A lawyer for Sean “Diddy” Combs, pictured in 2018, said the entertainment mogul is the subject of “a witch hunt based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.”
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Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs said Homeland Security Investigation officials used excessive force in an “unprecedented ambush” as the agency swept through Los Angeles and Miami properties linked to the rapper on Monday, collecting evidence in an ongoing investigation.
“Yesterday, there was a gross overuse of military-level force as search warrants were executed at Mr. Combs’ residences,” Combs’ attorney Aaron Dryer said in an emailed statement on Tuesday. “There is no excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his children and employees were treated.”
Video footage captured by Fox 11 in Los Angeles, showed that two people were temporarily handcuffed outside of the mansion that has been cited as Combs’ residence in legal documents. The two people were later identified as the hip-hop mogul’s sons, Justin and Christian “King” Combs, according to Fox 11.
Dryer also addressed an exchange between Combs and officials at an airport in the Miami area on Monday afternoon.
The 54-year-old was spotted pacing outside of Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport where he was accompanied by some family members, the New York Times reported. The outlet said Combs was stopped by federal agents who “took a number of electronic devices” from him.
Dryer said Combs was not detained during the exchange and that he cooperated with authorities. The lawyer noted that neither Combs “nor any of his family members…
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