Former Syracuse basketball participant, who was alleged ‘mule’ for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, arrested on drug fees

The newest raid on the house of rapper and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs has crossed into the sports activities world.

A former Syracuse basketball participant, who’s accused of working as a “mule” for Combs, was arrested on Monday in Miami on drug fees.

Brendan Paul, 25, was charged with possession of cocaine and possession of a managed substance. The go well with mentioned Paul was Diddy’s “mule” and claimed the ex-basketball participant would purchase weapons and medicines for the rapper.

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Diddy’s Los Angeles dwelling was raided Monday by Homeland Safety officers, Fox Information Digital confirmed. Brokers had been additionally seen at his dwelling in Miami.

A U.S. official confirmed to Fox Information that the raids on Diddy’s properties are linked to a federal human trafficking investigation. It is unclear if the rapper is the goal of the federal brokers’ investigation.

In November, Diddy’s ex-wife, music star Cassie, sued the musician over allegations of rape and abuse. She accused Diddy of raping her in her own residence, enduring “over a decade” of his “violent conduct and disturbed calls for” and forcing her to have intercourse with male prostitutes whereas he watched and filmed. 

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Sooner or later after she filed the declare, Sean and Cassie got here to an amicable decision, and he or she dropped the lawsuit.

Paul just lately labored in studios alongside Diddy for his newest launch, “The Love Album: Off the Grid,” in keeping with a Fb publish.

He performed in simply 17 video games with the Orange in his freshman and sophomore seasons as a walk-on earlier than transferring to Fairmont State College, the place he performed in 35 video games.

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Diddy based Unhealthy Boy Leisure in 1993 and produced a few of the finest rap abilities of the Nineteen Nineties, together with The Infamous B.I.G., Religion Evans, Mase, 112 and Craig Mack. 

The corporate long-rivaled “Demise Row Data,” which led to the notorious East Coast-West Coast rap rivalry that inevitably resulted within the murders of each Tupac Shakur and B.I.G. in a six-month span — each stay unsolved.

Fox Information’ Tracy Wright and Brooke Curto contributed to this report.

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