Authorities executed a search warrant at properties owned by hip hop star Sean Combs in Los Angeles and Miami, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the case who spoke to our sister network NBC News.
Federal agents from the Investigations division of the Department of Homeland Security (HSI) participated in the searches.
Sources indicated that
the order was issued by the Southern District of New York
.
Sean "Diddy" Combs, in Washington, DC, on October 20, 2023.
The raid may be related to a possible investigation into sex trafficking.
A source familiar with the matter told NBC Los Angeles that three Jane Does and one John Doe (names used by authorities to not identify individuals) have been interviewed by the Southern District of New York in connection with sex trafficking, assault sexual intercourse, the solicitation and distribution of illegal narcotics and firearms related to Combs.
The source added that three other Jane Does have interviews scheduled.
An NBC helicopter recorded from the air as armed officers were in and around the property in California.
Some of the agency members present wore jackets that indicated they were from the Department of Homeland Security.
On March 4, a music producer who sued Sean
Diddy
Combs at the end of February alleging that the music mogul sexually harassed him, drugged him and threatened him, claimed that the rapper and his son were also involved in a shooting that occurred in 2022 in a recording studio in the city of Los Angeles, California.
That allegation, so far, does not appear to have any relationship to the records.
On March 4, a music producer who sued Sean
Diddy
Combs at the end of February after allegations that the music mogul sexually harassed him, drugged him and threatened him, claimed that the rapper and his son were also involved in a shooting that It occurred in 2022 in a recording studio in the city of Los Angeles, California.
Rodney
Lil Rod
Jones, a producer on Combs' most recent album,
sued him on February 26
after alleging that the alleged abuse occurred when he traveled and lived with Combs between September 2022 and November 2023.
In the initial complaint, filed in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, Jones detailed a shooting at a “writers and producers camp” at Chalice Recording Studio on September 12, 2022 in Los Angeles.
At the site were allegedly Jones, Combs;
Combs' son, Justin;
and Justin's friend, identified
as
G.
However, the details provided in that indictment and in another amended complaint filed Monday differ from information about the shooting provided by the Los Angeles Police Department and Combs' attorney, Shawn Holley.
The complaint also alleges that Combs
is part of a “RICO enterprise”
and that he and others are involved in “a sex trafficking operation.”
A RICO enterprise is when individuals or groups act together to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act designed to pursue organized crime.