After Sean “Diddy” Combs broke his silence on social media Easter He lost hundreds of supporters on Sunday after raids on his homes in Los Angeles and Miami on March 25.
The raids were a part of a sex trafficking investigation, in response to the Associated Press. During the raid, Combs’ two sons, Justin and Christian, were spotted in handcuffs outside their Los Angeles home. No arrests were made and nobody was charged.
Since then, Combs has been spotted out and about in Miami, and on Sunday, the 54-year-old music mogul posted a series of photos of his 1-year-old daughter Love on Instagram to have a good time Easter.
“MERRY CHRISTMAS from Baby Love,” Combs with subtitles Post. Combs has muted the comments section on several of his social media accounts.
However, it seems that his post resulted in him losing some followers. As of Monday, Combs had lost a total of 21,897 followers, in response to Social Blade, a social media analytics site.
Newsweek on Tuesday, he emailed Combs’ representative looking for comment.
This is a big change from the previous days when he was actually gaining followers. He gained 54 recent followers on Sunday, a further 1,784 on Saturday, and 1,661 recent followers on Friday. He has lost 27,698 followers on Instagram within the last 30 days, and on the time of writing his follower count is 20,207,215.
The rapper has seven children with 4 women: adopted son Quincy (32); Justyna, 30 years old; Christian, 25; Chance, 17; twins D’Lila and Jessie, 17; and Love, whose mother is Dana Tran, a cybersecurity specialist and model.
Combs announced Love’s birth in December 2022 with a post on X, formerly Twitter. “I am so happy to welcome my baby girl, Love Sean Combs. Mama Combs, Quincy, Justin, Christian, Chance, D’Lila, Jessie and I all love you so much! God is the greatest!” he wrote.
Federal raids
Homeland Security Investigations said in a statement that it “has initiated law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation, with the assistance of HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami and our local law enforcement partners.”
Combs’ attorney, Aaron Dyer, said in response to the raids and subsequent media coverage Newsweek in an email on March 26: “There is not any excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility by the authorities or the best way his children and employees were treated. Mr. Combs was never arrested but spoke to and cooperated with the authorities.
“This unprecedented ambush – combined with a sophisticated, coordinated media presence – results in a premature verdict in Mr. Combs’ case and is nothing greater than a witch hunt based on baseless allegations made in civil lawsuits,” Dyer added. “No criminal or civil liability has been established in connection with any of these allegations. Mr. Combs is innocent and will fight every day to clear his name.”
In a lawsuit filed against Combs in February and amended on March 25, music producer Rodney Jones accused Combs of forcing him to solicit prostitutes and then pressuring him to have sex with them. Jones alleged in the lawsuit that he was sexually harassed, drugged and threatened by Combs for more than a year. Jones produced several songs on the Combs album Love Album: Offline and is seeking $30 million in damages.
Combs’ attorney, Shawn Holley, has denied the allegations, as he has said previously Newsweek that “now we have overwhelming, irrefutable evidence that his claims are complete lies.”
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