- Halimah Olamide
American rapper, Sean Love Combs, popularly known as Diddy, has been arrested in New York City.
He was arrested on Monday evening, at a hotel following a sealed indictment in New York City.
The U.S. Attorney in a statement said the business mogul was arrested based on a sealed indictment filed by the Southern District of New York.
“We expect to move to unseal the indictment in the morning and will have more to say at that time,” the statement reads.
NPO reports that Diddy was accused of sexual assault and misconduct by multiple women in a slew of lawsuits since November, when his former girlfriend Casandra Ventura sued him for alleged physical and sexual abuse, all of which he denied.
His lawyer, Marc Agnifilo issued a statement expressing disappointment at the authorities’ decision to pursue an “unjust prosecution” against the rap mogul.
“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. He is an imperfect person but he is not a criminal,” Agnifilo said.
“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. 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.”