(NewsNation) — Federal agents swarmed two properties belonging to Sean “Diddy” Combs on Monday. The properties in Los Angeles and Miami were searched by Homeland Security agents as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation.
Multiple videos from NewsNation affiliate KTLA show authorities moving into the Los Angeles home and placing multiple people in handcuffs, sparking the question: Where was Combs at the time of the raids?
Where was Diddy during the raid?
While it’s still unclear exactly where he was during the searches, video from TMZ appears to show Diddy walking around at the Miami-Opa locka Executive Airport just hours after the raids at his homes started.
Where is Diddy now?
TMZ also tracked the rapper’s personal jet. They report the aircraft is on the ground in Antigua. It’s unknown if Diddy was on the plane.
“Antigua, as we know, is an extradition country, so probably not the best place to flee to if Diddy was indeed on that plane, if that’s where he is,” former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani said during an interview on “Banfield.”
NewsNation contributor Tracy Walder said there was a chance Combs could be in custody.
“My guess is they may actually already have him in custody and we may not just see pictures of that because it was done quietly,” Walder said on “On Balance with Leland Vittert.” “Or he could be out of the country, it’s hard to know. I don’t know the various properties he has, he’s worth a billion dollars so he may not physically be here.”
The raids come after Combs has faced several sexual assault lawsuits in recent months.
In February, a music producer filed a lawsuit alleging Combs coerced him to solicit prostitutes and pressured him to have sex with them. Combs’ attorney Shawn Holley has said of those allegations that “we have overwhelming, indisputable proof that his claims are complete lies.”
Combs’ former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, sued him in November alleging years of sexual abuse, including rape. The lawsuit said he forced her to have sex with male prostitutes while he filmed them. The suit was settled the day after it was filed.
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FILE – Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. Combs was sued Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, by a music producer who accused the hip-hop mogul of sexually assaulting him and forcing him to have sex with prostitutes. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) -
FILE – Sean “Diddy” Combs appears at the premiere of “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story” on June 21, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Combs’ charter school will relocate to a larger campus in New York City.. The music mogul announced Thursday that Capital Preparatory School will move to the Church of All Saints and School building in Harlem. The relocation will allow the school’s capacity to grow from 500 to 700 students from grades 6th through 12th beginning with the 2022-2023 school year. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) -
Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs passes out fifty dollar bills to residents in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. Various organizations came together to also pass out gift cards and gift bags with essentials to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) -
This combination of photos shows, top row from left, 2 Chainz, 6lack, BIA, Diplo, Doechii, DJ Drama and Fat Joe, bottom row from left, Flo Milli, French Montana, JT, Killer Mike, King Combs, Shaq and Soulja Boy. (AP Photo)
Another of Combs’ accusers was a woman who said the rap producer raped her two decades ago when she was 17.
Combs had said in a November statement, “I did not do any of the awful things being alleged.”
Formerly known as Puffy Daddy, Combs is among the most influential hip-hop producers and executives of the past three decades.
If you or someone you know needs help, please call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-4673.
