Sean Combs’ Lawyer Responds to ‘Military-Level Force’ Federal Raids

A day after federal agents descended upon his Los Angeles and Miami homes as part of an ongoing investigation, Sean “Diddy” Combs and his team are dismissing it as nothing more than a witch hunt.

“Yesterday, there was a gross overuse of military-level force as search warrants were executed at Mr. Combs’ residences,” Aaron Dyer, the rapper’s lawyer, told The Daily Beast on Tuesday. “There is no excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his children and employees were treated.”

Dyer said that neither Combs nor any of his family had been arrested or prevented from traveling. The mogul “spoke to and cooperated with authorities,” according to Dyer, who did not address a report that Combs’ alleged “drug mule” had been arrested at the Miami Airport in the middle of the raids.

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