Where Is Diddy? Rapper Reportedly Slapped With $100M Judgement After Missing Court

Sometimes, it’s easy to feel envious of the rich and the famous, but one of the biggest downsides is that celebrities are constantly in the spotlight. This means that if they do anything unsavory, the whole world is going to know about it, which is what happened in the case of Sean “Diddy” Combs. The music producer and hip-hop artist came under in late 2023 for several sexual assault allegations.

In March 2024, feds reportedly searched two of Combs’s homes in Florida and California, but Combs was nowhere near the action. Then, in September 2024, Diddy reportedly skipped a court appearance related to a $100 million lawsuit filed against him by Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, who alleges that Diddy drugged and sexually assaulted him at a Detroit party in 1997, per TMZ.

So, where is Diddy aka Puff Daddy aka P. Diddy aka Sean Combs now?

As first reported by TMZ, Combs’s homes were raided by Homeland Security in March 2024. In addition to TMZ's reporting, four separate law enforcement sources confirmed the raids to NBC News as photos of helicopters circling Combs’s properties started to spread. HSI agents searched the 200 block of S. Mapleton Drive in Holmby Hills at an address associated with Combs’s Bad Boy Films production company.

The agents then detained Combs’s sons while they searched, although they were not arrested. "Earlier today, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York executed law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation, with assistance from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami, and our local law enforcement partners. We will provide further information as it becomes available," the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.

As the raids went down, Combs was seen at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, where his private jet was also located. In the footage, Combs is simply pacing around, clearly not detained or arrested. Feds were at the scene and appeared to speak with Combs as he waited for fellow members of his party to speak with the officials.

Later on, his private jet was tracked by Twitter user Jack Sweeney, who’s popular for tracking celebrities’ private jet flight paths. Allegedly, Combs’s plane was in Antigua in the Caribbean, “but various sources confirmed that the rapper was not on board.” Even still, a helicopter can be seen pulling up next to the jet, so it’s possible he was in there. Regardless, Antigua has an extradition treaty with the USA, so it’s unlikely that Combs was trying to run.

While we don’t know if Diddy was actually in Antigua, he was in Wyoming at the end of June 2024, where TMZ reported that he and some friends were white water rafting. Diddy has since scrubbed his Instagram account of everything except some photos of his kids, and his exact whereabouts are unknown as of this writing. However, TMZ reported that Diddy missed a court appearance on Sept. 9, 2024, related to the $100 million case involving Cardello-Smith.

The media outlet noted that since Combs was a no-show, the judge ordered a $100 million judgment against him. Combs’s lawyer told TMZ that Cardello-Smith is a "convicted felon and sexual predator" and that Diddy "has never heard of him." He added, “Mr. Combs looks forward to having this judgment swiftly dismissed.”

In late 2023, Combs’s ex-girlfriend, singer Cassie, filed a lawsuit against him for physical and sexual abuse, but they settled out of court a day later. However, this opened up the floodgates of four other people who claim that Combs sexual assaulted them.

Most media outlets seem to believe that the feds are investigating Combs because of his alleged ties to sex trafficking. As practices like “yachting” and other nefarious Hollywood traditions come to light after the MeToo movement, it seems that perpetrators might finally be getting what they deserve.

While Combs hasn't been seen since TMZ captured him in Wyoming, we’ll have to wait and see where he turns up next. For now, we’ll just have to let the justice system do its work.