Diddy’s homes have been raided by the FBI (Picture: Paras AP/Backgrid)
Diddy’s Los Angeles and Miami mansions have been raided by the FBI.
His opulent Holmby Hills residence was the scene of a Homeland Security raid, connected to his Bad Boy Films production company.
FOX11 captured the moment several individuals were handcuffed by armed officers after cops pulled up to the LA abode on a boat.
This action comes as Diddy faces intense legal scrutiny, including allegations of sexual assault and sex trafficking.
The precise cause of the raid remains under wraps, highlighting the mogul’s escalating legal woes.
A representative for Homeland Security said in a statement to ABC7: ‘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 law enforcement partners.
Several individuals were seen in cuffs (Picture: The Daily Stardust/Backgrid)
Information will be provided once available (Picture: The Daily Stardust/Backgrid)
Diddy faces intense legal scrutiny, including allegations of sexual assault and sex trafficking (Picture: The Daily Stardust/Backgrid)
‘We will provide further information as it becomes available.’
Following today’s raids, while it remains unclear which individuals were detained, rapper 50 Cent shared a reaction post to Instagram.
Claiming that the people in the image were Diddy’s children, he penned in his caption: ‘S**t just got real the Fed’s in all the cribs, damn they got the kids in cuffs’.
In a second post, he wrote: ‘Now it’s not Diddy do it, it’s Diddy done they don’t come like that unless they got a case.’
A series of lawsuits have been filed against Diddy in the past year.
50 Cent weighed in with an Instagram reaction post (Picture: Instagram)
Diddy was previously accused of rape and violent behaviour by Cassie Ventura (Picture: Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images)
Late last year, the 54-year-old was accused of rape and violent behaviour in legal documents by his ex-girlfriend, Cassie – real name Casandra Ventura – but the claims were settled the next day, and he denied any wrongdoing.
Following the raid, Cassie’s lawyer released a statement, saying: ‘We will always support law enforcement when it seeks to prosecute those that have violated the law.
‘Hopefully, this is the beginning of a process that will hold Mr Combs responsible for his depraved conduct.’
In the past several months, five people have made allegations of assault against Diddy.
Following Cassie, the second lawsuit came amid allegations that Diddy drugged and date-raped a college student, and later shared a ‘revenge porn’ style video of the abuse.
Five lawsuits have been filed against Diddy in recent months (Picture: Getty Images)
An unnamed woman became the third to come forward, claiming that the rapper and singer-songwriter Aaron Hall took turns taping her and a friend, before ‘choking her in a violent rage’.
In the fourth lawsuit in just a few weeks, another woman – known only as Jane Doe – alleged that she was attacked by the music mogul when she was a teenager.
Most recently, on February 27, Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones, a former producer and videographer for Diddy, filed a suit, alleging that Diddy sexually harassed, drugged, and threatened him for over a year.
He is seeking $30million (£23.7million) in damages.
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