Officials had planned to arrest Combs on Tuesday, but an unexpected event led federal agents to take him into custody earlier.
Rapper and hip hop mogul Sean «Diddy» Combs was arrested at a New York City hotel on Monday night amid a federal sex trafficking investigation, authorities said. The embattled rapper willingly traveled to New York ahead of his arrest, which followed a grand jury indictment, according to insider sources.
Combs was arrested at the Park Hyatt New York by agents from Homeland Security Investigations, the agency usually responsible for handling sex trafficking cases. However, it was not immediately clear what the charge or charges were in his indictment. He is set to appear in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, when the indictment detailing the charges against him will be released.
Arrested at Last
Officials had planned to arrest Combs on Tuesday, but an unexpected event led federal agents to take him into custody earlier, an insider told the outlet. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams confirmed that Combs was arrested in relation to a sealed indictment issued by the Southern District of New York, as reported by TMZ.
