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(NewsNation) — Federal agents swarmed two properties connected to Sean “Diddy” Combs on Monday. The properties in Los Angeles and Miami were searched by Homeland Security agents as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation.
Multiple videos from NewsNation affiliate KTLA show authorities moving into the Los Angeles home and placing multiple people in handcuffs, sparking the question: Where was Combs at the time of the raids?
Flight tracker data showed that Diddy’s jet traveled to Antigua, but it’s not known if the hip-hop mogul was on it for the flight to the Caribbean.
The private plane took off around 5:30 p.m. PDT Sunday from Sacramento Executive Airport, landing at Palm Springs International Airport an hour later, then flying to Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles, according to data reviewed by People. At 9 a.m. on Monday, the private jet left Los Angeles and landed in Antigua.
The Miami Herald reported Tuesday that Diddy’s Gulfstream is no longer traceable on the popular flight tracking site FlightAware. A FlightAware spokesperson told the paper that it isn’t unusual for a plane owner to ask for their flight activity be blocked.
While it’s still unclear exactly where he was during the searches, video from TMZ reportedly shows Diddy walking around at the Miami-Opa locka Executive Airport at 3 p.m. PDT, just hours after the raids at his homes started.
Combs’ attorney and other representatives didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.
The raids, connected to an investigation by federal authorities in New York, come in the wake of several sexual assault lawsuits against Combs in recent months.
In February, a music producer filed a lawsuit alleging Combs coerced him to solicit prostitutes and pressured him to have sex with them. Combs’ attorney Shawn Holley has said of those allegations that “we have overwhelming, indisputable proof that his claims are complete lies.”
Combs’ former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, sued him in November alleging years of sexual abuse, including rape. The lawsuit said he forced her to have sex with male prostitutes while he filmed them. The suit was settled the day after it was filed.
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FILE – Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. Combs was sued Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, by a music producer who accused the hip-hop mogul of sexually assaulting him and forcing him to have sex with prostitutes. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) -
FILE – Sean “Diddy” Combs appears at the premiere of “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story” on June 21, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Combs’ charter school will relocate to a larger campus in New York City.. The music mogul announced Thursday that Capital Preparatory School will move to the Church of All Saints and School building in Harlem. The relocation will allow the school’s capacity to grow from 500 to 700 students from grades 6th through 12th beginning with the 2022-2023 school year. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) -
Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs passes out fifty dollar bills to residents in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. Various organizations came together to also pass out gift cards and gift bags with essentials to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) -
This combination of photos shows, top row from left, 2 Chainz, 6lack, BIA, Diplo, Doechii, DJ Drama and Fat Joe, bottom row from left, Flo Milli, French Montana, JT, Killer Mike, King Combs, Shaq and Soulja Boy. (AP Photo)
Another of Combs’ accusers was a woman who said the rap producer raped her two decades ago when she was 17.
Combs had said in a November statement, “I did not do any of the awful things being alleged.”
Formerly known as Puffy Daddy, Combs is among the most influential hip-hop producers and executives of the past three decades.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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