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Diddy’s lawyers are speaking out after their client’s arrest.
On Monday night, the music mogul was arrested by feds in New Yor City months after his home in Los Angeles was raided in relation to sex trafficking allegations.
“Earlier this evening, federal agents arrested Sean Combs, based on a sealed indictment filed by the SDNY,” United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said in a statement posted on X. “We expect to move to unseal the indictment in the morning and will have more to say at that time.”
The NY Times is reporting that Diddy’s likely charges will be “racketeering and sex trafficking.”
Diddy’s lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, released a statement to TMZ following the arrest.
“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.”
“He is an imperfect person but is not 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. 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.”