Two houses owned by Sean “Diddy” Combs had been raided by the US Division of Homeland Safety on Monday (March twenty fifth) in connection to an ongoing federal intercourse trafficking investigation. Now, Combs’ lawyer is claiming that officers employed a “gross overuse of military-level pressure.”
In an announcement launched on Tuesday, Combs’ lawyer, Aaron Dyer, alleges that there was an “extreme present of pressure and hostility exhibited by authorities,” and that Combs’ youngsters and staff had been “handled” poorly. The assertion additionally claims that Combs “spoke to and cooperated with authorities,” and has not been arrested or in any other case restricted by legislation enforcement.
Dyer’s assertion goes on to name the raid an “unprecedented ambush,” and the allegations towards Combs generally as a part of a “witch hunt.” He concludes by saying that Combs “will proceed to combat each single day to clear his title.”
All of this comes after Combs’ previous has come underneath scrutiny in mild of quite a lot of current lawsuits introduced towards the rap mogul. Final November, he was sued by singer Cassie Ventura for rape, intercourse trafficking, and years of repeated bodily abuse (although the lawsuit was settled the day after it was filed).
Following Ventura’s case, two extra lawsuits had been filed towards Combs relating to alleged abuse, and a fourth individual got here ahead with allegations the subsequent month. Final month, producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones (who has credit on Combs’ 2023 album, The Love Album: Off the Grid) filed a sexual assault lawsuit towards Combs, claiming he was harassed and trafficked by him.
Combs has maintained innocence. In current months, although, a lot of his enterprise ties have been reduce. Others, in the meantime, have claimed to have had suspicions about Combs for a while, like 50 Cent, who’s now producing a documentary on Combs’ assault allegations.
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