The Miami Herald compared music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein after Homeland Security officials raided Diddy’s residences in connection to a human trafficking investigation on Monday.
Two of Combs’ mansions in Florida and one in Los Angeles were raided by Homeland Security agents. No criminal charges have been filed against the rap icon.
“In a nutshell,” the Herald’s Alexia Fodere wrote, “Combs is accused of preying on vulnerable women, and also men, and trafficking them with the help of a private jet and a Caribbean island property.”
Some of the victims were identified as workers recruited at Miami strip clubs at Combs’ urging, according to music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones who has filed a lawsuit against Combs.
“A civil lawsuit filed one month before the raid alleges Combs, better known as Diddy, his staff and executives engaged in ‘serious illegal activity,’ including using drugs, possessing illegal firearms and providing laced alcoholic beverages to drug workers and minors, all for Comb’s pleasure,” Fodere reported.
In the lawsuit, Jones claimed Combs was running a “widespread and dangerous criminal trafficking organization” from his backyard.
Jones also claimed Combs groped and forced him to engage in acts with prostitutes. The lawsuit goes on to allege that “Diddy” and his staff participated in illegal operations that took place in Florida, New York, California and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
“This is reminiscent of the types of behavior Epstein engaged in,” Fodere continued. “He also had a private jet and a Caribbean property. No one should be able to wield the type of unrestrained influence that allows for human trafficking and abuse.”
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“If these allegations are true, Combs deserves to be compared to and treated like the late Epstein, Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and singer R. Kelly — all once powerful millionaires who used their influence to take advantage of women,” Fodere wrote.
Combs has dealt with multiple assault allegations over the last year, all of which he has denied, according to US Magazine. After the Homeland Security raid, several media stars reacted to the allegations against Combs.
A representative of the music man’s ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura — who accused Combs of assault in 2023 — said, “We will always support law enforcement when it seeks to prosecute those that have violated the law. Hopefully, this is the beginning of a process that will hold Mr. Combs responsible for his depraved conduct.”
Frontwoman of the girl group Danity Kane, Aubrey O’Day worked with Combs. “What you sow, you shall reap,” O’Day wrote. “I pray this emboldens all of US victims to finally speak on what we have endured.”
“Now it’s not Diddy do it, it’s Diddy done,” fellow rapper 50 Cent wrote concerning the raid on Combs. “They don’t come like that unless they got a case.”
It’s not looking good for Sean “Diddy” Combs.
