When federal brokers have been raiding the Los Angeles and Miami properties of Sean “Diddy” Combs on Monday, March 25, the disgraced music mogul was nowhere in sight. Left to face the regulation enforcement personnel looking the L.A. residence have been his sons, Justin, 30, and Christian, 25, whereas Diddy’s non-public jet apparently had left the nation.
The search by federal brokers with Homeland Safety Investigations was carried out in connection to allegations of intercourse trafficking, sexual assault, and involvement within the solicitation and distribution of unlawful narcotics and firearms. The warrant for the raid originated from the Southern District of New York, NBC Information reviews.
Whereas a number of males have been detained and positioned in handcuffs on Diddy’s properties, noticeably lacking was the 54-year-old music exec himself. In an try to unravel the thriller of Diddy’s whereabouts, an X consumer started monitoring a $60 million blacked-out Gulfstream G550 jet.
Utilizing flight monitoring software program, the X consumer by the identify of @mvz77dallas was in a position to find Diddy’s plane, flight quantity N1969C, simply north of Puerto Rico at round 5:30 PM EST. The flight quantity revealed the aircraft was registered to LOVEAIR LLC and operated by luxurious non-public jet firm Silver Air.
“@Diddy Gulfstream G550 (N1969C / SIS69) departed LAX earlier at present. Vacation spot unknown. At the moment flying at 42000 ft north of Puerto Rico,” tweeted the X consumer.
At round 6:05 p.m. ET, the plane was noticed close to Barbuda earlier than turning and doing a 180 loop to Antigua.
“UPDATE @Diddy Non-public Jet (Gulfstream G550 N1969 / SIS69 ) departed Van Nuys airport earlier at present now descending to land at distant airfield in Barbuda,” the X consumer tweeted in his replace.
The X consumer clarified in a comply with up tweet, “FYI it was troublesome to determine his precise touchdown spot as a result of plane’s erratic descent. I assumed he was touchdown at Barbuda’s, however turned and did a 180 loop to Antigua at about 2,200 ft. Additionally, the plane turned off its radar signature inside seconds of landing.”
It’s unclear whether or not Diddy was aboard the non-public jet when it landed in Antigua.
Social media responded to the potential for the “THE LOVE ALBUM : OFF THE GRID ” rapper getting out of dodge in the course of the federal investigation and never taking his sons alongside.
“Fled and leaving your children in the home that’s being raided is loopy,” one remark learn.
“Leaving your children behind is so soiled,” mentioned one other.
Some assumed Diddy was tipped off and fled to a rustic that received’t ship him again to face his alleged crimes.
Unsure his jet has the gas to get him someplace that will not ship him again
— 🅿️ete Ⓜ️anning (@PeterFManning3) March 25, 2024
Antigua and Barbuda, the twin-island nation that Diddy is believed to have gone to, is a small nation within the Caribbean, close to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
If he had been the topic of an arrest warrant as an alternative of a search warrant, that nation won’t have exempted him from extradition to America.
Based on the U.S. State Division, the nation entered into an settlement in 1981, following its independence from the UK, to work in partnership collectively relating to some issues of regulation enforcement.
“Antigua and Barbuda’s location near the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico makes it a gorgeous trans-shipment level for narcotics traffickers,” the State Division reviews. “To handle these issues, the USA and Antigua and Barbuda signed a collection of counternarcotic and anticrime treaties and agreements, together with a maritime regulation enforcement settlement subsequently amended to incorporate overflight and order-to-land provisions, a bilateral extradition treaty, and a mutual authorized help treaty.”
Diddy has been the topic of a federal investigation since November and has confronted a wave of lawsuits filed towards him, significantly regarding his function as a strong fixture in leisure. With energy, the lawsuits counsel, additionally got here abuse.
One instance was a lawsuit filed by his former girlfriend Cassie below the New York Grownup Survivors Act, which accused him of long-term bodily and sexual abuse. Her lawsuit initially requested for $30 million and was settled in lower than 24 hours for an undisclosed quantity.
The lawsuit ticked off a legion of different filings — resulting in the aforementioned raid.
Amidst the raid, Cassie’s legal professionals have launched an announcement saying, “We are going to all the time help regulation enforcement when it seeks to prosecute those who have violated the regulation. Hopefully, that is the start of a course of that can maintain Mr. Combs liable for his wicked conduct.”
