Rapper Diddy is the target of an operation for human trafficking and harassment; he denies

One of the victims made a plea deal and dropped the charges; other women kept complaining

The rapper Sean Diddy Combs54 years old, was the target of a search and seizure operation on Monday, the 25th. Federal authorities searched his properties in Los Angeles and Miami, in the United States, amid a series of accusations for sex trafficking It is harassment.

According to the AFP news agency, heavily armed Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents mobilized to both locations. In images circulating online, it is possible to see some vehicles among the luxury cars in the condominium in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles. In Miami, officers entered the property via water and land.

“Earlier, the Department of Homeland Security Investigations [de] New York has taken legal action as part of an active investigation, with assistance from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami and our local collaborators,” the agency confirmed to AFP.

According to TMZ, the rapper was in New York at the time of the operation. Sean Diddy Combs, also known as Puff Daddy or Diddy, is described in court records as violent and predatory, a person who uses alcohol and drugs to submit his victims to his will. He denies all accusations.

One of the first people to report him was his ex-girlfriend Cassandra Ventura. She accused him of forcing her to have intimate relationships with several men for years. Due to the allegation, the case remained to be analyzed and could be classified as sex trafficking, considered a federal crime in the United States.

Shortly after the repercussions of the case, Cassandra Ventura signed a plea deal with Diddy to drop the charges. Other women who made similar complaints did not comply and maintained their complaints.

“We hope this is the beginning of a process that holds Mr. Combs accountable for his depraved conduct,” said Douglas Wigdor, lawyer for Ventura and another of the rapper’s wives on Monday, 25. In a single press release, the singer denied the accusations. “I didn’t do any of the horrible things they accuse me of,” he said in a text published on his networks in December 2023.

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