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US rapper and businessman Sean “Diddy” Combs, 54, is the subject of a federal investigation amid a wave of lawsuits that have been filed against the music mogul since November.
Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on Monday executed search warrants at Los Angeles and Miami properties belonging to Diddy, handcuffing his two sons Justin and King Combs in the process.
Diddy, who was not at his home during the raid, faces allegations of sex and human trafficking, sexual assault, and the solicitation and distribution of illegal narcotics and firearms.
HSI is the lead investigative arm of the US Department of Homeland Security and is responsible for investigating transnational crime and threats, including human trafficking.
R&B vocalist Cassandra Ventura sued Combs in federal court in Manhattan in November, accusing him of subjecting her to physical abuse, sexual slavery and rape during a 10-year professional and romantic relationship.
The suit cited violations of sex trafficking and human trafficking statutes under federal, New York state and California laws.
Ventura and Combs – who has used such monikers as P Diddy, Puff Daddy and Diddy – announced the next day they had settled the case under confidential terms.
Combs, 54, has said that he is innocent and his accusers were seeking “a quick payday”.
Ventura’s court action opened the door to other lawsuits, raising allegations of sexual assault and rape against Combs from other plaintiffs.
In December, Combs denied the latest civil complaint, which accused him of taking part in the gang rape of a teenager whom he arranged to fly from Detroit to New York 20 years ago,
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