Diddy breaks cover: Embattled rapper is seen for the first time since sex trafficking raids on his mansions and flashes peace sign as he leaves Miami home with his two beaming daughters
Controversial rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs broke cover Thursday night when he took his twin daughters to a golf club in Miami following the raids on his west and east coast mansions this week.
The 54-year-old flashed a peace sign and wore a tracksuit as he left Top Golf with daughters Jessie and D’Lila, 17, after two hours of play.
The apparently relaxing outing comes just days after Diddy’s mansions in Los Angeles and Miami were raided on Monday as part of a sex trafficking investigation.
The same day, the rapper’s alleged drug mule, Brendan Paul, 25, was arrested by Miami-Dade Police and Homeland Security agents at Opa-Locka Executive Airport.
Paul, who played for two years on the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team, is charged with cocaine possession and marijuana possession.
Controversial rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs broke cover Thursday night when he took his twin daughters to a golf club in Miami. He flashed a peace sign as his daughters smiled at each other
The 54-year-old flashed a peace sign and wore a tracksuit as he left Top Golf with daughters Jessie and D’Lila, 17, after two hours of play
Armed agents entered luxury properties on both the east and west coasts of the United States
He is being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami on two $2,500 bonds.
The former athlete was dubbed Diddy’s “drug mule” in a $30 million lawsuit filed by Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones against Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs.
The complaint, one of five against Cobs since November, alleged that he was involved in “acquiring and distributing Mr. Combs drugs and weapons.”
Whether Paul’s arrest was related to allegations in the lawsuit or to the raids on Diddy’s property was not confirmed.
Jones alleged in the lawsuit that he “personally witnessed” Paul “acquiring and distributing” drugs to Combs and his entourage, and transporting or planning to transport drugs in luggage on flights.
He wrote that the flights took place three times between Los Angeles, Miami, Virginia, the Caribbean and London, in December 2022, April 2023 and November 2023.
Combs’ attorney said Tuesday that the searches of the rapper’s property by federal authorities were “a gross use of military-level force” and that Combs “is innocent and will continue to fight” to clear his name.
The same day, rapper’s alleged drug mule, Brendan Paul, 25, was arrested at Opa-Locka Executive Airport
Agents responded to Diddy’s properties in Miami and Los Angeles as part of their investigation into alleged sex trafficking
Combs’ sons, Justin and Christian “King” Combs, were handcuffed during the raid on their father’s Los Angeles home.
King, 25, is a musician whose song “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop” featuring Kodak Black topped Billboard’s Mainstream R&B Hip-Hop charts in 2022.
In addition to a large officer presence, command vehicles were parked in front of both properties.
The criminal investigation marks a major escalation in the scrutiny of Combs, who has been the suspect in several sexual abuse lawsuits in recent months.
In a lawsuit that Combs settled the day after it was filed in November, his former protégé and girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, sued him for years of sexual abuse, including rape. According to the lawsuit, he forced her to have sex with male prostitutes while he filmed them.
In February, a music producer filed a lawsuit alleging that Combs forced him to recruit prostitutes and pressured him to have sex with them.
Another accuser of Combs was a woman who said the rap producer raped her 20 years ago when she was 17.
Combs and his attorneys have denied all allegations in the lawsuits.