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The genre may be rap but the alleged victims of billionaire hip hop impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs are singing like canaries, cops say.
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The 54-year-old music mogul is under investigation in a wide-ranging sex trafficking probe that was revealed after two dramatic raids on his mansions in Miami and Los Angeles on Monday.
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He has not been charged and his lawyers are denying any wrongdoing.
But one Homeland Security investigator told the New York Post: “We believe that there is a disturbing history of sex trafficking. We are responding to concrete, detailed, explicit allegations. This is not random. We didn’t choose his name out of a hat. We had allegations that we’re following up on.
“We became aware of certain allegations during the course of the civil suits against Mr. Combs. You have to understand that we didn’t just decide on a whim to search his homes. A federal judge had to sign off. This isn’t a witch hunt.”
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Lurid allegations against Diddy first emerged in November when he settled out of court with longtime ex-gal pal Cassie Ventura. She had accused the star of forcing her into group sex with male prostitutes while he filmed the action, raped her and kept her under his control and pumped full of drugs.
On Thursday, it emerged from Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones’ $30 million lawsuit against Combs that another former girlfriend, rapper Yung Miami, allegedly brought Diddy an illegal pink drug called “pink cocaine”.
His suit says the woman — real name Caresha Rameka Brownlee — flew the dope on a private jet from Miami to a Virginia music festival.
The suit also claims that Yung Miami was one of three alleged sex workers that Combs paid monthly retainers to. Also named was 50 Cent’s former girlfriend, OnlyFans model Daphne Joy, now 37.
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Combs has vehemently denied the allegations, with the rapper’s legal eagle calling “Lil Rod” a liar and shakedown artist.
“His reckless name-dropping about events that are pure fiction and simply did not happen is nothing more than a transparent attempt to garner headlines,” Shawn Holley said.
“We have overwhelming, indisputable proof that his claims are complete lies.”
In 2022, Diddy was warbling Yung Miami’s praises on her podcast. When she asked why he was crazy, he waxed: “You’re authentic, you’re one of the realest people I’ve ever met … you’re a great mother and a great friend. And we just have a good time, you know? You’re the fun-est.”
Investigators revealed that they are hoping to find are “photos, emails, texts, itineraries, hopefully, names. There are specific communications that we are aware of that we will be able to access on the electronics.”
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In addition, they are interviewing three women and one man tied to the probe. And they are singing.
“That’s a funny thing about victims. They may be reluctant to speak at first, but once they start talking, they talk. They talk a lot. We are getting a lot of cooperation from a lot of people who want to see him brought to justice,” one investigator said.
Among the lawsuit claims against Diddy are four sex assault allegations, including a gang rape, sex-trafficking a minor and raping and drugging a Syracuse University student in 1991.
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