Sean "Diddy" Combs has been arrested after a grand jury indictment in Manhattan on Monday. The New York Times, who spoke with someone who was not authorized to speak about it, said that the "charges in the indictment were not immediately clear." A federal official said in the spring, after Combs' homes in LA and Miami were raided, that it was part of a human trafficking investigation.

"Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving family man, and proven philanthropist who has spent the last 30 years building an empire, adoring his children, and working to uplift the Black community," a statment from Combs legal team read. "He is an imperfect person but he is not a criminal." It also said that he had been fully cooperative with the investigation and that he had "voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges."

Combs ex-girlfriend Cassandra Ventura had alleged in a 2023 lawsuit that Combs had abused her physically and sexually over a period of years. A video leaked showing Combs physically abusing her in the hallway of a hotel. That suit was settled, but other women came forward and five additional civil suits were files against Combs for sexual misconduct. Combs homes were raided by federal agents in the spring and his devices were confiscated. Witnesses had been interviewed over the sexual misconduct accusations. 

Combs said it was all "sickening." He alleged that the women who had brought suit against him after he had a one-day settlement with Ventura were looking for "a quick payday." These suits are not the first allegations against Combs, who has been accused of sexual misconduct over the years, including of participating in a gang rape, which his lawyers said "singlehandedly irreparably damaged" his reputation and was entirely false.