US producer-musician Sean Diddy Combs poses with the Global Icon award in the press room during the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on 13 September 2023. (Angela Weiss/AFP) Sean "Diddy" Combs was arrested by federal agents in Manhattan late Monday, a US federal court said. The rap mogul's star plunged after a wave of sex trafficking accusations and assault lawsuits.
Diddy's lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said in a statement to AFP that Combs had voluntarily relocated to New York, anticipating the charges. Sean "Diddy" Combs - the rap mogul whose star plunged after a wave of sex trafficking accusations and assault lawsuits - was arrested by federal agents in Manhattan late on Monday, a US federal court said. The attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, said in a statement that the arrest stemmed from a sealed indictment filed by his office.
"We expect to move to unseal the indictment in the morning and will have more to say at that time," he said, without providing further details of the charges. Diddy's lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said in a statement provided to AFP that Combs had voluntarily relocated to New York, anticipating the charges. Combs' lawyer said their team was "disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr Combs by the US Attorney's Office".
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