Diddy has been taking into federal custody in New York.
According to TMZ, Homeland Security found Diddy at a midtown hotel late Monday, and arrested him. The arrest seemingly is in connection with the ongoing criminal investigation against the music mogul.
Diddy’s attorney, Marc Agnifilo, tells TMZ, “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 adds: “He is an imperfect person but is not criminal. 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.”
Dawn Richard speaks:
We previously reported Diddy has been sued for sexual assault by Danity Kane member, Dawn Richard.
In a new lawsuit obtained by TMZ, Richard claims Diddy was physically and sexually abusive to her throughout her time working for him.
Richard says she began to notice Diddy’s behavior when she auditioned for his 2004 reality series Making The Band. She says Diddy referred to the women as “fat,” “ugly,” “b**ches” and “h*es” during auditions.
Richard alleges that the music mogul allegedly forced her to rehearse for 48 hours, sometimes without sleep. She says on one occasion Diddy “demanded she come to his Miami home.”
When she arrived, he allegedly was not wearing underwear. “This is my f**king house!” he allegedly yelled at her.
The singer says she also witnessed Diddy attempting to strangle his ex-girlfriend, Cassie. She says when she attempted to intervene- Diddy began shouting, “Y’all b*****s don’t get in my relationship,” he allegedly said. “Don’t tell my b***h what she need to be doing… Just make money and shut the f**k up… I end artists… I shelve career … You could be missing… You b*****s want to die today.”