeles as part of their investigation into alleged sex trafficking.
Combs’ sons, Justin and Christian ‘King’ Combs, were handcuffed during the raid on their father’s Los Angeles residence.
King, 25, is a musician whose song ‘Can’t Stop Won’t Stop’ featuring Kodak Black topped Billboard’s Mainstream R&B Hip-Hop charts in 2022.
Along with a heavy officer presence, command trucks were parked outside both properties.
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 she 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.
