Sean "Diddy" Combs was arrested in Manhattan on Monday evening after a grand jury indicted him. The charges in the indictment were not immediately clear. Diddy was taken to the FBI field office in Manhattan.
According to international media reports, Combs was arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into an alleged sex trafficking case that led to search warrants being issued and executed at Diddy's homes in Beverly Hills and Miami.
"We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. 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," Diddy's attorney Marc Agnifilo told TMZ.
The arrest comes nearly a year after Combs ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura filed file a sex trafficking and abuse lawsuit against him in November. Seven more women and one man have since come forward to sue Combs, with allegations ranging from sex trafficking to sexual assault.