Sean “Diddy” Combs was apprehended in Manhattan on Monday after a grand court fingered the hip-hop magnate. The apprehension adheres to Homeland Security’s raids on the Bad Boy owner’s homes in late March, apparently activated by a wave of sexual assault suits versus him.
Combs’ apprehension comes almost a year after his previous partner, the R&B vocalist Casandra “Cassie” Ventura submitted an eruptive sex trafficking and misuse claim versus Combs inNovember (He got to an exclusive negotiation with Ventura someday after it was submitted.) Eight much more females and one guy have actually considering that stepped forward to file a claim against Combs, with accusations varying from sex trafficking to sexual offense.
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The examination is being led by the Southern District of New York, and in very early July, NBC reported a grand court was listening to proof in regard to the sex trafficking and racketeering examination. Federal representatives performed a search warrant on Combs’ homes on March 25, abounding his Los Angeles and Miami buildings, apparently taking Combs’ phones after authorities brought up on him at Miami-Opa Locka flight terminal. The hip-hop exec’s lawyer Aaron Dyer called the raids a “gross overuse of military-level force” and a “witch hunt based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.”
“We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving family man, and proven philanthropist who has spent the last 30 years building an empire, adoring his children, and working to uplift the Black community. He is an imperfect person but he Is not a criminal,” Combs’ lawyer Marc Agnifilo informs Rolling Stone in a declaration. “To his credit, Mr. Combs has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges. Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts. These are the acts of an innocent man with nothing to hide, and he looks forward to clearing his name in court.”
In May, Rolling Stone released its six-month examination right into the magnate, revealing a formerly unreported accusation of physical violence versus a lady on the Howard university, brand-new information of claimed physical hostility, and declares that Combs sexually bothered a self-employed staff member at a 2001 event. Several individuals that talked with Rolling Stone defined Combs as a serial killer that utilized his popularity, lot of money, sector standing, and online reputation as a fun-loving event host to conceal an unstable mood and troubling, egotistical habits for years.
Combs’ autumn from poise started with Ventura’s claim, where she declared that Combs regularly literally assaulted her and required her to have drug-fueled sexual intercourse with male sex employees throughout setups he called “freak offs” throughout their 10-year partnership. She additionally outlined a 2016 physical attack at a Los Angeles resort after a freak-off, which was later on validated by uncovered resort monitoring video clip that reveals Combs chasing after a getting awayVentura He is seen tossing her to the ground, kicking and stomping on her prior to he tries to drag her away, later on tossing a glass flower holder at her instructions. Although Combs’ lawyer formerly called Ventura’s 35-page claim a shakedown “riddled with baseless and outrageous lies,” Combs released a video clip apology after the video clip appeared, stating he went to “rock bottom” and was “truly sorry” for his habits in the troubling video footage. In feedback, Ventura’s attorneys called Combs’ mea culpa “pathetic.”
Following Ventura’s claim– equally as New York’s Adult Survivors Act was readied to end– 2 even more females advance on Thanksgiving Day with in a similar way troubling insurance claims versusCombs Joi Dickerson-Neal affirmed Combs drugged and sexually attacked her when she was a Syracuse University pupil in 1991. The lady declared Combs recorded the case and revealed the video clip to others in an act referred to as “revenge porn.” Through an associate, Combs refuted the accusation. “This last-minute lawsuit is an example of how a well-intentioned law can be turned on its head. [This] 32-year-old story is made up and not credible … This is purely a money grab and nothing more,” the agent claimed.
The 2nd lady, Liza Gardner, declares she was 16 years of ages when Combs and singer-songwriter Aaron Hall took turns raping her adhering to an Uptown Records occasion in 1990. She better declared that a day later on, Combs transformed “irate and began assaulting and choking” her up until she practically “passed out” since he was anxious she could reveal what occurred. “These are fabricated claims falsely alleging misconduct from over 30 years ago and filed at the last minute,” a Combs agent claimed of Gardner’s claim. “This is nothing but a money grab.”
In very early December, a 4th accuser affirmed Combs’ previous Bad Boy President Harve Pierre and a 3rd guy gang raped her at Combs’ New York videotaping workshop in 2003 when she was 17 years of ages. In February, songs manufacturer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones filed a claim against Combs for sexual offense, harassment, and not compensating him for deal with the Grammy- chosenThe Love Album On May 21, design Crystal McKinney ended up being the 6th individual to file a claim against Combs within a period of 6 months. She declared Combs drugged her and required her to carry out foreplay on him at his New York videotaping workshop in 2003. In very early July, previous Hustler’s Club professional dancer Adria English declares that Combs sex trafficked her at his famous “white parties” when she was presumably anticipated to participate in sexes with visitors.
And the week prior to Combs’ apprehension, previous Danity Kane participant Dawn Richard filed a claim against Combs, corroborating Ventura’s insurance claims of physical misuse, declaring that Combs had actually consistently searched her and sexually bothered her, along with intimidated her life.
Combs has actually refuted any type of misdeed in each situation. Still, he tipped down from the chairmanship of his Revolt television media firm and marketed his risk in the firm, as greater than a loads firms left his ecommerce system. In January, alcohol titan Diageo reduced him loose in an exclusive negotiation under which Combs will certainly no more be a joint proprietor of the tequila brand name DeLeón or have any type of connections to Cîroc vodka.
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