Officials have said the searches were connected to a sex-trafficking investigation by federal authorities in New York. It’s not clear whether Combs was the target of the investigation.
– Two properties belonging to rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ in Los Angeles and Miami were searched on Monday by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex-trafficking investigation, two law enforcement officials have told The Associated Press.
The officials said the searches were connected to a sex-trafficking investigation by federal authorities in New York. It’s not clear whether Combs was the target of the investigation. The officials were not authorised to publicly discuss details of the investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
In a statement, Homeland Security Investigations said it “executed law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation, with assistance from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami, and our local law enforcement partners.”There have been several sexual assault lawsuits filed against Combs in recent months, includingthat was settled last year. Another of Combs’ accusers was a woman who said the rap producer raped her two decades ago when she was 17.
Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas in 2022.