8:05 PM PT — Only a couple hours earlier than Diddy obtained busted, he was confidently strolling round NYC together with his son King Combs. He even stopped to greet some followers and take selfies.
7:13 PM PT — A regulation enforcement supply tells TMZ … Diddy‘s arrest was scheduled for Tuesday. however one thing occurred that brought on the feds to maneuver in a day earlier.
Nonetheless, U.S. Lawyer Damian Williams says federal brokers took him in based mostly on a sealed indictment filed by the Southern District of New York.
Diddy was simply arrested and brought into federal custody in New York Monday evening … TMZ has discovered.
Sources inform TMZ … Homeland Safety swooped right into a midtown lodge late Monday the place Diddy was staying they usually arrested him. We have now unconfirmed studies the feds are looking his lodge room.
We’re instructed Diddy was taken to the FBI Subject Workplace in Manhattan.
It seems the motion was taken in reference to the continued legal investigation into alleged intercourse trafficking and different offenses that led to go looking warrants being issued and executed at Diddy’s houses in Beverly Hills and Miami. As we reported, a grand jury has been listening to testimony from varied accusers over the previous few months.
Diddy’s legal professional, Marc Agnifilo, tells TMZ, “We’re disenchanted with the choice to pursue what we imagine is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace. Sean “Diddy” Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving household man, and confirmed philanthropist who has spent the final 30 years constructing an empire, adoring his kids, and dealing to uplift the Black neighborhood.”
Agnifilo provides, “He’s an imperfect particular person however isn’t legal. To his credit score Mr. Combs has been nothing however cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York final week in anticipation of those costs. Please reserve your judgment till you could have all of the info. These are the acts of an harmless man with nothing to cover, and he seems ahead to clearing his identify in court docket.”
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