Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrested at his NYC hotel by Homeland Security amid sex trafficking investigation

 Embattled rapper and hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested at a New York City hotel Monday night amid a federal sex trafficking investigation, officials said.

The fallen star voluntarily traveled to the Big Apple in anticipation of his arrest on charges stemming from a grand jury indictment, according to sources.

Combs was taken into custody at the Park Hyatt New York by Homeland Security Investigations, which typically handles sex trafficking probes.

It was not immediately clear Monday what charges Combs is facing. He is expected to be arraigned at Manhattan federal court Tuesday morning — at which point the indictment with the charges against him will be unsealed.

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Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested in NYC on Monday night.

“Earlier this evening, federal agents arrested Sean Combs, based on a sealed indictment filed by the SDNY,” Damian Williams, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement. “We expect to move to unseal the indictment in the morning and will have more to say at that time.”

Combs has also been accused of a long pattern of domestic violence against his former partner, R&B singer Cassie Ventura. She sued him in November and the pair quickly settled. But a distressing video of him assaulting Ventura in a hotel hallway in 2016 recently resurfaced — prompting a new round of backlash.

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Combs has also been accused of a long pattern of domestic violence against his former partner, R&B singer Cassie Ventura.

Combs’  Beverly Hills mansion was also raided by Homeland Security about six months ago. It’s unclear what the agents were looking for during the March raid, but it’s believed to be part of a sex-trafficking investigation.

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A video of Combs abusing Ventura in 2016 resurfaced.

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Combs was seen hitting and kicking Ventura in the clip.

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View of law enforcement agents and vehicles outside Diddy’s Beverly Hills estate are seen on March 25, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

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Authorities raided Diddy’s Los Angeles home in March.

“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,” Combs’ attorney Marc Agnifilo said in a statement.

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