Sean “Diddy” Combs was recently arrested in New York City. Following a grand jury indictment, the rapper was apprehended by police at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan. While the charges against him are still unclear, Combs was previously under a sex trafficking investigation earlier this year. For more updates about Diddy’s charges, his arrest and the indictment, keep reading.
Combs was arrested on Monday, September 16. According to NBC News, Diddy wasn’t expecting the arrest in that moment.
At the time of publication, the grand jury indictment which prompted Diddy’s arrest remains sealed. However, Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, noted that the district is expecting “to move to unseal the indictment in the morning and will have more to say at that time.” Therefore, the charges against Diddy will likely be revealed on Tuesday, September 17.
In response to his client’s arrest, Diddy’s attorney, Marc Agnifilo, released a statement to multiple outlets calling Combs’ arrest an “unjust prosecution” by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Additionally, Agnifilo claimed that Diddy was anticipating the indictment and “voluntarily” moved to New York to wait for it.
“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,” the statement read. “He is an imperfect person, but he is not a 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.”
The attorney concluded the statement by noting, “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.”
According to multiple outlets, Diddy was taken into custody by federal agents in New York at the time of his arrest.
