Diddy‘s arrest on charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution resulted in the release of details about the raids on his homes earlier this year — and according to the government, some extremely notable evidence was found.
In both a press conference and a detention memo, federal authorities laid out their findings.
They noted that they had discovered firearms.
“In March 2024, during searches of the defendant’s residences in Miami, Florida and Los Angeles, California, law enforcement seized firearms and ammunition, including three AR-15s, each with defaced serial numbers, as well as a large capacity drum magazine,” the detention memo reads.
“Two of the three defaced AR-15s were found in the defendant’s Miami bedroom closet, stored broken down in parts, along with magazines that were loaded with ammunition… One of the AR-15s had a 10-round magazine loaded with 10 rounds of large caliber .223 ammunition, while the second AR-15 had a 30-round magazine loaded with 19 rounds of .223 ammunition.
“A large capacity drum magazine, loaded with 59 rounds of .223 ammunition, was seized from the defendant’s Los Angeles residence… In addition, six legally purchased guns with serial numbers, some of which were stored in gun safes, were recovered from the defendant’s residences.”
The feds also said they had videos of Diddy’s “Freak Off” sessions. Freak Offs were allegedly, per the indictment, “elaborate and produced sex performances that COMBS arranged, directed, masturbated during, and often electronically recorded” that involved commercial sex workers. Diddy would, the government claims, use “force, threats of force, and coercion” to get women to participate.
In addition, the government says that among the physical evidence discovered during raids (as well as searches of Diddy and “certain of his co-conspirators”) was “other evidence of Freak Offs, including over 1,000 bottles of baby oil and personal lubricant.”
The detention memo also mentions an incident in early 2012 where Diddy’s “co-conspirators” allegedly set fire to someone’s car “by slicing open the car’s convertible top and dropping a Molotov cocktail inside the interior.” While the victim is not named (he or she is identified only as “Individual-1”), the outline of the situation, and the timing, matches an incident Cassie mentioned in her lawsuit against Diddy, one that allegedly involved Kid Cudi.
The government is arguing that Diddy should be detained while the case plays out, while Diddy’s attorneys are proposing a $50,000,000 bond package.
The Bad Boy Records boss was arrested by federal agents in New York on Monday night (September 16) following a string of sexual assault lawsuits filed against him and a subsequent criminal investigation into his alleged misconduct.
The grand jury indictment, which was unsealed on Tuesday morning (September 17), alleges he “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.”
Diddy (real name Sean Combs) is expected to plead not guilty, according to his lawyer Marc Agnifilo who spoke to reporters ahead of his client’s court appearance on Tuesday morning.
Agnifolio added that he would “fight like hell” to try to get the mogul released from custody and that his client is “confident” and in “good” spirits, despite the fact that his legal troubles are now a criminal matter as well as a civil one.
