American rapper Diddy, accused of sexual assault, has been arrested in New York

The rapper has been the target of a complaint from a former porn actress, Adria English, for sexual assault since the beginning of July. In total, nine complaints have been filed against the rapper since November 2023.

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American rapper Diddy at the Met Gala in New York on May 7, 2018. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Diddy in the hands of the police. The American rapper, Sean Combs by his real name, was arrested late Monday, September 16 in Manhattan, announced the New York justice system. He is the subject of several complaints for sexual assault. The prosecutor Damian Williams specified that the details of the charges should be revealed Tuesday morning.

Diddy’s lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, explained in a statement sent to AFP that his client was in “voluntarily” in the city, where he moved. His camp is “disappointed in the decision of the United States Attorney’s Office to continue what we believe to be an unfair prosecution of Mr. Combs”he added. Diddy, 54, is described by his alleged victims as a violent sexual predator who used alcohol and drugs to gain their submission.

The rapper has been the target of a complaint from a former porn actress, Adria English, for sexual assault since the beginning of July. She accuses the businessman of using her “as a sexual pawn for the pleasure and financial benefit of other people” at parties in the Hamptons, New York, and Florida, between 2004 and 2009. A total of nine complaints have been filed against the rapper since November 2023.

In one of them, filed in November, his former partner “Cassie” Ventura accuses him of having had a “violent behavior” And “deviant” for a decade. In a video released in May 2016, Diddy is seen lashing out at the singer. The case was settled “amicably” under a confidential agreement. Sean Combs has so far strongly denied the accusations against him.


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