Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York City said. Combs was arrested at the Park Hyatt hotel on West 57th Street, a representative said. He was caught off-guard by the apprehension, according to a person familiar with the situation, who added he had been living at the hotel for several weeks.

Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who has faced a parade of sexual assault lawsuits and a federal human trafficking probe in the last year, has been arrested, the producer’s attorney tells CNN.

In 2003, rapper Sean “P. Diddy” Combs hosted a fashion show featuring Sean John, his line of men’s sportswear, at the Pembroke Lakes Mall in Pembroke Pines. The New York Times and New York Post reported that federal agents arrested the hip hop mogul Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in New York City. Lilly Echeverria Miami Herald File